This platform, a digital classifieds website, has fundamentally transformed the way people engage with their local communities.

We study these questions using the staggered introduction of craigslist—the world’s largest online platform for classified advertising — across us counties between 1995 and 2009.

Webcraigslistoc exposed the craigslist economy and its impact on local businesses.

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Evidence from the introduction of craigslist∗.

Webthe impact of online competition on local newspapers:

Cuts in editorial staff disproportionately affected editors covering politics.

We exploit temporal and geographic variation in craigslist’s

How does competition from online platforms affect the organization, performance, and editorial choices of newspapers?

The impact of craigslist on local newspapers.

Web — what are the implications of these changes for the information voters are exposed to and for their political choices?

Webwe find that, following the entry of craigslist, local papers experienced a significant decline in the number of newsroom and management staff.

On the subscriber side, these newspapers experience an increase in subscription prices, a decrease in circulation, and an increase in differentiation from each other.

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