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Backpage was a classified advertising website founded in 2004 by the alternative newspaper chain New Times Inc./New Times Media (later known as Village Voice Media or VVM) as a rival to Craigslist.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backpage | Available in | English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Chinese, Finnish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, and Turkish | 1.00 | infobox |
| Backpage | Current status | Shut down by the United States FBI; domain now defunct | 1.00 | infobox |
| Backpage | Dissolved | April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Backpage | Launched | 2004 (2004) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Backpage | Owner | Atlantische Bedrijven CV Former owner: Village Voice Media | 1.00 | infobox |
| Backpage | Type of business | Web communications | 1.00 | infobox |
| personals | instance of | Backpage let users post ads to categories | 0.80 | text |
| automotive | instance of | Backpage let users post ads to categories | 0.80 | text |
| rentals | instance of | Backpage let users post ads to categories | 0.80 | text |
| jobs | instance of | Backpage let users post ads to categories | 0.80 | text |
| adult services | instance of | Backpage let users post ads to categories | 0.80 | text |
| Backpage | instance of | companies | 0.80 | text |
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