Topix, the news aggregator owned by Tribune, Gannett and (probably) McClatchy, is teaming up with ShopLocal to distribute its retail ads to users on a hyperlocal basis. ShopLocal, a provider of onliner circulars and other local ad services, is owned…
Real estate-related Internet advertising will reach US$2 billion in 2006, or 17.7 percent of all real estate spending, according to a new report from Borrell Associates. The report predicts online will jump to 32.1 percent of all real estate spending…
IAC/InterActiveCorp's Entertainment Book is beginning to make more use of online coupons and exploring better synergies with other IAC divisions. Traditionally, the book has relied solely on direct-to-consumer sales. Local books are typically sold for $24.95 to $45, and proceeds…
Tribe.net is being sold to NBC. The sale marks the official end of an era for a service that at one time was determined to bring Friendster-like social networking to the local level via various city "tribes" run by newspapers,…
Backfence, the hyper-local news and information site operating in several Washington D.C. suburbs and the Bay Area, is expanding. Chicago will be its third metro area, and it is continuing to go deeper into the suburbs of its existing markets.I…
DSL subscribers have surpassed cable modem subscribers, according to a survey by The Pew Internet & American Life Project.Pew Director Lee Rainie, speaking June 29 at The Media Giraffe conference at The University of Massachusetts in Amherst, said it was…
The American Press Institute's $2.7 million Newspaper Next project is nearing completion on six innovation test beds and getting ready to share its findings with the rest of the newspaper industry in September, according to Managing Director Steve Gray, who…
The Tyee, a community site based in Vancouver, BC, is pursuing a rich base of community advertisers and foundations left behind by the "establishment" views of CanWest, the publisher of The Vancouver Sun and other Canadian titles.CanWest is a local…
