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The Digital Stimulus Package 2 million new gigs were created in 2011, says IAB study By Christopher Heine

Ad-supported Internet sites created twice as many jobs (2 million total) in 2011 compared to 2007, according to a study conducted by the Harvard Business School and commissioned by the…

October 1, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT

11 Other Localish Companies Google Might Buy Following Zagat and Frommer's deals, look for search giant to continue to buy local By Mike Shields, Tim Peterson

Early this week news broke that Google is acquiring the venerable guidebook publisher Frommer's. That comes on the heels of the search giant's eye-opening deal to purchase Zagat last year.…

August 16, 2012, 10:41 AM EDT

DOJ Launches eBay Probe Over Craigslist Spat Did eBay steal confidential information? By Emma Bazilian

U.S. investigators have launched a criminal probe into whether eBay employees misappropriated confidential information from Craigslist to develop a competing service, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to a grand jury…

September 14, 2011, 11:04 AM EDT

Backpage.com a Hit, Filling Craigslist Sex Ad Void Village Voice site now a target of critics By Emma Bazilian

Craigslist shuttering its Adult Services section has been a boon for Village Voice Media, the New York Observer reports. Backpage.com, the classifieds site owned by VVM, is now the only popular…

April 27, 2011, 8:25 AM EDT

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