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May 17
2010

Groupon Buys CityDeal; Gains Access to 80 European Markets

Groupon, the pioneering Deal a Day provider, has used some of the proceeds of its recent $135 million round to buy CityDeal, a European imitator that has launched in 80 markets in 16 countries. The cost of the deal has not been disclosed but CityDeal has raised $5.6 million. BIA/Kelsey notes that more than $284 …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Money, Shopping/Transactions

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May 12
2010

Merchant Circle Goes International, Opens API

Merchant Circle, which has established some expertise in launching markets on the cheap, says it is going international with new sites for Canada, the U.K. and Australia. It had previously announced that it is opening up its API to allow sites to use its reviews, ratings and enhanced profiles on an ala carte basis. HelloMetro, …continue reading »

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May 11
2010

Center’d Launches The Deal Map; ‘Price, Location and Sentiment’

Center’d, the local/social events and city guide site, has consistently reported growing traffic. But in its three year existence, the site has never really found a niche that would set it apart from the competition. The site, however, has kept on hammering away at local/social trends, with a strong emphasis on sentiment analysis and local …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mapping, Shopping/Transactions

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May 6
2010

ReachLocal IPO Moving Ahead

ReachLocal says it is going ahead with its IPO. A new filing with the SEC noted that it will price 4.8 million shares between $17-$19, allowing it to raise between $81.6 million and 91.2 million — below the $100 million it originally wanted to raise. If the IPO is successful, it may be followed by …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Money, Sales Channels

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May 6
2010

Matchbin’s ‘Deal a Day’ Targets Community Media, Non-English Speakers

Web site vendors may be well-positioned to jump-start Groupon-like “deal-a-day” offers. Analog Analytics and Adility, for instance, are seeking to leverage their respective media and sales channel relationships for deal a day. Now jumping into the pool is Utah-based Matchbin, a CMS and digital advertising platform provider that has partnered with community newspapers, TV stations …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions

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May 5
2010

Cox Sells 25 percent of AutoTrader.com

Cox Enterprises has sold 25 percent of AutoTrader.com to Providence Equity Partners, a company that manages $22 billion in its portfolio and whose website says it likes to take equity shares “between $250 million and $2.5 billion.” Terms were undisclosed. Providence has shares in a wide range of companies, including Univision, NexTag, Hulu and WhitePages.com. …continue reading »

Categories: Misc, Money, Verticals

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May 5
2010

InsiderPages Launches Doctor Finder

If you do a search on a doctor, you may come up with five or six spammy, ad-supported links. But now InsiderPages, a property of IAC’s Citysearch, has launched DoctorFinder, a new service that hopes to simplify the complex task of finding good medical recommendations. Revenue-wise, the service is hoping to get the high CPMs …continue reading »

Categories: Misc, Social Media, Verticals

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    ILM East: The Largest East Coast Local Show
    Boston March 26-28

    Keynotes
    Ted Leonsis, Vice Chairman of the Board, Groupon +++
    Michael Zimbalist, VP, Research Operations, New York Times
    Jay Herratti, CEO, CityGrid
    Leslie Berland, SVP, Social Strategy, American Express
    Michael Silberman, GM, NewYorkMag.com

    Featured Speakers
    Bill Bice, CEO, BoomTime
    Merrill Brown, co-founder. MSNBC.com, Court TV
    Geoff Cramer, CEO, Social Made Simple
    Juan Delgado, Managing Director, Americas, Perform!
    Jim Douglass, EVP, Cartera Commerce
    Jere Doyle, CEO, EverSave
    Walt Doyle, CEO, Where
    Adam Epstein, President and COO, Ad Marketplace
    Perry Evans, CEO, Closely
    Josh Fenton, CEO, GoLocal24
    David Hornik, Principal, August Capital
    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
    Scott Maxwell, Sr. Managing Director, Open View
    Randa Minkarah, SVP, Revenue, Fisher Communications
    Jeff Moriarty, VP, Product Development, Boston.com
    Randy Parker, President, SMB Apps
    Steve Sherfy, Manager, Local and Mobile Search, Group M
    Mark Schmulen, GM, Social Media, Constant Contact
    Jaidev Shergill, CEO, Bundle
    Andy Slater, VP, Digital Agency Sales, Katz 360
    Andrew Shotland, Publisher, Local SEO Guide
    Karl Siebrecht, CEO, AdReady
    Christopher Tippie, CEO, FindNSave
    John Valentine, VP, Scvngr/Level Up
    Darren Waddell, EVP, Reply.com
    Zohar Yardani, CEO, Main St. Connect

    Welcome

    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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