http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2005/12/05/Verizon-Info-Services-on-Block/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2005/12/05/Verizon-Info-Services-on-Block/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-492 I did an interview today on CNBC's Closing Bell on this story. The key question seemed to be, if this business (Yellow Pages in general) is dying a slow death, why would anyone want to buy it? The answer is pretty simple. The directory business is still hugely profitable, still widely used and still central to business acquisition for many small businesses. There needs to be a better appreciation for the fact that while Yellow Pages is clearly a business under strain (from internal competition, the Internet, etc.), it is still a huge source of value that isn't going to disappear within any current investor's time horizon. There is some very profitable middle ground between being the hottest thing on the planet and the walking dead.

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