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Jul 27
2011

Gannett Plans to be a ‘Top 3′ Player with Deal Chicken

Gannett has now publicly announced that it has expanded its Deals Chicken platform to 10-15 markets, and will be in 57 markets where it has newspapers and/or TV stations. The company obviously enters a crowded marketplace, but will likely become an immediate contender for several reasons. These include the strength of its local media outlets, …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Newspapers

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Jun 9
2011

Coupons.com Gets $200 Million; $100 Million is for Tech, Staff Development

With Groupon going public, the promotions space is getting tremendously revved up. Hoping to get in on the action are promotional relatives of the deals space, including providers of grocery “cents off” coupons, retail weekly sales (circulars), retail rewards, and Buy One Get One Free. While most of these don’t do much with local advertisers, …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Mobile, Money, Newspapers

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May 11
2011

Review: ‘The Story So Far — What We Know About the Business of Digital Journalism’

Whenever one writes about the future of newspapers and other news organizations, a voice in the back of your head says: “they’ve tried that already and it didn’t work.” Fifteen years into the digital revolution, that’s the dilemma confronting the news industry as it once again revisits possible solutions. Thankfully, no one is giving up. …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Newspapers, Research

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Apr 26
2011

Pixelfish Buys Backyard, Evolves ‘Searchmercial’ Model into Local Offers

Pixelfish, armed with $3.5 million round of new capital raised since October, is evolving its model from a white label provider of affordable SMB video to a destination site for SMB offers. Today, it announced that it has acquired Steve Espinosa’s Backyard/CitySquares to act as its infrastructure. Pixelfish was founded in 2006 and has recently …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, HyperLocal, Newspapers, Social Media

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Apr 18
2011

Buffalo.com Re-Do Aims Young; Adds ShopBuffalo

When hyperlocal zeroes in on local marketplaces, it makes a lot more sense to me. Witness ShopBuffalo, an attractive new marketplace from The Buffalo News launched as a companion to Buffalo.com. The site has partnered with ShopCity and Hero, a local design firm. Launched March 31 as part of a broader redesign, ShopBuffalo provides free …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Newspapers, Shopping/Transactions

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Apr 8
2011

San Diego Union-Tribune Buys DiscoverSD; Will Merge Deals Database

The San Diego Union Tribune is buying DiscoverSD. com, a lifestyle website founded in 2006. The acquisition, in the works for six months, was made with an eye towards expanding the UT’s fast growing Daily Deal business arm, which is expected to generate $10 million this year in new revenue. The merger of the two …continue reading »

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Mar 29
2011

Newspapers Going Private Label Route for Deals

McClatchy Newspapers surprised everyone last July when it opted to let the fox into the chicken coop by signing up with Groupon for local deals. At the time, McClatchy Interactive head Chris Hendricks saw it as a net plus for both companies. “They’ve got their space,” but McClatchy offered Groupon more “entry points” to readers …continue reading »

Categories: Deals, Misc, Newspapers

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