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Feb 11
2010

Associated Content: ‘Local is a Differentiator’

The new breed of content aggregators is among the biggest bets in online media. These companies are assembling content from hundreds of thousands of contributors; optimizing it on the search engines so that it is easily found; and syndicating it. Demand Media is probably the biggest company in the space. But others include Examiner.com, which …continue reading »

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Oct 27
2009

Armstrong: IYP ‘More Important, Not Less;’ Hyperlocal ‘Patch’ Spreads

AOL CEO Tim Armstong,

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Aug 20
2009

Hyperlocal Roundup: WaPo Pulls Out, AOL’s Patch Adds 2 Towns

Hyperlocal, everyone’s favorite unproven concept, has been back in the news this week. It started a couple of weeks ago. BackFence Founder Mark Potts’ announced that he has formed a high profile team and built ad technology to drive network and local revenues for up to “2000 hyperlocal sites” – an interesting and large number. …continue reading »

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Jun 11
2009

AOL Acquires Armstrong’s Patch, Plus Going.com

John Brod, Patch.com AOL reaffirmed its strong interest in local today, announcing that it is purchasing Patch.com, a 25 person hyperlocal service invested in by new CEO Tim Armstrong when he was still at Google; and Going.com, an events-driven social network and self-serve ticketing platform aimed at 20- somethings. Patch.com is currently in five suburban …continue reading »

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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

    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
    Christine Merritt, Bizdev Head, Channel Sales, Google
    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

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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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