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Apr 30
2010

San Diego News Network Adds Weekly Print Edition

The U.S. Local News Network says that its San Diego News Network site is launching a weekly print edition of its best news stories. Print editions have been looked at by other sites to raise visibility for the site and reinforce advertising relationships. Prior to its acquisition by Citysearch, InsiderPages actively promoted a print edition …continue reading »

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Apr 29
2010

AutoTrader Earns $629 Million, Largely Weathering Industry Depression

Cox Enterprises reports that AutoTrader.com’s revenue declined three percent from 2008 to 2009,but increased its total revenue by one percent to $629 million, largely due to the addition of print operations formerly managed by AutoTrader Publishing. The company considers its results very positively, given overall automotive advertising results that it says were down by 15-20 …continue reading »

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Apr 29
2010

Living Social Adds $14 Million, Teams with Washington Post

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 Case’s Revolution, LLC participating. The new money gives Living Social a total of $39 million …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Money, Newspapers, Shopping/Transactions

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Apr 28
2010

Adility: The Deal-a-Day Connection with Gift Cards

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 longtime veteran of the gift card industry, thinks the synergies are huge. His 20 person …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions

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Apr 27
2010

Fwix Drives Local News Aggregation Via Custom Algorithms

The local and community news “aggregator” space is poised to become increasingly important. Local news staffs, obviously, are being whittled away with the declining economics of local news. But there is more local content than ever, via blogs, pro/amateur content, reviews and other sources. Already, the aggregator space is well populated by sites such as …continue reading »

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Apr 27
2010

AIM Group Projects Craigslist Revenues at $122 Million

Craigslist has always been murky about revenues, and remains a free site for most categories. It only charges a commercial rate for recruitment, with listings costing just $25 in 17 markets and $75 in San Francisco. Fees for apartment listings (in New York) and “adult and therapeutic services” ads fit into the nominal fee category, …continue reading »

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Apr 26
2010

Outside.in Begins Integration with CNN

Outside.in, a major aggregator of local blogs, has begun the integration with CNN that was announced last December at our Interactive Local Media Conference in LA. First up is integration with CNN’s home page, weather page and profile page. On the homepage, users can click on Local Weather & News in the right sidebar, enter …continue reading »

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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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