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Classified Ventures

 
Hoover's Profile: Classified Ventures, LLC
 
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Classified Ventures, LLC
175 W. Jackson Blvd., Ste. 800
Chicago, IL 60604
IL Tel. 312-601-5000
Fax 312-601-5755

Type: Joint Venture
On the web: http://www.classifiedventures.com
Employees: 770

You can typify this business as an online publisher, but the content it creates is of the advertising variety. Classified Ventures operates a network of Web sites offering classified advertising space primarily for real estate and automobile sales. Its sites, including Apartments.com (rental listings), Cars.com (new and used autos), and HomeGain.com (home sales), also distribute their content to a network of 170 Web sites owned and operated by newspapers and television stations around the country, as well as top portal operators such as Yahoo! and MSN. Classified Ventures is a partnership of five leading media companies, including Gannett and Tribune Company.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending 2007:
Sales: $210.0M

Officers:
President and CEO: Daniel A. (Dan) Jauernig
SVP Administration and Corporate Development: Richard W. (Dick) Burke Jr.
VP Sales, Cars.com: Alex Vetter

Competitors:
AutoTrader
craigslist
Move, Inc.

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Wikipedia: Classified Ventures
 

Classified Ventures, LLC, is a Delaware limited liability company, based in Chicago, owned by a strategic joint-venture of five large media companies -- Belo Corporation, Gannett Company, Inc., The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company[1] -- to capitalize on the revenue growth in the online classified advertising categories of automotive, apartments and real estate. Websites include Cars.com and Homescape.com.

Products

  • Apartments.com
  • Cars.com
  • HomeFinder.com
  • HomeGain.com

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