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…
Mr. Local SEO Andrew Shotland writes today about vertically oriented Web site development and hosting products for small businesses. This is an interesting concept because it brings together two local trends we've written extensively about: Webification and verticalization. First, with…
R.H. Donnelley announced on its third-quarter earnings call Thursday that concurrent with first-quarter earnings next year it will pay a dividend equal to 25 percent of free cash flow. The publisher took some heat recently when it used money that…
After all the recent speculation that Facebook will create the next G,Y,M bidding war that will put the Right Media and DoubleClick deals to shame, news just hit the wires that Microsoft will be the one to invest in (not…
I received an e-mail early this morning from Judy's Book COO Chris DeVore saying that the company will wrap up operations. This comes as a surprise, because it was in the middle of a model transition from review-centric local social…
I received an e-mail early this morning from Judy's Book COO Chris DeVore saying that the company will wrap up operations. This comes as a surprise, because it was in the middle of a model transition from review-centric local social…
The game changing device and forebear to the iPhone turns six years old today. The unofficial Apple blog has the story, along with a video of Steve Jobs' original unveiling keynote at Macworld. It's amazing how much the device has…
MyYahoo!, Yahoo!'s personal home page and news reader, was redesigned earlier this year and available as an opt-in upgrade in beta. Today I logged in to discover my page has been automatically upgraded, suggesting either a coming out of beta,…
AT&T Advertising & Publishing's effort to assuage environmental concerns in North Carolina by curtailing print residential White Pages distribution has fizzled out as utility commissioners in that state have balked at the plan. The Raleigh News & Observer reported today…
AT&T Advertising & Publishing's effort to assuage environmental concerns in North Carolina by curtailing print residential White Pages distribution has fizzled out as utility commissioners in that state have balked at the plan. The Raleigh News & Observer reported today…
Auto sites look to mobile apps to generate leads, drive people to dealerships and provide info to auto shoppers when they are "on the go." A panel during last week’s Automotive Internet Roundtable by J.D. Power in Las Vegas reasserted…
On Friday, I had the opportunity to spend some valuable time with Richard Zurawski, president and GM of Telmetrics, a leader in the increasingly important call measurement business. As my colleague Charles Laughlin, program director of The Kelsey Report, said today,…
