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Aug 17
2009

MSNBC.com Buys EveryBlock

MSNBC.com, the Seattle-based entity co-owned by Microsoft and NBC, has acquired Everyblock, Adrian Holovaty’s hyperlocal site. The price was apparently for “several million dollars,” per reports. The six person site, an outgrowth of Holovaty’s Chicagocrime.org site, is a leading edge example of “mapping journalism.” It maps street-by-street and neighborhood data and content for wide-ranging categories, …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Newspapers

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Aug 17
2009

Microsoft, Advance in Yahoo Consortium-like Pact

Newspapers are down in the dumps. But they remain powerful forces in local. Accordingly, the search engines (Yahoo, Google and Microsoft) are now beginning to fight for partnerships with newspaper sales channels, which they see as one of the best ways to reach into large local advertisers, and a good way to geotarget display ads. …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Newspapers, Sales Channels, TV/Radio, Yahoo, Yellow Pages

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Aug 14
2009

ReachLocal Grossed $147 Million in 2008; Projects ’09 Growth

One of the big qs in local has been how well ReachLocal is doing. The SMB online advertising consultant was reportedly valued at $305 million after an October 2007 investment round. While ReachLocal says that number is “inaccurate,” the company’s ultimate success – still undetermined — would have important implications on the future of small …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Sales Channels

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Aug 6
2009

Inman SF Connect: Realtor.com CEO Steve Berkowitz

For years, Realtor.com has been widely predicted to fail, even with an audience that is more than twice the size of its next closest rival. Its technology has been considered un-innovative, the quality of its customer service has been questioned, and pricing has also been considered out of line. But new CEO Steve Berkowitz, the …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Conferences, Local Search, Verticals

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Aug 6
2009

Inman SF Connect: Yelp COO Geoff Donaker

Yelp COO Geoff Donaker, subbing at the last minute for a “very ill” CEO Jerremy Stoppelman, told an Inman SF Connect audience that Yelp’s base of 24 million + unique “Yelpers,” seven million reviews and “thousands” of advertisers represents a rich opportunity for any vertical small business – including realtors. Although Yelp takes a horizontal …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Conferences, Social Media, Verticals, Video

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Aug 6
2009

Inman SF Connect: Redfin’s Glenn Kelman

One of the big new ideas of the consumer resolutions during the past few years has been Redfin, a real estate service that provides consumers with comprehensive home buying tools and pays real estate professionals flat fees with bonuses based on the quality of their service as judged by consumers. The company, which is in …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Sales Channels, Verticals

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Aug 5
2009

eRento Pushing Local Rentals in U.S. and Europe

eRento, a Berlin-based ecommerce site for all types of local rentals, has recently expanded beyond the German-language countries to the U.K. and the U.S. The site has 9,800 rental firms signed up to use its commission-based leads program and processes more than 4,500 daily inquiries from 50,000 visitors. Leading categories among its 2,200 categories are …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Local Search, Research, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals

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    Jason Calacanis, CEO, Mahalo
    Michael Zimbalist, VP, Research Operations, New York Times
    Jay Herratti, CEO, CityGrid
    Leslie Berland, VP, Social Strategy, American Express
    Michael Silberman, GM, NewYorkMag.com

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    Merrill Brown, co-founder. MSNBC.com, Court TV
    Jim Douglass, EVP, Cartera Commerce
    Jere Doyle, CEO, EverSave
    Walt Doyle, CEO, Where
    Adam Japko, CEO, Digital Sherpa
    Maria Kermath, Dir.,, New Tech, AT&T Advertising Sales
    Mark Josephson, SVP, AOL Local
    Charlie Kim, CEO, Next Jump
    John McIntyre, CEO, Pixelfish
    Randa Minkarah, SVP, Revenue, Fisher Communications
    Randy Parker, President, SMB Apps
    Mark Schmulen, GM, Social Media, Constant Contact
    Andy Slater, VP, Digital Agency Sales, Katz 360
    Andrew Shotland, Publisher, Local SEO Guide
    Christopher Tippie, CEO, FindNSave
    Darren Waddell, EVP, Reply.com

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    Thanks for coming to my personal site. Most of the content on this site is also found on BIA/Kelsey’s Local Media Watch, which includes material from other BIA/Kelsey analysts. I am a Vice President with BIA/Kelsey, and am focused on the Marketplaces research program.

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