Yell Group is unhappy today, but perhaps not all that surprised. The U.K.'s Competition Commission issued its provisional findings on the question of whether price regulation is still necessary in the U.K. (this assumes it ever was) to foster a…
Interesting story in today's WSJ about the challenges facing local television stations. Much has been written about the impact the Internet will have on the TV business. Many analysts were quick to point out that television revenues and CPMs continue…
Google has started to include StepUp Commerce retail feeds into its mapping solution. This allows consumers to search for local retail products from the StepUp merchant base then click to view real-time inventory. We have been speculating about the inclusion…
Search Engine Journal also reports on a survey about the interest in online video advertising among marketers. We've been looking at online video and IPTV over the past year and have anticipated its implications for advertisers, particularly local and SME…
Loren Baker at Search Engine Journal points to a Jupiter Research study that shows search engine marketing budgets increasing. More campaigns are also being formed as overall SEM revenues are on the rise. This is happening as education and evolution…
Some news from around the local media world this week:—The Washington Post's Leslie Walker examines the trend of "hyperactive Web browsing" a generational usage pattern online that defines what portion of a Web page is viewed before a user moves…
One of the world's premier directory organizations is now officially for sale. France Telecom has confirmed that it will sell its majority stake in PagesJaunes, the dominant directory publisher in France. The Kelsey Group has long viewed PagesJaunes as an…
A few interesting news stories hit the wires last week about Internet advertising and the state of the newspaper business. Overall, we believe newspapers have tremendous opportunities, despite the near term difficulties that dominate the headlines.The NewsThe Interactive Advertising Bureau…
The European Association of Directory Publishers held its 11th annual spring conference in Rome, June 1-2. The Kelsey Group cosponsored the first of these events, which was held in Monaco, and we have attended every spring EADP congress since then.…
Nokia made the significant announcement today that it has partnered with directory publishers across Europe to provide quick access to directory content for users of Nokia N-series multimedia devices and Nokia devices based on its S60 platform. The directory content…
Buried in an item from channelnewsasia.com on Singapore Yellow Pages' recent annual results announcement was the following: Going forward, Yellow Pages is looking to expand, including possible acquisitions in Asia. Singapore YP, which posted a 42 percent improvement in the…
The Kelsey Report® issued an Advisory yesterday that offers some insight into the online strategies of three leading European directory publishers. Here is what the cover letter says: The latest Advisory from The Kelsey Report® chronicles the progress being made…
A few news bits from the interactive media world this week:—Online search and contextual advertising firm Marchex announced yesterday that it will buy Open List. Open List has a vertical and local aggregation platform for reviews and listings data that…
This is an interesting story from the Miami Herald about post-hurricane remodeling. Note the mention of Home Depot and Lowe's installation services. This development in the local services marketplace is something TKG will be following in the coming months.
Reports circulated over the weekend that France Telecom is considering selling off the 54 percent it owns of PagesJaunes Groupe. PagesJaunes is among the best Yellow Pages assets in the world. It has had the great advantage of learning from…
Vodafone UK announced earlier this week that its mobile TV service has reached 100,000 subscribers and more than 70,000 streams per day. The service, known as SkyMobile TV, is the result of a partnership with British broadcaster BSkyB formed in…
Here is some news from the past few days in case you missed it (or we missed it):—The biggest event of the past couple of days that we haven't blogged about yet is the partnership formed between eBay and Yahoo!.…
Microsoft today signed a deal with infoUSA to license its business listing database. This will bring 13.5 million U.S. businesses into MSN Local Search and Windows Live Local Search — a significant data boost that will complement the new feature…
As we mentioned yesterday, Windows Live Local has launched its third version, a sizable improvement that deserves a closer look. We examine the product in this week's Local Media Journal (published today), and below is part of that article with…
After Microsoft acquired video game advertising company Massive late last month, the concept of placing ads in video games seems to have gotten more attention from the media and investment community. We've blogged at length about video game advertising and…
