Peter Krasilovsky's

Local Onliner

Jan 19
2012

Local’s Spreebird Broadening its Approach to Deals

Local Corp. has branched out in several directions in an effort to leverage its local platform. It has recently acquired Krillion (retail and product search) and Rovion (rich media platform and integration). Another major effort is its development of Spreebird, a deals company being built on top of its acquisition of Southern California’s Screamin’ Deals. …continue reading »

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Jul 11
2011

Local.com’s Spreebird Solidifies Deals Strategy; Buys Destination Site

Aiming to be a Top 5 deals site by the end of next year, Local.com today announced that it has bought southern California’s Screamin’ Daily Deals to provide the infrastructure for its Spreebird daily deals site. The site has been purchased for $12.5 in stock, cash and relief of debt , with two year, performance-based …continue reading »

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Jan 24
2011

Local.com Creates ‘Social Buying’ Division

One of the bigger questions is how the local portals will fully leverage the emerging social deals platform, with deal a day, coupons, flash sales et al. Local.com, which reaches 22 million unique visitors via its destination site and network, has been wrestling with the question as well. Today, the company has announced that it …continue reading »

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    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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