Classified Ventures, LLC, is a Delaware limited liability

Limited liability

Limited liability is a concept where by a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment in a company or partnership with limited liability. If a company with limited liability is sued, then the plaintiffs are suing the company, not its...

 company, based in Chicago, owned by a strategic joint-venture of five large media companies -- A. H. Belo

A. H. Belo

A. H. Belo Corporation is a Dallas-based media company that owns four daily newspapers and five smaller newspapers. The current corporation was formed when Belo Corporation separated its broadcasting and publishing operations into two corporations. A. H. Belo also owns a part interest in...

, Gannett Company, Inc., The McClatchy Company

The McClatchy Company

The McClatchy Company is a publicly traded American publishing company based in Sacramento, California. It operates 30 daily newspapers in 15 states and has an average weekday circulation of 2.2 million and Sunday circulation of 2.8 million...

, Tribune Company

Tribune Company

The Tribune Company is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with ten daily newspapers and commuter tabloids including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida...

 and The Washington Post Company -- to capitalize on the revenue growth in the online classified advertising

Classified advertising

Classified advertising is a form of advertising which is particularly common in newspapers, online and other periodicals which may be sold or distributed free of charge...

 categories of automotive, apartments and real estate. Websites include Cars.com

Cars.com

Cars.com is a website which was launched in June 1998. It is the second largest automotive classified site, second to only Autotrader.com. It is a division of Classified Ventures, which is in turn a joint venture by major media companies including the Gannett Company, the McClatchy Company, the...

, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, Apartments.com, HomeGain.com and HomeFinder.com.

In 2010, Classified Ventures was recognized as one of the “2010 Hottest Companies in the Midwest” by Lead411.

Products

• ApartmentHomeLiving.com
• Apartments.com
• Cars.com
  Cars.com
  Cars.com is a website which was launched in June 1998. It is the second largest automotive classified site, second to only Autotrader.com. It is a division of Classified Ventures, which is in turn a joint venture by major media companies including the Gannett Company, the McClatchy Company, the...
  
  
• PickupTrucks.com
• HomeGain.com
• RentalHomesPlus.com

External links

• Classified Ventures Web site
• Apartment Home Living Web site