SuperMedia has made some updates to its business profiles, organizing business details into four tabs: “Info,” which gives you basic details; special features and offers; and a website link, if available. “SuperGuarantee,” which indicates if the business participates in the program through…
DexOne CEO Dave Swanson will retire at the end of this month, ending a career of more than 25 years at the company (formerly known as R.H. Donnelley), including eight years at the helm as CEO. Here is a copy…
DexOne CEO Dave Swanson will retire at the end of this month, ending a career of more than 25 years at the company (formerly known as R.H. Donnelley), including eight years at the helm as CEO. Here is a copy…
DexOne CEO Dave Swanson will retire at the end of this month, ending a career of more than 25 years at the company (formerly known as R.H. Donnelley), including eight years at the helm as CEO. Here is a copy…
For the past six months or so, Mark Canon, Yell’s head of online, has been looking to either buy or partner his company’s way into the recommendations and reviews space. As he put it, “At the center, our business is…
For the past six months or so, Mark Canon, Yell's head of online, has been looking to either buy or partner his company's way into the recommendations and reviews space. As he put it, "At the center, our business is…
Yell Group's longtime CEO, John Condron, and CFO John Davis are planning to leave the company. Condron will retire in May 2011, while Davis plans to leave as soon as a successor is in place.The announcements weren't well received by…
European Directories, the private equity owned publisher of directories across Europe, is for sale, according to a report in the Financial Times (via Bloomberg). European Directories operates in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden.…
Yell Group's longtime CEO, John Condron, and CFO John Davis are planning to leave the company. Condron will retire in May 2011, while Davis plans to leave as soon as a successor is in place. The announcements weren't well received…
EveryCarListed, SuperMedia's auto vertical, will feature its dealer listings on the Oodle Network, which includes marketplaces on social media sites (Facebook, MySpace) as well as sites ranging from Walmart.com to Military.com. EveryCarListed advertisers will receive priority placements on the Oodle…
We've just posted the agenda for Directional Media Strategies 2010, our annual event focused on the global Yellow Pages industry. The event kicks off in Dallas on Sept. 14. The event's theme is "Yellow Pages and Beyond." To us, this…
DexOne has made online video a standard element of its Enhanced Pack online advertising bundle as a way to encourage wider adoption of online video, according a release issued today. "Online video advertising has become an increasingly important tool for…
While avoiding predictions of a full recovery, Dave Swanson, CEO, DexOne (formerly known as R.H. Donnelley), said on this week's first-quarter 2010 earnings call that the company does expect the rate of decline in ad sales to improve sequentially throughout…
U.K. directory publisher Yell is launching an overall redesign to its online directory today that follows the trend of building an immersive online Yellow Pages experience. The new site includes 3-D maps and street cam. Working with partners C3 and…
Regional press reports suggest that Yellow Pages Group New Zealand may be up for sale. The company was scooped up by private equity buyers (CCMP Capital Asia and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan) in March 2007 for more than NZ$2 billion.…
For the past few years, the U.S. Yellow Pages industry has been playing a nationwide version of the arcade game "whack a mole" -- beating down one opt-in or opt-out legislative initiative after another with a metaphoric sledgehammer. For the…
The Dutch-based online video player Spotzer has taken what is has learned about efficient process management in video product and is applying it to the high volume production of Web sites. Spotzer, which is part owned by European Directories, is…
Next Tuesday I will be leading a workshop at the Yellow Pages Association meeting in Las Vegas that I've ambitiously titled, "Built to Last: the New Yellow Pages Organization." The idea is to develop some understanding of how industry organizations…
Next Tuesday I will be leading a workshop at the Yellow Pages Association meeting in Las Vegas that I've ambitiously titled, "Built to Last: the New Yellow Pages Organization." The idea is to develop some understanding of how industry organizations…
Today brings two meaningful announcements in the answers space from SuperMedia and MerchantCircle. Answers is an area that seems to be getting more attention as a way for local merchants to differentiate themselves online and for local online media sites…
