[kraftomatic]

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.

[rjvir]

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.