Groupon announced today that it will work with McClatchy, the third-largest newspaper chain, in 28 McClatchy markets. The rollout begins this month in Sacramento and Kansas City. Other McClatchy markets will be added over the next several months, possibly including…
8Coupons, the two-year-old New York-based coupon aggregator, today announced that it has launched The DealBot, which crawls the Web for specific deals. Deals found by The DealBot are added to 8coupons’ geolocated “MoneyMap” showing deals and merchant locations. Users can…
Angie’s List, the ratings service for home services and medical providers in markets around the U.S., is adding Groupon-like group buying offers to services and medical providers that receive high ratings from its members of "B" or above -- the…
Groupon, the pioneering deal-a-day provider, has used some of the proceeds of its recent $135 million round to buy CityDeal, a European imitator that has launched in 80 markets in 16 countries. The cost of the deal has not been…
Center’d, the local/social events and city guide site, has consistently reported growing traffic. But in its three-year existence, the site has never really found a niche that would set it apart from the competition. The site, however, has kept on…
Web site vendors may be well-positioned to jump-start Groupon-like "deal-a-day" offers. Analog Analytics and Adility, for instance, are seeking to leverage their respective media and sales channel relationships for deal a day. Now jumping into the pool is Utah-based Matchbin,…
On the heels of Groupon's $135 million round (and $1 billion valuation), Living Social has stepped up to the plate with a new $14 million C round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with U.S. Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures and Steve…
The deal-a-day phenomenon pioneered by Groupon has spawned direct attacks on the model from a wide variety of companies. Newspapers, social sites and others are all going at it. But how about gift card providers? Adility founder Thomas Cornelius, a…
Groupon has added $135 million to its war chest, and now has raised a total of $165 million to fend off competitors in the deal-a-day space it has pioneered. The investment gives Groupon a valuation in excess of $1 billion.…
Daily deals are one of the hottest new areas for local advertising and promotions, with Groupon, Living Social and more than 150 other players rolling out their own versions. At least two companies, Click-N-Shout and Deal Current, are targeting local…
Daily deals are one of the hottest new areas for local advertising and promotions, with Groupon, Living Social and more than 150 other players rolling out their own versions. At least two companies, Click-N-Shout and Deal Current, are targeting local…
The San Diego Union-Tribune and the upstart San Diego News Network are launching competing “Daily Deal” products, with Facebook and Twitter accompaniments, and will try to eat into the lead in the local market that has been assumed by Groupon…
One of the challenges of running conferences is keeping our analyst hats on and covering the world outside the venue walls. We're still catching up on notable media and tech news items from last week. But luckily there's a fair…
Groupon has a roaring head start in the deals of the day category for groups, with more than a million users. We'll hear all about Groupon from CEO Andrew Mason at next week's Marketplaces conference in San Diego, where he…
Groupon has a roaring head start in the deals of the day category for groups, with more than a million users. We'll hear all about Groupon from CEO Andrew Mason at next week's Marketplaces conference in San Diego, where he…
The “Flash e-commerce” space got hotter today, as Washington, D.C.-based LivingSocial announced a new $30 million round led by U.S. Venture Partners. Grotech Ventures and Revolution (Steve Case’s company) are also participating. The funding will be used to launch deal-a-day…
