Kelsey Local Media Blog
In the run-up to any given BIA/Kelsey conference, I'm continually asked about the makeup of our typical audience. This is a good question from both attendees and speakers trying to devise the proper tone for their presentations or prepared panel…
The Yellow Pages industry is taking an aggressive stance in its fight against the San Francisco opt-in ordinance. The industry, led by the Local Search Association, has filed a motion for preliminary injunction to prevent the ordinance from taking effect.…
Todd Rose, VP of business development at AT&T interactive, has been added to the lineup of speakers at BIA/Kelsey's upcoming DMS ’11 event (Sept. 20-22, in Denver). Deals will be the topic of our executive interview with Rose on…
BIA/Kelsey is expanding the geographic focus of its conference business with the addition of ILM Asia 2011, which takes place Oct. 25-26 Singapore. The event is a joint production of BIA/Kelsey and the Asian Directory Publishers Association. ILM Asia will…
SinglePlatform, which places restaurant search info such as menus, specials and photos on search engines and social and mobile media, has raised $3.25 million. The new raise is led by DFJ Gotham Ventures with participation from New World Ventures, First…
Online retail spending reached $37.5 billion, up 14 percent from a year ago, according to comScore's latest quarterly study. Highlights from comScore's study include: The 14-percent growth in the quarter was primarily a function of an increase in the number of…
Localmind, a location-based Q&A service, arrived on Android this week, after closing a round of $600,000 in angel funding last month. The app was a hit at SXSW earlier this year but at that time was iPhone only. Localmind leverages…
SocialGuide CEO Sean Casey briefed us today on recent accomplishments and upcoming milestones for his company that focuses on social media activity around television programming running on 170 U.S. networks. The basic idea for users is that in addition to…
Following our coverage of Google's Chromebook launch, I got the chance to use one of them today. As advertised, Google has set up stations at Virgin America gates in certain cities to loan them out for full flights or just…
Yext announced today that it closed a $10 million D round led by Right Media founder Michael Walrath, and existing investors (SV Angel, Sutter Hill). The funding will help Yext to continue to build out its Power Listings product. At…
Gannett has now publicly announced that it has expanded its DealChicken platform to 10 to 15 markets, and will be in 57 markets where it has newspapers and/or TV stations. The company obviously enters a crowded marketplace, but will likely…
Its been an uphill battle for Dex Media West, SuperMedia and the Yellow Pages Association since they filed suit in November 2010 against the city of Seattle's restrictive opt-in ordinance. Last month, a federal judge granted partial summary judgment to the…
TVplus CEO and Founder Ajay Shah argues that in spite of connected TVs, cross-platform video and "TV Everywhere" types of viewing options for connecting to video, it will be the "second screen" that will drive the social revolution that links…
When you get beyond the limited form factor of mobile, it really turns out to be a better platform for creating, managing and bidding on used goods, says Dan Zheng, a cofounder of EggDropApp, a new mobile-based auction service. Mobile…
We predicted in our U.S. Local Media Annual Forecast the growth in the U.S. daily deals market from $1.25 billion this year to $3.93 billion in 2015. Low barriers to entry are producing a host of Groupon and LivingSocial spinoffs.…
Yelp is heading down under to Australia via a partnership with the directory company Sensis where it will integrate Sensis' local business listing data into its site. In turn, Sensis' local sales force will sell Yelp.com.au to Australian SMBs. Neither…
"Social is the new black," asserted Ben Silverman, CEO, Electus, to Billy Bush of "Access Hollywood" in a lunchtime interview at yesterday's Social TV Summit at the Belair Country Club. The point is it goes with everything. Well, almost. Later…
Internet Yellow Pages sites saw a modest 5.1 percent boost in usage over the past year, according to new data from comScore and the Local Search Association, detailed in a press release and webinar today. That's the good news for…
In true McLaughlin Group style, Greg Sterling moderated the final session at Deals 3D -- “Deals: The Next Stage” -- more as a rapid-fire roundtable than a traditional panel. He dished, they debated. So, consistent to the theme, here are…
There are already many types of deals and a plethora of deal providers. And all signs point to even more growth and variety. To peer a year or two ahead, moderator Matt Booth led a discussion with four seasoned players…
