YellowMedia CEO Tellier Stepping Down
Yellow Media's longtime CEO Marc Tellier is stepping down and the company is seeking a replacement who can lead it through a full transformation to digital. Tellier has been at Yellow…
Great New Speakers, Networking Set for ‘Leading in Local’ March 18-20
BIA/Kelsey's upcoming "Leading in Local: The National Impact" event March 18-20 in Boston keeps building and building. We've now crossed the 40 speaker threshold - and the lineup truly reflects…
At ILM West: The “New” Newspaper: New Users, New Reach, New Revenues
From iPad apps to cross-media daily deals to paid firewalls to local ad networks, leading newspaper companies have shifted their revenue mix as they develop their plans to keep them…
DexOne: It’s All About Bundles
On today's Q3 earnings call, DexOne CEO Alfred Mockett made it clear that bundles are central to Dex's hopes of arresting its revenue declines. The company grew its digital bookings…
A New Yellow Pages for NY Local Service Pages
Ambassador Media Group LLC (Ambassador Publications) company produced yellow pages directories for the Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Nassau, Queens, Staten Island and southern Westchester County markets up until April. Picking up…
SMB Digital 2012: DexOne’s Checklist for Transforming a Sales Force
Kicking off Day 2 of our SMB Digital Marketing Conference, DexOne's EVP of Sales & Marketing Richard Hanna offered insights into the changing realities of selling advertising to SMBs. This…
Yell Group Plays the Name Game
The global directories company Yell Group, which is fighting a rapidly declining core business as it shifts to new digital products, has announced it will be changing its name to…
June’s ‘Local’ Events: One Hot Month
The June calendar is definitely filling in. It is the most active month in memory. I’ll be attending five events -- three in San Francisco, two in San Diego. As…
MLM San Francisco, June 27: ‘It’s On’
We've been working around the clock to get the speaker roster pinned down for our MLM San Francisco show coming up on June 27. It's starting to really materialize with…
For Better or Worse, AT&T Deal Sets Bar for Yellow Pages
AT&T has sold a 53 percent stake in its Yellow Pages business to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital for $950 million. This works out to a valuation of $1.8…