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Type
  
Joint Venture

CEO
  
Dan Jauernig (Apr 2000–)

Founded
  
August 1997

Industry
  
Media

Founder
  
Bradley Inman

Parent organization
  
TEGNA Inc.

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Headquarters
  
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Subsidiaries
  
PickupTrucks.com, NewCars.com, LP, Marketdrive Interactive Inc., DealerRater.com, LLC

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Classified Ventures, LLC was a Chicago-based media company. The company, established to capitalize on the revenue growth in the online classified advertising categories of automotive and rentals, was a joint venture among five major newspaper publishers: A. H. Belo, Gannett, The McClatchy Company, Tribune Company, and Graham Holdings Company It previous owned the brands Cars.com and Apartments.com before selling both in 2014. On August 5, 2014, Gannett announced that it would buy out the remainder of the company for $1.8 billion, giving it full ownership of Classified Ventures' properties. The acquisition was closed on October 1, 2014.

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