DataSphere, which creates hyperlocal blogs and sells advertising packages to small businesses on behalf of local broadcasters, will now do the same for Gannett Broadcasting, The deal initially covers ten of Gannett Broadcasting’s 19 markets, including Atlanta, Washington D.C., Tampa,…
ReachLocal has continued its efforts to add sticky usage for small businesses and diversify beyond reselling Google with the launch of “Bizzy” in New York, San Francisco and Dallas. Bizzy itself, which has a 21-person team, was launched by ReachLocal…
ReachLocal has continued its efforts to add sticky usage for small businesses and diversify beyond reselling Google with the launch of “Bizzy” in New York, San Francisco and Dallas. Bizzy itself, which has a 21-person team, was launched by ReachLocal…
You may remember when Google's Nexus One came out and was bundled with the newest version of Android. The biggest talking point was the GPS navigation feature that the tech media and analyst corps quickly pinned as the death of…
“Neighbors Online,” a new study from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, has found that 20 percent are using digital tools such as e-mail, texting and social networks to communicate with their neighbors. Twenty-two percent have…
Today I had the chance to catch up with WirelessWerx, a company that brings more accurate location targeting in indoor or confined locations. This can include hotels, casinos, grocery stores or city highrises. The idea is that GPS falters in…
Today I had the chance to catch up with WirelessWerx, a company that brings more accurate location targeting in indoor or confined locations. This can include hotels, casinos, grocery stores or city highrises. The idea is that GPS falters in…
Catching up on notable items in the local space over the past week, you may have heard that Yelp has partnered with TurnHere to exclusively offer video to its SMB advertisers. This will include a few different tiers of service…
Catching up on notable items in the local space over the past week, you may have heard that Yelp has partnered with TurnHere to exclusively offer video to its SMB advertisers. This will include a few different tiers of service…
Thumbtack, one of the new breed of service lead companies such as Alikelist, Redbeacon and HelpHive seeking to push aside leaders like ServiceMagic and Angie’s List (and the Yellow Pages), announced today it has raised $1.2 million, and now has…
What will it take to get a local television station-based mobile DTV service off the ground and running? Leading broadcast groups and networks may just be putting together the alchemy that will breathe life into the monster. Broadcasters across the…
AT&T Advertising Solutions had decided to stop publication of five Florida directories: Tampa, Clearwater/St. Petersburg, Polk, West Pasco and Sarasota. In each of these market, AT&T is the competitive publishers, with either DexOne or SuperMedia being the incumbent. AT&T had…
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…
The French search software company Exalead has been acquired by Dassault Systems, a company that specializes in 3D and product lifecycle software. The purchase price was 135 million euros. Exalead is a regular at Yellow Pages industry events in Europe…
Today we're announcing the availability of our new iPhone app. The app will let you read our content on the go, including posts from all of our blogs. In the near future, we hope to expand to additional platforms and also boost…
Today we're announcing the availability of our new iPhone app. The app will let you read our content on the go, including posts from all of our blogs. In the near future, we hope to expand to additional platforms and also boost…
FreshGuide.com, which includes the BookFresh.com scheduling service, has been acquired by Sugar Inc., a diversified media company that includes a TV network and programming aimed at women, as well as ShopStyle, a “social shopping service.” FreshGuide.com founder Ryan Donahue says…
SB Nation, the fan-centric sports blog launched by Kos.com founder Markos Moulitsas Zuniga and Tyler Bleszinski and run by former AOL EVP Jim Bankoff, is launching 20 regional sites this month. The sites, themed “your new local sports page,” are…
You've probably noticed a series of aesthetic upgrades to this blog (OK, a complete overhaul). As part of that, we decided our breadth of coverage -- everything from Yellow Pages to broadcast media to mobile -- deserves some segmentation. So in addition…
You've probably noticed a series of aesthetic upgrades to this blog (OK, a complete overhaul). As part of that, we decided our breadth of coverage -- everything from Yellow Pages to broadcast media to mobile -- deserves some segmentation. So in addition…