Craigslist kinda getting rid of ‘erotic services’ ads

Craigslist is dumping its “erotic services” ads in the next week and will replace them with an adult services section where the ads are manually approved and cost $10, the Los Angeles Times reports. Craigslist won’t be accepting new erotic services ads, starting today. This is all in the wake of the so-called “Craigslist Killer” and threats from three attorneys general (including Missouri’s Chris Koster) to clean up the ads or face legal action. So Craigslist is changing the name, getting paid double and peeping the ads? Everybody wins.

After the jump, the full statement from Craigslist: