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Facebook should not a lone scapegoat

Actually it was Craigslist. Back before the internet, the single biggest pot of newspaper revenue was classified ads.

I think Craigslist is a US problem. Internationally I think the traditional news approach has had many different challenges. Classified advertising also has had different challenges around the world, such as dedicated publications.

The fundamental challenge is that of having hand-delivered paper newspapers be the centralized hub of information.

Any manifestation of the Internet makes that obsolete - but the specific method of obsoletion may be different by country.

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