KSL Classifieds

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KSL Classifieds is a classified advertisements website covering northern Utah and nearby parts of Idaho and Wyoming. It is one of the largest classifieds sites in the U.S.[1] and the only one to draw more users than Craigslist within its local market.[2][3] It is operated by Deseret Digital Media, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corporation, a holding company owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).[citation needed]

History[]

KSL Classifieds was launched in 2000 by broadcaster KSL TV and KSL Newsradio, despite the misgivings of KSL executives who resisted the idea of making ads free for individual users, and despite the fact it would be competing with paid classifieds in the Deseret News, which was also owned by the LDS Church.[2][4] It claims to be the first broadcast site to offer free classified ads, and one of the first to stream content from television and radio.[5] As its launch predated Craigslist's expansion into Utah by four years,[6] it was able to use the network effect to build its online presence during that time.[7]

Criticisms[]

Gun control activists raised concerns in 2011 that KSL Classifieds did a disservice to its community by providing a marketplace for sellers who were not licensed dealers, as such sellers need not perform background checks on buyers.[3] A 2011 report from the office of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg found that KSL Classifieds had more gun listings than any other general-purpose online marketplace, exceeded only by online marketplaces that specialize in guns.[8] KSL Classifieds discontinued gun listings in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Coppins, McKay (19 Dec 2012). "Mormon Church-Owned Website Suspends Gun Sales". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Zhang, Sarah (11 April 2017). "How a Mormon Church-Owned Site Defeated Craigslist in Utah". The Atlantic. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Warchol, Glen (27 May 2011). "Questions arise about KSL's booming online gun market". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ^ Malone, Michael (27 July 2008). "New faces among SLC residents, stations". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Deseret Digital Media | Our Network | KSL.com". Archived from the original on 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  6. ^ "New craigslist sites added since 1995". craigslist. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  7. ^ "local classifieds".
  8. ^ "Point, Click, Fire: an investigation of illegal online gun sales" (PDF). The City of New York. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2017-04-14.

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