Deseret Digital Media, Inc. (DDM) is a subsidiary company of Deseret Management Corporation (DMC), an American holding company owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
The company's first CEO, Clark Gilbert,[1] served from DDM's founding in 2009 until 2015 when he was named president of BYU-Idaho.
[9][10] It claims to be the first broadcast site to offer free classified ads, and one of the first to stream content from television and radio.
[11] As its launch predated Craigslist's expansion into Utah by four years,[12] it was able to use the network effect to build its online presence during that time.
[15] KSL Classifieds discontinued gun listings in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.