SB Nation, the fan-centric sports blog launched by Kos.com founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga and Tyler Bleszinski and run by former AOL EVP Jim Bankoff, is launching 20 regional sites this month. The sites, themed “your new local sports page,” are…
You've probably noticed a series of aesthetic upgrades to this blog (OK, a complete overhaul). As part of that, we decided our breadth of coverage -- everything from Yellow Pages to broadcast media to mobile -- deserves some segmentation. So in addition…
You've probably noticed a series of aesthetic upgrades to this blog (OK, a complete overhaul). As part of that, we decided our breadth of coverage -- everything from Yellow Pages to broadcast media to mobile -- deserves some segmentation. So in addition…
The California senate bill that had caused the U.S. Yellow Pages community to break into a collective sweat has been defeated. According to a bulletin just issued by the Yellow Pages Association, California Senate Bill 920 was defeated yesterday by…
As my colleague Mike Boland has reported, OpenTable has opened its network a bit, allowing registered Yelp users to directly make reservations from Yelp -- whether they have registered with OpenTable or not. Users who have registered with both services…
As my colleague Mike Boland has reported, OpenTable has opened its network a bit, allowing registered Yelp users to directly make reservations from Yelp -- whether they have registered with OpenTable or not. Users who have registered with both services…
SuperMedia has joined forces with Yext to offer a co-branded version of the new Yext Rep product to its small-business advertisers. The Yext reputation management dashboard enables small businesses to track their online reputation through a single, easy-to-follow interface. Read…
From the "why didn't that happen years ago?" department, Yelp announced today it will integrate OpenTable reservations. According to the Yelp Blog: Logged in Yelp users are now able to easily book a reservation using this feature and you don't…
Mobile location based services are coming at us quickly, as success from the likes of Foursquare attracts companies to the space. Though there are monetization realities often ignored, this continues to be a segment worth watching, as it represents a…
Economists are always searching for market revealed information from businesses. Whether it is quarterly data on sales, revenues and profits or decisions made by businesses in their day-to-day operations, this information provides insight into the “economics” of the business and…
SuperMedia has joined forces with Yext to offer a co-branded version of the new Yext Rep product to its small-business advertisers. The Yext reputation management dashboard enables small businesses to track their online reputation through a single, easy-to-follow interface. Read…
Canada's Yellow Pages Group announced today that print residential White Pages directories are now being distributed on a by-request-only basis in its largest urban markets -- Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa-Gatineau and Quebec City. This move does not affect…
IAC’s Citysearch will keep its www.citysearch.com Web site and brand, and IAC’s local units will still be managed by the Citysearch team, but the local organization has been renamed “CityGrid Media.” IAC’s local units include Citysearch, the CityGrid ad network,…
IAC’s Citysearch will keep its www.citysearch.com Web site and brand, and IAC’s local units will still be managed by the Citysearch team, but the local organization has been renamed “CityGrid Media.” IAC’s local units include Citysearch, the CityGrid ad network,…
Angie’s List, the ratings service for home services and medical providers in markets around the U.S., is adding Groupon-like group buying offers to services and medical providers that receive high ratings from its members of "B" or above -- the…
Loopt has announced a new mobile app that is the manifestation of the "loyalty card" program we previewed back in January. Known as Loopt Star, it will be built around a local check-in model and give users points toward discounts…
Loopt has announced a new mobile app that is the manifestation of the "loyalty card" program we previewed back in January. Known as Loopt Star, it will be built around a local check-in model and give users points toward discounts…
Main Street Connect, a new hyperlocal network founded by former community newspaper executive Carll Tucker, former SmartReply exec John Falcone and others in the New York suburbs, notified the SEC on May 26 that it has raised $3.97 million for…
EBay’s newly branded “eBay Classifieds" -- formerly known as Kijiji -- is being repositioned to better leverage eBay’s capabilities, according to U.S. GM Martin Herbst, who spoke to us for a new report that we’ve just issued in BIA/Kelsey's Marketplaces…
Truvo revealed in its first-quarter earnings report that in March it agreed to divest its Romanian operation to the German company People Holding GmbH for 1 euro, essentially giving the operation away free of debt in order to get it…
