"[In] June 2009, when the company’s Knight grant money runs out … Everyblock will contribute its code and documentation to the public as open source."

NY Times "will let readers receive and send property listings on their mobile devices, “regardless of whether their property search began in print, online or on The Times mobile real estate site.”

"Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger told a Lords committee that an ‘act of faith’ was required when investing in a digital future." … and predicts an "iPod moment" for news…

Freeads.co.uk is the fastest growing classified site in the UK according to the latest figures from Hitwise. Traffic to the site increased by 160% in the first half of 2007, outgrowing the overall classified market by more than 14 times.

Derek Willis: "We cannot goad or guilt companies like Google into saving journalism when there is much about our own processes that we need to improve."

"US newspaper groups experienced a 22 per cent increase in online advertising revenues but the sharp rise was not enough to offset the decline in revenues from traditional print advertising."

"Facebook is considering the launch of a local classifieds service, a source told Mashable. Under the proposed system, it would be free to list items in your own network, and cost a few dollars to post to each additional network."

Scott Karp on Cragslist: “Sex-related content has lead every technological revolution in media. Why should classifieds be any different?” (Great intro, but the payoff is in the last paragraph!)