Global Yellow Pages Blog
Another directory publishing asset has changed hands, with one investor cashing out handsomely and another coming in hoping to make a killing. This time the buyer is Babcock & Brown, an Australian private equity firm that is focused on media…
Yesterday, The Kelsey Group announced a partnership with conference series host Search Engine Strategies (SES). The two companies will work together to program upcoming conferences, the first being November’s Interactive Local Media Conference. SES is part of the marketing division…
In case you missed any posts last week, here are a few highlights. It's About the Money, Remember Last week, Local.com announced that it will acquire PremierGuide, a white-label local search solution, for US$2 million. I’ve read a handful of…
On today's second-quarter earnings call, R.H. Donnelley executives revealed that the ripple effect of the housing slump has affected growth in its Embarq markets, which have been among the most stable in recent years. Fortunately for RHD, improvements in Chicago…
This just in. Directory publisher R.H. Donnelley has acquired Business.com, a B2B-oriented search engine and ad network that was acquired by Earthlink founder Sky Dayton for US$7.5 million in 1999. The acquisition was announced today, just before RHD's second-quarter earnings…
Paul Levine has resigned his position as GM of Yahoo! Local to take the VP of marketing slot at AdBright, a Sequoia Capital backed ad marketplace. Jennifer Dulski will be taking over local responsibilities as group vice president and general manager,…
Social networking has become and will continue to be one of the hottest trends on the Internet. The goal of social networks is to connect like-minded people based on their interests and often on their needs. In some cases social…
Idearc's Superpages has launched a beta version of a video advertising product, the company announced today. Here is a copy of the announcement. Video has quickly emerged as an essential element for a fully functional local online product, even if…
Yell Group's U.S. division, Yellow Book, has named Pat Marshall to the newly created post of "chief new media officer." Marshall's job in a nutshell will be to bring Yellow Book and its IYP, www.yellowbook.com, into a leadership position online.…
I just finished listening to the replay of Eniro's second-quarter earnings call. A lot was covered on the call, and I will write up a detailed brief for TKR clients early next week. Eniro recorded total group revenues of SEK2.93 billion…
Earlier this week Yellowpages.com officially launched a new and improved site (which had been in beta for some time), expanding further on a look launched late last year. The new version aims to enhance the overall visual appeal and, more…
A day many thought would never arrive has come. Valley Yellow Pages, led by noted online skeptic Sieg Fischer, has launched an online Yellow Pages directory, dubbed myyp.com. The company used technology vendor Information Pages to build the online directory,…
Yesterday, Idearc Media and Jingle Networks announced a partnership that counters AT&T's foray into the free DA business with its 1-800-YellowPages product. According to yesterday's announcement, Idearc's performance-based advertisers will receive additional exposure to buyers via Jingle's 1-800-FREE411 service. It…
White Directory Publishers was an early online innovator among U.S. independent directory publishers. In recent years the company has been relatively quiet on the digital front as it focused more on expanding its print footprint. Given the progression in the…
After four months of ownership, Yellow Pages Group of New Zealand’s owners are moving forward with the creation of a new executive management team. Among the moves, according to New Zealand’s m-net: “Dudley Enoka, who was general manager, will become the ex-Telecom…
HM Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Phone Directories Co. operations based in Orem, Utah. PDC publishes directories in 18 states covering 137 titles. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to a prepared statement by Peter Brodsky, a…
Universal McCann has been the definitive word in advertising forecasts for more years than most of us have been alive, and team leader Bob Coen has been consistently conservative yet accurate. In December, he predicted that Yellow Pages would come…
The Kelsey Group and AMR International joined forces to hold a summit in London on the Future of Local Search in Europe. It was an invitation-only affair, which is why you probably didn’t hear about it. Not surprisingly, most of…
R.H. Donnelley's DexOnline got a face-lift, rebranding and a few functional enhancements yesterday. The new site, known as DexKnows.com was launched throughout Dex's 14-state region and includes new personalization features (MyDex) and enhanced maps. These provide a noticeably improved site…
In the San Diego edition of AT&T’s White Pages, a minor alphabetical error has some business owners seeing red. According to SignOnSanDiego.com, the latest edition of the San Diego business White Pages ran into trouble with listings beginning with the…
