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Mar 15
2010

Goby.com: Search Engine Focuses on Local Events + Travel

Events are a vertical that cuts across many segments: travel, retail, sports, entertainment, education, dining, culture and others. Major players include specialists such as Zvents, Eventful, Americantowns.com and Center’d. City sites such as Citysearch and Yelp are active in the space as well. A new one for us is Goby.com, a venture-backed firm that comes …continue reading »

Categories: Google, Local Search, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals

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Feb 24
2009

Entrepreneur Watch:Cazoodle Crawls Vertical Listings

Cazoodle, a new listings-based service, has launched from the incubator at The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (yes, Marc Andreeson’s former territory). The site currently crawls for apartment listings and shopping. Additional vertical categories such as events are anticipated, notes Professor Kevin Chang, who is supervising seven graduate students on the project. “We have the …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Google, HyperLocal, Local Search, Misc, Sales Channels, Shopping/Transactions, Technology, Verticals, Yellow Pages

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Oct 16
2008

Eventful CEO on $10 Million Funding, Mobile, and Ticketmaster Deal

Eventful, which competes with Zvents for leadership (and affiliates) in the fast changing local events marketplace, has just completed a new $10 million C round lead by Telefonica Capital. Also participating are alumni investors, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bay Partners. In all, $19.6 million has been raised. CEO Jordan Glazier notes that the company …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Mobile, Money

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Sep 30
2008

Zvents Gets $24 Million; Boosts ‘What, When and Where’ Vision

Zvents, which is seeking to transform the events category to a broader “what, when and where” category that encompasses local entertainment, organizations and businesses, has announced $24 million in new funding from AT&T (i.e. wireless and Yellow Pages), Nokia Growth Capital and NAVTEQ. The funding is on top of $7.2 million previously raised from Vantage …continue reading »

Categories: Local Search, Mobile, Money, Sales Channels

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Jun 18
2008

Dulski’s New Thing: Events and Plans Front and Center’d

Is there room for a new, locally-oriented social network if it is more practical than Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, LinkedIn et al? That’s what Norwest Partners and Keynote Ventures are betting $6.5 million on with the launch this week of Center’d, formerly known as FatDoor. The service is headed up by former Yahoo! Marketplaces head Jennifer …continue reading »

Categories: Classifieds, Mapping, Money, Newspapers, Research, Shopping/Transactions, Verticals, Yahoo, Yellow Pages

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Nov 2
2007

Gannett’s Metromix Investment: ‘Under $10 Million’

Gannett is teaming with Tribune on a 50/50 basis to take the latter’s Metromix entertainment site national, and reach into the highly valued 21-24 year old market that doesn’t typically use newspapers–online or off. The JV plans to cover the top 30-35 markets within a year, including invasions of cities where neither media company has …continue reading »

Categories: HyperLocal, Local Search, Money, Newspapers, Sales Channels, TV/Radio, Verticals

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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 +++
    Michael Zimbalist, VP, Research Operations, New York Times
    Jay Herratti, CEO, CityGrid
    Leslie Berland, SVP, Social Strategy, American Express
    Michael Silberman, GM, NewYorkMag.com
    Dave Schappell, Director, Product Development, AmazonLocal

    Featured Speakers
    Bill Bice, CEO, BoomTime
    Merrill Brown, co-founder. MSNBC.com, Court TV
    Geoff Cramer, CEO, Social Made Simple
    Juan Delgado, Managing Director, Americas, Perform!
    Jim Douglass, EVP, Cartera Commerce
    Jere Doyle, CEO, EverSave
    Walt Doyle, CEO, Where
    Adam Epstein, President and COO, Ad Marketplace
    Perry Evans, CEO, Closely
    Josh Fenton, CEO, GoLocal24
    David Hornik, Principal, August Capital
    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
    Scott Maxwell, Sr. Managing Director, Open View
    Randa Minkarah, SVP, Revenue, Fisher Communications
    Jeff Moriarty, VP, Product Development, Boston.com
    Randy Parker, President, SMB Apps
    Steve Sherfy, Manager, Local and Mobile Search, Group M
    Mark Schmulen, GM, Social Media, Constant Contact
    Jaidev Shergill, CEO, Bundle
    Andy Slater, VP, Digital Agency Sales, Katz 360
    Andrew Shotland, Publisher, Local SEO Guide
    Karl Siebrecht, CEO, AdReady
    Christopher Tippie, CEO, FindNSave
    John Valentine, VP, Scvngr/Level Up
    Darren Waddell, EVP, Reply.com
    Zohar Yardani, CEO, Main St. Connect

    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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