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Oct 28
2010

CityVoter Now in 25 Cities; Boosts ‘Best Of’ With Games, Deals

CityVoter, the provider of a “best of” platform for broadcasters, is now in 25 cities, working with key TV station groups such as Belo, McGraw Hill and Tribune. The five-year-old, 12 person service, which is backed by Allen & Co., has gone through a few incarnations along the way. Most significantly, while it has an …continue reading »

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Oct 27
2010

Big Adds for ILM 2010: Steven Johnson, Pandora, Yahoo, Google, GoWalla….

Local is the niche thing that has gone mainstream. All the evidence is clear with our ILM 2010 conference, which is taking place in Santa Clara,CA Dec. 7-9. In fact, ILM is shaping up to be one of the biggest events we’ve held. We typically bring in 500+ local-focused execs and entrepreneurs, but we have …continue reading »

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Oct 27
2010

AppBistro Simplifies App Finding (and Buying) for Facebook Pages

Small businesses seeking to pick, choose and install Web applications for their Facebook Pages and Places can now easily do so with AppBistro, a new site that provides app makers an ITunes Store-like model (right down to the 70/30 revenue split). The site , which soft launched at the end of May, now has 100 …continue reading »

Categories: Social Media, Verticals

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Oct 27
2010

AutoTrader Buys Kelley Blue Book

AutoTrader is paying a reported $500 million to acquire the assets of Kelley Blue Book. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2010. On the surface, the acquisition of KBB is fairly straightforward. While AutoTrader provides its own research for consumers to value cars and check out reviews, Kelley Blue Book, is …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Local Search, Verticals

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Oct 20
2010

Bolo 2010: DoubleDutch Expounds on The Expanding CheckIn Ecosystem

The rollout of Facebook Places was supposed to spell certain doom for check-in companies such as FourSquare, GoWalla, and the whole check-in and location based services infrastructure, right? But it hasn’t exactly happened that way, says DoubleDutch CEO Lawrence Coburn, who spoke yesterday at Bolo 2010 in Scottsdale. For sure, Facebook Places is powerful, and …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, HyperLocal, Local Search, Mobile, Technology

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Oct 19
2010

Bolo 2010: Forrester Sees Agencies Impacted by ‘Splinternet’

People question the future of ad agencies, given the evolution away from Mad Men big ideas to a multi device, multi access-type environment where they need more technology and idea implementation. At Bolo 2010 in Scottsdale today, Forrester analyst Shar Van Boskirk called the environment the “Splinternet” (I like that). Van Boskirk noted that we’ve …continue reading »

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Oct 19
2010

Bolo 2010: Agencies Focus on their Evolution

The relationship between traditional advertising agencies and the local ecosystem consisting of local media and directory entities and their vendors has never been an important one. “Agencies” to local media has generally meant the Certified Marketing Reps that distribute and redistribute Yellow Pages ad budgets. But a shift is occurring, as national brands look to …continue reading »

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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 +++
    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

    Featured Speakers
    Bill Bice, CEO, SpaBoom
    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

    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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