IAC’s ‘Citysearch LLC’ now ‘CityGrid Media’
IAC’s Citysearch will keep its www.citysearch.com Web site and brand, and IAC’s local units will still be managed by the Citysearch team, but the local organization has been renamed “CityGrid…
Citysearch Launches ‘CityGrid Complete,’ Invests in Orange Soda
Citysearch announced today that it has shifted its ad model for small businesses, moving from the cost-per-click model that it pioneered several years ago to a new model that will…
BIA/Kelsey Analysis: Citysearch’s CityGrid ‘a Local Game Changer’
Citysearch officially rolled out its CityGrid publisher network this week. The network moves Citysearch away from an exclusive focus on its individual sites (“Citysearch.com,” “Insiderpages.com,” “Urbanspoon”). Instead, it works on…
Pingup's Mark Slater: Why 'Task Completion' Scheduling is Key to LODE
More than 75 companies are now providing scheduling solutions, resulting in a super fragmented marketplace where no single company has even five percent of the existing market. One by-product of…
Pingup’s Mark Slater: Why ‘Task Completion’ Scheduling is Key to LODE
More than 75 companies are now providing scheduling solutions, resulting in a super fragmented marketplace where no single company has even five percent of the existing market. One by-product of…
Strategic Deal to Boost Yelp, YP
Coming on the heels of its big content deal with Yahoo, Yelp has inked a strategic agreement with directories giant YP to use the vast YP sales force to sell…
Cheat Sheet for ILM West Next Week
Our flagship event, ILM West, is next week in sunny Los Angeles (weather forecast: in the 70s). We have a bulging attendee sheet, and 47, hand-picked thought leaders on stage.…
ILM West Opening Keynote: Bill Gross, CEO, IdeaLab
In the great tradition of ILM keynotes, we have landed one of the best yet: Bill Gross, CEO, IdeaLab. It is definitely fitting to have THE premier Los Angeles tech…
New Speakers for Mega ILM West 2012 (Dec. 4-6 in LA)
The ILM West 2012 conference, the mega-event we are holding Dec.4-6 in LA, keeps building and building. We announced the keynotes early: YP CEO David Krantz; CityGrid CEO Jason Finger;…
New Local Execs Added at ILM West (Dec 4-6 in LA)
Our ILM West conference, which is being held Dec.4-6 in LA, continues to build in a big way, with new speakers and sessions that reflect the dramatic changes in the…