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Local Onliner

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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Feb 27
2009

Cablevision Still Bullish on Newsday Synergies, Despite Huge Write-Offs

Cablevision bet big on synergy (and ignored the CW about the newspaper industry) when it bought Newsday from Tribune Co. last summer for $650 million. Today, less than eight months later, it concedes that it has written off $402 million of that investment (a significantly worse investment than Stephen Marbury of Cablevision’s Knicks). Whether the …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, HyperLocal, Local Search, Misc, Newspapers, Technology, TV/Radio, Verticals, Video, Yellow Pages

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Feb 23
2009

AOL Adds Classifieds; Partners with Oodle

AOL Local has teamed with Oodle to launch AOL Classifieds in the U.S. and Canada. In addition, AOL is launching a U.K. classifieds site at the end of the week. Oodle aggregates listings from more than 250 partner sites (including MySpace, Facebook and WalMart). The timing might be especially useful for used person-to-person goods, as …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Misc, Sales Channels, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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Jan 28
2009

Now on the iPhone Top 10…RepairPal

The iPhone app store now has 15,000 apps available. So what’s No. 8 (among the free utilities)? RepairPal, an auto site that uses the GPS capabilities of the iPhone to deliver repair auto estimates, a comprehensive repair shop directory and a roadside assistance feature. RepairPal ranks behind such iPhone apps as Sound Grenade, WiFi Checker, …continue reading »

Categories: Mobile, Verticals

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Dec 22
2008

New Classifieds Aggregators: iList and Bamboo Ad Net

Local media is so fragmented that its becoming increasingly important to aggregate classifieds from several sources. GoogleBase and Oodle go a long way in this regard – the latter having recently signed Facebook and MySpace as partners for its growing network. But other classified aggregators are coming up the horizon, too. One site that recently …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Misc, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions

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Nov 25
2008

AutoTrader’s Chip Perry: Solution for Auto Industry includes Internet

AutoTrader CEO Chip Perry, making a statesman-like appearance on Fox Business News, noted that part of the problem with the beleaguered auto industry is its tremendous marketing inefficiency. The problem begins with the $30 billion it spends to sell 12 million cars – or more than $2,000 per car. “Dealers are running hard to make …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Sales Channels, Verticals

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Oct 31
2008

‘Local Mobile’ Heats Up; A Look at Verve Wireless

Local publishers, seeing the boom in text messaging and the Web surfing capabilities of the iPhone, are taking mobile more seriously as a channel for their content and advertising. Clearly, the mobile opportunity for local publishers has now gone beyond banners, to embrace text messages, email, video and integration with the ad networks. At this …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, HyperLocal, Misc, Mobile, Newspapers, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals, Video, Yellow Pages

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