The French directory publisher PagesJaunes is, to no one's surprise, attracting considerable interest from private equities, which have led the pack of bidders for the 54 percent stake in PagesJaunes being sold off by France Telecom. Initial bids were reportedly…
Canada's Yellow Pages Group has launched a beta version of its YellowPages.ca online directory. The company is touting the new site as a combination of an IYP and a local search product by allowing users to "obtain structured results with…
Yell Group has long been known in the U.K. for the quality of its advertising, standing out in a category that has generally produced some interesting and funny commercials over the years. Yell is now in the position of finding…
A recent Kelsey Group Web poll of certified marketing representatives, the sales professionals responsible for national Yellow Pages advertising in the United States, indicates greater support for syndicated usage research among those working for larger agencies.Of the 24 CMRs representatives…
U.S. independent directory publisher Ambassador Yellow Pages announced that it has entered the Staten Island, New York, market. The publisher is currently in canvas with the book, which will publish in August, just ahead of rival Yellow Book. Details on…
Just saw this. The French media company Vivendi is studying the possibility of acquiring France's leading directory publisher, PagesJaunes. France Telecom is planning to sell off its 54 percent stake in PagesJaunes, which has been among the leading performers among…
Lots of press coverage out of the U.K. on the Yell rate cap preliminary ruling this week. We will offer our full take in this week's Local Media Journal, but we thought a sampling of the U.K. coverage on this…
Yell Group is unhappy today, but perhaps not all that surprised. The U.K.'s Competition Commission issued its provisional findings on the question of whether price regulation is still necessary in the U.K. (this assumes it ever was) to foster a…
One of the world's premier directory organizations is now officially for sale. France Telecom has confirmed that it will sell its majority stake in PagesJaunes, the dominant directory publisher in France. The Kelsey Group has long viewed PagesJaunes as an…
Nokia made the significant announcement today that it has partnered with directory publishers across Europe to provide quick access to directory content for users of Nokia N-series multimedia devices and Nokia devices based on its S60 platform. The directory content…
The Kelsey Report® issued an Advisory yesterday that offers some insight into the online strategies of three leading European directory publishers. Here is what the cover letter says: The latest Advisory from The Kelsey Report® chronicles the progress being made…
Buried in an item from channelnewsasia.com on Singapore Yellow Pages' recent annual results announcement was the following: Going forward, Yellow Pages is looking to expand, including possible acquisitions in Asia. Singapore YP, which posted a 42 percent improvement in the…
Online directory technology provider Local Matters is touting the launch of R.H. Donnelley's Chicago.B2B.com, a "local search and shopping marketplace" for Chicago-area businesses. The site uses Local Matters' Destination Search platform, which is being positioned as a solution for directory…
It seems the folks at GoYellow.de saw something in Paris Hilton that escaped the rest of us. And then Paris broke their hearts. The German online Yellow Pages directory has cut short its relationship with Paris to promote the upstart…
Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm having a hard time getting past the first obvious question that comes to mind as I read this announcement. If this is such a breakthrough business concept, then how come it's being sold on…
Here is a write-up of today's Yellow Pages Group annual meeting. I am traveling today and have not yet been able to listen to the call.One interesting item is the C$2.5 million purchase of 389 Canadian domain names across vertical…
Canadian publisher Yellow Pages Group announced this mornings that it will acquire Classified Media Holdings (Trader Canada) for C$760 million. You can read the release here. The deal expands YPG's classified footprint nationally following last year's acquisition of Trader Media…
This just in: Yell will acquire Spain's Telefnica Publicidad e Informacin for US$3.9 billion. Here is a Bloomberg article with some details. We will cover this in more detail in an Advisory. This is a new direction for Yell, which…
Here is the press release detailing the winners of this year's Yellow Pages Association Industry Excellence Awards. This year's crop includes many very well-deserved honors, and we congratulate all the winners. It's fair to say that the list of winners…
Here at the YPA convention, a panel discussion featuring independent Yellow Pages publishers unveiled one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry. There is a very early effort afoot to combine the three major North American industry trade associations into…
