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TELSTRA has again staked millions of dollars on its belief that China's online classifieds growth is yet to peak. Telstra has paid $A76 million for 55% shareholdings in both Norstar Media (owner of Che168.com and IT168.com) and Autohome/PCPop

THE $1.3 billion online advertising market is bracing for a cyclical slowdown. This comes amid warnings that Australia's big online portals such as ninemsn and Yahoo!7 will struggle to hold their revenue market share against specialist websites and independent groups that bundle together thousands of smaller websites to create rival..read more

DAYS after the Seven Network failed to topple the board of West Australian Newspapers, the publisher has moved to beef up its internet presence by teaming up with the News Ltd-controlled realestate.com.au to expand its online property classifieds.

ONLINE classifieds provider REA Group has continued its rapid growth in the past half, lifting profit 38.6% to $7.77 million. But it has no plans to pay dividends.

FAIRFAX MEDIA'S expansion to cut its reliance on metropolitan newspapers appears to be paying dividends, with strong regional and online earnings outweighing a slump in the Sydney market.