Kelsey Local Media Blog
Toronto-based voice search technology provider Call Genie announced today that it will acquire European DA technology provider BTSLogic for $1.5 million. The press release is somewhat unclear on details of how this will play out, but it states generally that…
What keeps a TV station working with a Web enabler after it has earned enough money to do it itself? That’s a question for all the leading Web enablers -- WorldNow, Internet Broadcasting Systems and Broadcast Interactive Media. All three companies have…
As we speculated a few weeks ago, FastCall 411 has officially taken its product portable so it can "live" on other local search sites. The technology is a twist on click-to-call in preventing users from having to go down a…
The numbers are looking very, very good for the Interactive Local Media:07 conference in L.A. Nov. 28-30. Internally, we think this one is a record breaker. Register and book the hotel while you can. The latter tends to sell out.…
There is a lot of buzz today around a Wall Street Journal article (sub req.) that reveals the latest in Google's impending entrance into the mobile world. As reported in a recent New York Times article and supported in a…
When it comes to third-party local ad sales, apparently, more is the merrier -- especially with the powerful incentive of ReachLocal’s $300 million valuation. Yodle and Ambassador Internet are two of the more recent names to consider, on top of ReachLocal,…
Yellowpages.com today announced the release of a mobile local search site specifically designed to work on the iPhone and iPod Touch. This will be a mobile web based local search site accessible from the devices' Safari web browser, and will…
Zillow announced this morning that it will integrate a new ad targeting feature known as HomeDirect, which will serve geographically, demographically and contextually relevant ads within individual home listings. This will come in three flavors; targeting individual homes that its…
Curbed.com, the fun, well-written and insightful Web site about local real estate culture and deals, has gotten $1.5 million in new financing from Gawker Media, individuals associated with Gawker and others, such as Brad Inman. The site is the brainchild…
When is a local Yellow Pages not a local Yellow Pages? When a global gift shopping catalog is part of the directory. Idearc Media has partnered with Shop Yellow, an online and print gift catalog company offering gift items for…
3-D mapping company EveryScape today launched its product for Boston, Miami, Aspen and New York. We've written a great deal about the potential for 3-D mapping to become a centerpiece of the local search experience in published reports and blog…
Jennifer Dulski, who in July took the reins of all Yahoo!’s Marketplace properties (Local, Yellow Pages, Travel, Shopping, Autos and Real Estate), has resigned to become the CEO of a new venture-backed startup in Silicon Valley. Dulski, an eight-year veteran…
In New York City last week, I had breakfast at the new New York Times building at 41st and Eighth Avenue. The multi-hued Renzo Piano designed effort includes a 51-story, ecologically sensitive tower (28 floors for NYT), and on the…
France's PagesJaunes has long been the dominant player in the country's print directory market, but in recent quarters, what was a growing business now is struggling to generate positive revenue growth. Online, however, continues to be a strong suit for…
In case you missed any, here is a sampling of posts from the TKG blog this week. Click below to read each post in full. Yellow Pages Odds n' Ends Charles Laughlin takes a look at the week in Yellow…
The Nordic directory publisher Eniro announces its third-quarter and nine-month 2007 earnings on Thursday, and while the news for print in Norway continues to be bad, print appears to have stabilized in Sweden, the publisher's largest market. While print is…
The Nordic directory publisher Eniro announces its third-quarter and nine-month 2007 earnings on Thursday, and while the news for print in Norway continues to be bad, print appears to have stabilized in Sweden, the publisher's largest market. While print is…
I've collected a number of Yellow Pages-related items over the past week or so that are worth noting. So here it goes: The Texas ad agency FKM has launched a new unit to focus on interactive Yellow Pages and related online…
I've collected a number of Yellow Pages-related items over the past week or so that are worth noting. So here it goes: The Texas ad agency FKM has launched a new unit to focus on interactive Yellow Pages and related online…
A heartfelt thanks to all the people who wrote in out of concern for my family and me vis-a-vis the San Diego fires. We’re fine, and very proud of the wonderful and loving way our entire community has responded to…
