When it comes to lifelong memberships, people often confuse commercial entities, such as sports teams and rock bands, with nonprofits such as universities, the Sierra Club and other things that are worthy of presumptive annual support. Now we come to…
Google has made the long-awaited and rumored announcement that it will launch an operating system. Carrying the same name as its Chrome browser, this will be built specifically for running lightweight Web apps on machines that are built around Web…
Among local mass media, newspapers are usually credited with taking the Web seriously before others like TV and radio stations did. With an earlier start, newspapers bore both pioneers' scars but also moved up the learning curve before broadcasters. But…
Israeli start-up MobiApp announced today that it has received 800,000 from Maayan Venture Capital. MobiApp's Mingler product is a mobile social network that works in close-range settings like bars and restaurants. Using Bluetooth, it allows users to share info about…
TechCrunch reports today that The Printed Blog has gone under. The company, founded by former MediaNews Group staffer Joshua Karp, attempted to put out a daily print paper made up of news and opinion that was plucked from the blogosphere.…
Out-of-home media -- initially billboards and electronic signs, but now extending to the flat screen TVs at gas stations, groceries, retailers, on elevators and buses, and in fast food restaurants -- is getting a big push. But many questions about…
Nielsen’s new report How Teens Use Media assimilates data on teen media use from a variety of in-house and third-party studies to debunk several myths about TV, Internet, mobile and newspaper consumption. For example, it’s actually adults who spend more…
Newspaper companies are so far down we don’t pretend to offer comprehensive fixes anymore. That’d be science fiction. But we do track the incremental investments that leverage their strengths and often prove to be strong profit centers in themselves. Last…
Neat article in today's Wall Street Journal about spending on e-mail (and similar communication) for constituent outreach by members of the House of Representatives. The article says that in the first nine months of the fiscal year, members spent a…
Tree.com has acquired the operating assets of Done Right, a service that provides guaranteed referrals for service professionals in at least 38 markets via dedicated phone lines. Referrals come from print directories (“the orange book”) and online sites, which are…
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. AutoTrader Lays Off Some Field Reps; Vows Reinvestment With many auto dealers closing their doors or cutting back on…
With many auto dealers closing their doors or cutting back on advertising, AutoTrader has announced that it has laid off a “modest percentage” of its field representatives to keep the company stable. In a video addressed to the AutoTrader community, …
Are small businesses really churning from search packages in droves surpassing 60 percent per year? That’s the contention of a recent report, and it has important implications (i.e., that the value-added reseller industry isn’t sustainable). To learn more, we talked…
Citysearch publishing head Kara Nortman reminded us today that Citysearch and IAC are set to do great things with the Sidewalk.com brand it acquired from Microsoft in 1999. In the best spirit of Web 2.0, the company has announced a…