BIA/Kelsey – Local Media Watch

Month: June 2010

  • Living Social, No. 2 'Deal a Day' Site, Adds U.K.

    Living Social, the No. 2 “deal a day” site after Groupon with $44 million raised, announced today that it has expanded beyond the U.S., adding London as its 27th market. Additional U.K. sites in Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool are up next. Dozens of additional markets worldwide are expected to be launched throughout the year. We…

  • Living Social, No. 2 ‘Deal a Day’ Site, Adds U.K.

    Living Social, the No. 2 “deal a day” site after Groupon with $44 million raised, announced today that it has expanded beyond the U.S., adding London as its 27th market. Additional U.K. sites in Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool are up next. Dozens of additional markets worldwide are expected to be launched throughout the year. We…

  • Amex’s Rob Ciccone Discusses Entry Into Local Search

    American Express Open is making a series of moves to extend its massive list of SMB credit card customers into broad marketing relationships that will fully leverage Amex’s powerful brand and relationships. The potential for Amex to be a marketing one stop has always been there. As InfoSpace Founder Naveen Jain noted in 2000, Amex…

  • TV Proves Itself Into Our New Decade

    Today we announced our revised forecast for the television industry. Previously we had been somewhat more conservative in our estimates because it was difficult to read which way the economic winds were blowing. And while the first half of this year showed that the winds were moving in the industry’s favor, we also feel that…

  • Big Box, Still a Ways to Go With Mobile

    According to an eMarketer report out today, 80 percent of retailers still don’t have a mobile product or marketing channel. This isn’t terribly surprising given that we’re still in the early days of mobile marketing, and it’s still very much “experimental” for lots of businesses. But with escalating excitement and investment in mobile, the retail…

  • Addafix Offers Caller ID App via Sweden's Lokaldelen

    The Austrian mobile app developer Adafix has partnered with Lokaldelen, European Directories’ Swedish operation, to launch a mobile caller ID recognition app. The new application enables the publisher to suggest alternate merchants if a caller fails to connect with their first choice. When the Adafix app suggests alternative merchants, it accesses the Lokaldelen database. The…

  • Foursquare Raises $20 Million Series B Round

    As widely rumored over the past few weeks, Foursquare has been working on a series B funding round, which it finalized today to the tune of $20 million. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and included existing investors Union Square Ventures and O’Reilly AlphaTech. The funding will be used to expand headcount and much…

  • Mobile Analytics for SMBs: A Conversation With Yelp

    Today Yelp is launching a new set of tools for businesses to better evaluate leads they’re getting from its mobile products. Specifically, businesses that have claimed their listing and unlocked Yelp’s suite of free business tools can now also see: — How many people looked at their business page from the Yelp app — How…

  • Apple's Ecosystem Still Gaining Momentum

    Recently I was asked by an analyst, “How sustainable is Apple’s iPhone growth really? If another device comes out with similar functionality at a much lower price, and on a better network, couldn’t there be a market share erosion?” A very good question. As a mobile development company, we intuitively feel Apple’s lead is increasing,…

  • Apple’s Ecosystem Still Gaining Momentum

    Recently I was asked by an analyst, “How sustainable is Apple’s iPhone growth really? If another device comes out with similar functionality at a much lower price, and on a better network, couldn’t there be a market share erosion?” A very good question. As a mobile development company, we intuitively feel Apple’s lead is increasing,…

  • Apple’s Ecosystem Still Gaining Momentum

    Recently I was asked by an analyst, “How sustainable is Apple’s iPhone growth really? If another device comes out with similar functionality at a much lower price, and on a better network, couldn’t there be a market share erosion?” A very good question. As a mobile development company, we intuitively feel Apple’s lead is increasing,…

  • The Week in Mobile: Posts From Our MLM Blog

    In case you missed them, here are a few headlines and links to recent posts on our Mobile Local Media blog. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed here, and the e-mail alert here. – Bar-Code Scanning App RedLaser Picked Up by eBay – MerchantCircle Jumps on Game Mechanics/Mayorships – Is That a Local Radio Station EPG in Your iPhone…

  • BIA/K Blog Hits 4,000 Posts

    This is a bit of a self-serving post, but kind of cool: I just noticed we rounded the corner on 4,000 blog posts. Thanks for continuing to read us. This blog has come a long way since it launched in 2005. Be sure to check out the new subject areas on our recently launched blogs.

  • This Week in Global Yellow Pages: Posts From Our GYP Blog

    In case you didn’t see these, here are links to some of the more important posts from the past week on our Global Yellow Pages blog. Be sure to submit your e-mail address to “Subscribe to Our Blog.” You will then be updated whenever we post something new about the rapidly changing directory industry. Canon’s…

  • Canon's Role Expands at Yell UK

    As Yell Group looks for a replacement for CEO John Condron, who announced that he will retire next year, President of New Media (UK) Mark Canon‘s responsibilities at the publisher are expanding. Condron recently named Canon Deputy Chief Executive, reporting to Condron. In his new role, Canon will continue to oversee new media but will also…

  • Canon’s Role Expands at Yell UK

    As Yell Group looks for a replacement for CEO John Condron, who announced that he will retire next year, President of New Media (UK) Mark Canon‘s responsibilities at the publisher are expanding. Condron recently named Canon Deputy Chief Executive, reporting to Condron. In his new role, Canon will continue to oversee new media but will also…

  • Canon's Role Expands at Yell UK

    As Yell Group looks for a replacement for CEO John Condron, who announced that he will retire next year, President of New Media (UK) Mark Canon‘s responsibilities at the publisher are expanding. Condron recently named Canon Deputy Chief Executive, reporting to Condron. In his new role, Canon will continue to oversee new media but will…

  • Seattle Latest to Look at Phone Book Restrictions

    Fresh from successfully defeating a strict opt-out bill in California, the Yellow Pages industry is now lobbying members of the Seattle City Council to prevent it from passing some form of restriction on Yellow Pages distribution. The City Council is weighing a variety of options in addressing what it sees as wasteful phone book distribution.…

  • Bar-Code Scanning App RedLaser Picked Up by eBay

    We’ve written extensively about RedLaser, and mobile bar-code scanning apps for their merits in: 1. A more intuitive mobile search input than typing. 2. Buying intent that can be inferred from retail/point of purchase queries. Today, eBay announced that it will acquire Occipital’s RedLaser for an undisclosed amount. Synergies, I can imagine, include scraping eBay’s…

  • MerchantCircle Jumps on Game Mechanics/Mayorships

    After a two-week beta period, MerchantCircle is out with a new mayorship title for its SMBs that are the most “networked.” One mayorship is given for every city/town and is achieved by engaging in the standard b2b activities of the site (connecting with other merchants, inviting others to join, etc.). This is all managed through a dashboard where merchants can…