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Following Peter Krasilovsky's post on AOL's 25th anniversary, CEO Tim Armstrong just gave a keynote interview with Mike Arrington here at the TechCrunch disrupt conference. As is a common topic -- and modus operandi in his stewardship of a transforming…
Yext just announced at the TechCrunch disrupt conference here in New York that it will launch a reputation management platform called Yext Rep. Joining its "pay per action" management dashboard (and products in the market from Marchex, AmIVisible and Chatmeter),…
AOL today celebrates its 25th anniversary, and the thought of it leaves me a little nostalgic, but also really proud of the great role it has played in the development of interactive -- and local -- media and services. AOL’s…
On Friday, Search Engine Watch's Jonathan Allen posed a question to me about the meaning of Google's recent acquisitions of voice over IP technology providers. These includes On2, November's acquisition of Gizmo5 for $30 million, and last month's Global IP…
On Friday, Search Engine Watch's Jonathan Allen posed a question to me about the meaning of Google's recent acquisitions of voice over IP technology providers. These includes On2, November's acquisition of Gizmo5 for $30 million, and last month's Global IP…
On Friday, Search Engine Watch's Jonathan Allen posed a question to me about the meaning of Google's recent acquisitions of voice over IP technology providers. These includes On2, November's acquisition of Gizmo5 for $30 million, and last month's Global IP…
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…
The Digital Strategies for Broadcasting conference just wrapped up and it was a success by all measures. Lots of good sessions on how broadcasters are applying longstanding strengths toward new media and formats. In many ways it's similar to the…
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…
Lisa Bishop at Gray Television took a few contrarian views when discussing mobile strategies, during an afternoon DSB session on “New Ad Revenues for New Times.” Taking issue with the app craze we’ve seen dominating the media world over the…
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…
Colleen Brown, president and CEO of Fisher Communications, keynoted morning sessions at DSB 2010, arguing for a warmer embrace of new technologies that can unlock traditional TV broadcasters' core strengths. "Broadcasters have so many inherent strengths. In the barrage of…
While pundits point to online and mobile media as carving away local broadcast TV’s share, TVB President Steve Lanzano points out that online and mobile have actually worked to help local TV increase its consumption numbers. With the new age…
We see lots of innovation in some industries that inspires products in others. Often, this is a good thing: like the mobile device's geotargeting that's making its way to the desktop via location-aware browsers. But more often, this feature creep…
