Trader Classified Media NV (formerly Hebdo Mag) was an international classified advertising company based in the Netherlands and run by Canadian John MacBain.

[3] In 1990, the company made it first European publishing acquisition of La Centrale in France.

[3] In September 2002, the company was renamed to Trader Classified Media NV.

[7] In July 2006, Schibsted finalised the acquisition of parts of Trader Classified Media NV in Spain, Latin America, France, Italy and Switzerland.

[8] In February 2006 The Yellow Pages Group, publishers of directories in Canada purchased the Canadian and US assets of Trader Classified Media along with the domain trader.com, creating Trader Corporation.