Local media executives already are or soon will be headed into budgeting season. CEOs, CROs, and CFOs will be working with executives at their various business units to develop top-level views of advertising expectations and other secular and cyclical industry…
Some businesses have customer loyalty programs and others don't. According to BIA's research, about 60 percent of small and medium businesses (SMBs) either have or plan to have a customer loyalty program. Here's the question: do customer loyalty programs actually…
Transaction Volume High and Top Billing Radio Stations Remain the Same Our first edition of Investing In Radio® Market Report reports that the radio industry reported a 9.7% percent increase in online revenues, compared with a slight decline in over-the-air…
To help the radio industry and those who follow it, BIA/Kelsey has decided to issue quarterly local radio revenue reports. Our new analysis will begin the 3rd quarter of 2016 and we'll issue the first report in November. As the local media marketplace becomes…
There's been lots of action on the Facebook front over the past few weeks. Most recent of course is the company's quarterly earnings. The big story there is the continued march of mobile, now up to 59 percent of its…
All eyes are on "local" this morning on Wall Street, with GrubHub's IPO off to a great start. The company has placed 7.4 million shares priced at $26, or $192.4 million. The shares closed at $34. We've been watching GrubHub's…
All eyes are on "local" this morning on Wall Street, with GrubHub's IPO off to a great start. The company has placed 7.4 million shares priced at $26, or $192.4 million. The shares closed at $34. We've been watching GrubHub's…
Dex Media plans to spend 2014 moving past the integration phase that occupied much of last year, and into an execution phase focused on dialing in the right digital product set for small-business advertisers. The result should be an improving…
"A core value for Twitter as a company is to reach every person on the planet. In 2014 we want to build a Twitter that is accessible to everyone," says Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter in yesterday's Q4 earnings call.…
"A core value for Twitter as a company is to reach every person on the planet. In 2014 we want to build a Twitter that is accessible to everyone," says Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter in yesterday's Q4 earnings call.…
Online Property Penetration BIA/Kelsey data shows small-businesses are fully embracing Facebook as a media channel. Facebook executives made it clear on the company's recent earnings call that they see SMBs ultimately driving big revenues for the social media giant. BIA/Kelsey's…
We're watching ReachLocal closely, and note some changes at the company. Reach has been pushing the envelope as it transitions from a company that is largely dependent on reselling search and display to one that has a deeper relationship with…
Hibu will go through a leadership shake up early next year, an aftermath of the recent takeover of the company by lenders. Today we learned that Hibu Chairman Bob Wigley will leave the board, to be replace by Alfred Mockett,…
Dex One and SuperMedia have each entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a pre-packaged deal as the two companies moved toward merging by mid 2013. The prepackaged route was necessary because the companies were not able to convince all…
The London Evening Standard is reporting that an attempt to engineer a buyout of Hibu's U.S. operation (Yellowbook) is behind the recent dismissal of two senior Hibu U.S. executives. In an internal memo last week, Hibu CEO Mike Pocock announced…
Two global directory companies at different stages of transformation reported their 2012 earnings this week. Eniro and Yellow Media both reported deep print declines, as well as progress in repairing balance sheets burdened by debt. Mobile development was a high…
Seat Pagine Gialle, Italy's leading directory publisher, has announced it is insolvent and unable to meet its debt obligations. Specifically, the company was not able to meet its 2013 debt obligations totaling 200 million euros. Seat will now seek protections…
On today's Q3 earnings call, DexOne CEO Alfred Mockett made it clear that bundles are central to Dex's hopes of arresting its revenue declines. The company grew its digital bookings by 26 percent in Q3 and expects to end 2012…
via CNN If anybody wonders whether the considerable “legs” of Facebook justify a valuation now set for $83 billion, have a listen to a terrific BIA/Kelsey webinar on Facebook’s IPO, featuring Trada CEO Niel Robertson Wildfire CEO Victoria Ransom and…
LivingSocial, in a battle with Groupon and other deal providers to gain (and keep) market share, lost an eye popping $558 million beyond its $245 million in net earnings, according to a regulatory filing by Amazon.com, which owns 31 percent…
