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Jan 7
2011

TownHog: Media Partners Offer ‘Higher Quality’ Users for Deals

A slew of companies provide white label deal a day services for media partners (i.e. Nimble Commerce, Deal Current, ShoutBack, Matchbin, Wantsa, Vendasta, Analog Analytics, it goes on). Another breed maintain their own local deal sites, and flesh them out with local media partners in the same market, building up an inventory. These include the …continue reading »

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Jan 5
2011

Talkin’ ‘Tags’ with Yext CEO Howard Lerman

Yext’s Tags initiative is a big one, going up against Google Places with a broad (and “open”) network of 20 participating Internet Yellow Pages and online directory sites, including AOL’s Mapquest and Patch, Citysearch, Superpages, Yahoo! and Yellowbook. Yext CEO Howard Lerman describes Tags as “full-time, real listing information” that will eventually go beyond simply …continue reading »

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Jan 5
2011

Centro Gets $22.5 Million; Sees Big Growth in Regional Display

Centro, a pioneer in local online ad placement for national marketers, has received $22.5 million in equity financing from FTV Capital. The money will go towards expanding its regional sales presence and also towards software development. CEO Shawn Riegsecker tells us that he anticipates adding six to eight regional offices to its existing roster of …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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