全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP16130 The Impact of Online Competition on Local Newspapers: Evidence from the Introduction of Craigslist

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP16130
	DP16130 The Impact of Online Competition on Local Newspapers: Evidence from the Introduction of Craigslist
	Milena Djourelova; Ruben Durante; Gregory J. Martin
发表日期	2021-05-09
出版年	2021
语种	英语
摘要	How does competition from online platforms affect the organization, performance, and editorial choices of newspapers? And what are the implications of these changes for the information voters are exposed to and for their political choices? 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. This setting allows us to separate the effect of competition for classified advertising from other changes brought about by the Internet, and to compare newspapers that relied more or less heavily on classified ads ex ante. We find that, following the entry of Craigslist, local papers experienced a significant decline in the number of newsroom and management staff. Cuts in editorial staff disproportionately affected editors covering politics. These organizational changes led to a reduction in news coverage of politics and resulted in a decline in newspaper readership, which was not compensated by increased news consumption online or in other media. Finally, we document that reduced exposure to political news was associated with more partisan voting and increased support for ideologically extreme candidates.
主题	Public Economics
关键词	Newspapers Internet Advertising Ideological polarization
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp16130-1
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545104
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Milena Djourelova,Ruben Durante,Gregory J. Martin. DP16130 The Impact of Online Competition on Local Newspapers: Evidence from the Introduction of Craigslist. 2021.