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Dec 3
2010

Living Social Gets $175 Million From Amazon: Amazon’s Local Strategy?

Fresh in the wake of reports that Google will spend at least $5.3 Billion on Groupon, Living Social — the Avis of Deal a Day — has announced a $175 Million investment from Amazon. It simultaneously announed an additional $8 Million investment from Lightspeed Venture Partners. “If you want to become the biggest local commerce …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Google, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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Dec 2
2010

Local Hits the Big Time at ILM:10: 600+ Attendees Expected.

Sixty-eight speakers have been briefed; the BIA/Kelsey moderators have done their research; the demos have been tested; 30 sponsors are in place; and we’re basically ready for a record-setting 600 attendees at ILM:10 in Silicon Valley next Tuesday through Thur. (Dec. 7-9). Final adds for the program include Google’s Carter Maslan, who has been a …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences

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Nov 30
2010

Yay for Google’s (Reported) $5.3 Billion Groupon Bid

Google is reportedly set to pay $5.3 Billion for Groupon, a spectacular investment that would give The Big G a compelling way to get close to local businesses, leverage Gmail, and really rev up a social media paradigm (as opposed to search). The big price, if it is consummated, clearly is not based on the …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Google, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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Nov 30
2010

NBCU to Launch ‘The 20′ Top Local Twitterers

Local media brands continue to look for ways to populate their sites with local bloggers and Twitterers. In return, they provide them with a bigger platform. The latest to jump into the game is NBC Universal, which Paid Content reports has developed “The 20” to highlight selected Twitters in all ten of the markets where …continue reading »

Categories: Social Media, TV/Radio

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Nov 23
2010

Local Sites Prep for Black Friday, SMB Saturday, Cyber Monday

The hordes of shoppers who still enjoy standing in lines and fighting for parking spaces, on the “Black Friday” after Thanksgiving is an offline event. Or is it? Local sites are prepping shoppers who want to see what’s available at the stores, including The Deal Map, Milo.com, Local.com and SuperPages. Other local media companies, including …continue reading »

Categories: Shopping/Transactions

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Nov 19
2010

Is Groupon Better Off with Yahoo, Google (Or on its own?)

Groupon has been a phenomenal success in the deal a day space, and we envision continued success for the segment’s pioneer. But what shape will that success take? At our Marketplaces conference last March in San Diego, CEO Andrew Mason told us that he felt that Groupon wasn’t so much a deals company as a …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Deals, Shopping/Transactions, Social Media

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Nov 17
2010

Oodle Buys Grouply: Moving The Social Graph Beyond (Just) Friends

Group software seems obsolescent in the social revolution. Or is it? A few weeks ago, John Battelle’s Federated Media acquired Big Tent, the women’s group enabler with 1.3 million users. It apparently plans to target women with very specific advertising. Oodle, the mega-classifieds platform, has now followed course, buying Grouply, which is described by TechCrunch …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Social Media

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