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May 20
2010

Fisher CEO Colleen Brown: Focus on ‘Scaleable, Monetizable’

Fisher Communications, a big TV and radio group in the Northwest, has long made its embrace of new technologies part of its image. The publicly-traded company acquired Pegasus News, a city guide site; and prepared a major Web-based rollout of social services and small business marketing effort. But then it seemed to retreat last year, …continue reading »

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Dec 14
2009

ILM:09: Budde, Orren Say Personalization Key for Small Screen

Smart phones’ smaller screens and a glut of news and information makes it more essential for users to personalize content so that preferred stories can be seen, noted DailyMe COO Neil Budde, who was speaking at ILM:09 in Los Angeles last week. “The devices keep getting smaller and smaller,” he said. “If you have an …continue reading »

Categories: Conferences, Google, Technology

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Oct 1
2009

The ILM:09 Lineup: Dec. 9-11 in LA

The lineup for BIA/Kelsey’s Interactive Local Media ’09 is really taking shape. The speakers truly represent a “who’s who” of what’s going on in the space that is interesting, progressive and important. ILM is the culmination of this year’s research and analysis, and takes place Dec. 9-11 at our favorite hotel, The Century Plaza in …continue reading »

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Jan 8
2009

Fisher Communications Sells Pegasus News

Pegasus News, the Dallas hyperlocal site, was seen as a great model for other markets when Fisher Communications, a leading broadcaster in Seattle and the Northwest, bought the site in July 2007. But the roiled market in broadcasting apparently stifled Fisher’s ambitions. Ultimately, there were never serious efforts made to install a Pegasus platform on …continue reading »

Categories: Google, HyperLocal, Money, TV/Radio

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