The independent directory publishers gathered here at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver for the past two days appear to be even more convinced than ever that the print directory product is not only their past but also their future,…
Google announced today on its official blog that it will pull the plug on the very cool but underused GOOG-411 free directory assistance. Underuse was not the cited reason though. As we've written many times since it launched in 2007, the…
The program for Interactive Local Media 2010 is already one of the best we have ever put together. And it keeps getting better and better. We'd already announced the keynotes from Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, Microsoft Advertising VP Randy Wootton,…
Yes, we have heard that officially the recession ended in the summer of 2009. Yes, the stock market has been showing renewed strength over the past few weeks. Yes, even housing starts and sales are showing some recovery. But even…
AOL is taking the plunge into the competitive deal-a-day space, launching Wow! as an integrated deals sites under the larger brand that will serve "your bargain of choice" from both local and national offers. Increasingly, group buying offers are sold…
We've been paying lots of attention to the emerging fields of voice and visual search. This comes down to the notion that the mobile device has eyes and ears. As mobile search, apps and games evolve, they'll better leverage these…
In July, BIA/Kelsey projected that OTT homes -- or those services providing linear and nonlinear video services over third-party bandwidth to the TV -- will exceed cable homes by 2013. A February IMS Research report on "Internet Video to the…
SuperMedia announced today that CEO Scott Klein has resigned, effective immediately and has been replaced by industry veteran Peter McDonald, who was most recently president of DexOne (then R.H. Donnelley). BIA/Kelsey understands that the company's largest debt holders have been…
SuperMedia announced today that CEO Scott Klein has resigned, effective immediately and has been replaced by industry veteran Peter McDonald, who was most recently president of DexOne (then R.H. Donnelley). BIA/Kelsey understands that the company's largest debt holders have been…
Show biz marketing accounts are huge, and their agencies are always looking for more ways to localize them. They've now inspired efforts by ValPak, the promotions giant, and Eventful, the local events site that boasts an audience of nearly 20…
BIA/Kelsey's Digital Strategies for Broadcasting team covered this week's 2010 NAB/RAB Radio Showin Washington, D.C., hearing presentations from and interacting with industry leaders who are innovating ideas for survival and success during digital disruption. Here is a full catalog of…
Surojit Chatterjee announced today on Google's Mobile Ads Blog that the company has launched a new format for hyperlocal mobile ads. After searching for a business, ads will now tell you how far the closest location is, indicated by both…
We’re excited to announce our initial round of speakers for Interactive Local Media 2010, which takes place Dec. 7-9 in Santa Clara, California -- the heart of Silicon Valley. For sure, the industry has seen some dynamic shifts this year…
In the local media forecast we just released, U.S. mobile local ad revenues are projected to grow from $213 million in 2009 to $2.02 billion in 2014, a compound annual growth rate of 57 percent. This is the location targeted…
Millennial Media -- the largest independent mobile ad network, reaching 63 million U.S. mobile Web users -- has published its August Mobile Mix report. The report covers impression activity and trends across its network, encompassing device hardware, operating system software…
The deal-a-day marketplace is shaping up as a couple of leading brands in each market, some local media using white-label solutions and a healthy dose of aggregators repeating most or all the deals. Seeing to cut across much of the…
As "the media capital of the world," New York is rife with daily newspapers, high-culture magazines and lifestyle publications, yet Trevor Sumner says he had "no idea what was going on in my neighborhood. I couldn't even keep up with…
Sorting content by neighborhoods and ZIP codes can boost usage considerably, as HelloMetro recently discovered. The 10-year-old city guide gets more than 6 million monthly unique visitors and has 1,500 local sites. In a case study published today, it said…
The concept of a local affinity club for like-minded members looking for deals is always out there, although it's never really been mastered. Now, in the wake of Groupon’s success, the club concept looks like a vertical take on group-buying…
At BIA/Kelsey's DSB ’10 conference, Fisher Communications CEO Colleen Brown emphasized that local broadcasters can utilize the "long tail" of content to create richer offerings and open new advertising channels. The Seattle-based media group already does this through clusters of hyperlocal community Web sites…
