Eniro has replaced Jesper Karrbrink as CEO of the Swedish directory company with Johan Lindgren, former CEO of Telenor Sweden. Eniro's board is apparently frustrated at the pace of improvement resulting from the new strategy put in place by Karrbrink.…
The competitive tide is rising, seemingly by the minute, in the IP video/next-generation TV market. Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Hulu, Boxee, Roku and Sony are just a few of the myriad brands competing to "cut the cord" on cable's ironclad reign over this…
The U.K. directory publisher Yell's stock had its best day of trading in months, leading to speculation that the company might be a takeover target. Another report suggests the increase may not be the result of a takeover bid, but…
Techcrunch reports today that a check-in based deal for Virgin America, run by Loopt, resulted in Virgin's fifth-highest revenue day ever. Two-for-one tickets from California cities to Cancun or Los Cabos were offered during a four-hour period to anyone who…
A new partnership with Foursquare will give Vlingo (voice search app) the ability to check in to local places by voice. In addition to standard Vlingo features like texting, e-mailing and Web search, users can now prompt check-ins by simply…
BIA/Kelsey has asserted that a logical next step for deal-a-day providers is to target smaller geographical radii and specific consumer preferences to bolster their value proposition. LivingSocial has made a move in that direction by serving deals at the neighborhood…
Steve Jobs might be as adept at captivating a live audience as he is at innovating game-changing media products. For nearly the first hour of Apple's "September event" earlier today in San Francisco, Jobs made nary a mention of…
Online scheduling vendor Agendize has bolstered its fleet of local media partners through a deal with weblocal.ca, a leading Canadian local search site. Weblocal.ca will utilize Agendize's Online Scheduling as an implementable feature for clients that are using its business…
Both Seat Pagine Gialle and PagesJaunes Groupe are reportedly denying press reports that the French publisher has plans to acquired Italy's Seat. Seat PG's share price has risen today based on those reports, despite a broader market decline. The two…
Dex One and Yahoo have extended and expanded their long-term partnership to roughly double the geographic coverage of the existing distribution partnership. The arrangement essentially involves business profile pages sold by Dex being served up in Yahoo Local search results,…
Two freshly released viewer surveys underscore the fragmentation of the TV marketplace, the surging demand for online video and time shifting, and the changing consumer attitudes toward traditional, live television. The most recent Morpace Omnibus study reveals that while 52 percent of viewing is live…
Turkey Yellow Pages has launched a new service with partner vSplash that offers all Turkish businesses a Web page, domain registration, hosting and a mobile site, as well as geo-coding and a Google Analytics account, technical support and other services,…
Scanning the global Yellow Pages industry for noteworthy recent developments: Yell wants its customers to share videos of the "amazing things" that they can do with its economized Yellow Pages directory. The U.K.-based company calls this reformatting of its traditional…
MerchantCircle is joining the ranks of companies creating local and vertical content, including Demand Media, Associated Content, Examiner.com, AOL’s Seed and Patch, Perfect Market, Helium, Brafton Media and others. MerchantCircle’s new Local Content Studio is being led by Andy Halliday,…
Earlier this month, mobile video platform MobiTV released findings from its delivery of the 2010 FIFA World Cup suggesting that the larger the screen, the longer the time spent viewing. No surprise there, as total average minutes viewed for 5-inch screens…
You probably heard today that Google launched a voice dialing feature within Gmail. This isn't necessarily Google Voice (which is basically a call connection service), but rather a voice over IP client, akin to Skype, right within Gmail. The thing…
Today, Yellowbook is launching a group buying/deal-a-day product called Weforia.com in three of its markets -- Boston, Phoenix and Ft. Myers, Florida. This makes Yellowbook the first U.S. Yellow Pages publishers to enter this space, which has become a local…
Appointments are seen as the next frontier of e-commerce and advertising, as online and mobile-centric consumers increasingly look for the immediacy of booking electronically. The appointment space is a competitive one, however, as several companies jump on the opportunity --…
Followers of this blog (and of the mobile space) are well aware of the ongoing apps vs. mobile Web debate. In one corner sits Apple and an app-centric mobile universe. In the other is Google -- motivated by its core…
Today, Yellowbook is launching a group buying/deal-a-day product called Weforia.com in three of its markets -- Boston, Phoenix and Ft. Myers, Florida. This makes Yellowbook the first U.S. Yellow Pages publishers to enter this space, which has become a local…
