TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. App Store: 1 Billion Served (Almost) At a rate of 900 apps downloaded per second, Apple is projected to…
Canpages Makes Progress on Several Fronts
The folks at Canpages have been very busy lately. In addition to producing competitive print and online directories throughout Canada (where they go head to head with the formidable Yellow Pages Group), the Canadian independent directory publisher operates Immersifind, an…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. NAA 2009: Paying Attention to Newspapers (Still) Next week is the Newspaper Association of America’s Annual Convention in San…
Eniro CEO Karrbrink: ‘This Is a Database Company’
On a recent visit to Stockholm, we sat down with Eniro President and CEO Jesper Karrbrink, who is managing Eniro through a strategic shift described in a presentation late last year as moving "from print dependence to online opportunity." In a videotaped interview,…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. The Knot Launches Local Wedding Sites The Knot has launched 75 local URL sites as well as several niche…
The Optimism at Marketplaces 2009 Is Palpable
At the end of the second day of Marketplaces 2009, my colleague Matt Booth made a statement and then asked a follow-up question. He said, "most of what I've been hearing from the podium is optimistic. Don't people realize that…
Spotzer Rolls Out New European Market
Netherlands-based Spotzer has launched its online video product in Sweden with partner Lokaldelen i Sverige AB, which is a local print and online directory player that competes with the market leader Eniro. Lokaldelen is a unit of European Directories, which is…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Behind the Forecast Numbers Earlier this week I went to hear an economist offer his take on the current…
Behind the Forecast Numbers
Earlier this week I went to hear an economist offer his take on the current economy and how soon it would recover. Long story short, I believe the speaker, who had outstanding credentials, was overly optimistic. (I really believe he may…
Sensis Continues to Defy Global Trend
My colleague Neal Polachek and I just got off the phone with the leadership team at the Australian publisher Sensis, who walked us through its half-year results ended Dec. 31. We continue to marvel at how successful Sensis has been at…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Local.com Revamps Site; Profitability Expected by Year-End Local.com has made its first substantive changes to the site in over…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Yell CEO Sees Faintest Glimmer at End of Tunnel Last week, Yell Group issued its nine-month earnings report (the…
Yell CEO Sees Faintest Glimmer at End of Tunnel
Last week, Yell Group issued its nine-month earnings report (the company's financial year ends March 31) and most of the news was sobering. Organic growth is expected to be in the negative double digits in its fourth quarter, and…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. OpenTable Files for $40 Million Public Offering OpenTable, the online restaurant reservation service, has filed an S1 with the…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Online Video Ads Just Got a Lot More Interesting The name of the game in online video is integrating…
Opt-Out Gains New Momentum
The movement to compel Yellow Pages publishers to make it easy for consumers to opt out of receiving telephone books and punish unwelcome distribution gained some momentum last week with legislation introduced in Minnesota and the city of Albany, New…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Cool Item of the Day: Watch the Inauguration on Your iPhone Live streaming video company Ustream announced a new…
Signs of the Times in Yellow Pages
We got news this week of two directory publishing operations shutting their doors, a reflection of the challenges of running a competitive directory publishing company in the face of a difficult economy and intense competition from incumbent publishers and the…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Cincinnati Bell Nixes Residential White Pages Cincinnati Bell just received approval from the Public Utility Commission of Ohio to forgo…
TKG Data and Analysis: A Weekly Recap
Happy new year to everyone returning to work after the holidays. Here is a recap of posts from last week, in case you missed any. Click below to read each post in full. Cheaper iPhone on the Way? Speculation has been…