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Tag: Australia

  • Australia’s Sensis Acquired by U.S. PE Firm

    Australia’s leading telecom Telstra has sold off 70 percent of its directories unit Sensis to a U.S. based private equity firm for A$454 million, which works out to a valuation of A$649 million (US$591 million). There was speculation in the Australian press in recent days that the deal could go for as much as A$3…

  • Sensis Plans Harder Push into New Products

    The Australian directories company Sensis has released its full 2010 financial year results (ending June 30) and the results show the company is resilient, though print revenues are clearly coming under increasing pressure. The company generated A$2.1 billion in revenue for the year. On an adjusted basis, revenues declined by 2.9 percent. Sensis’ print revenues…

  • Sensis Cites Big Markets, Economy in Print Slide

    Last week the Australian directory publisher Sensis released its half-year financial results, ended Dec. 31, 2009, which showed pretty strong resilience but nonetheless a meaningful decline in print revenues. For the half-year period, combined print and online Yellow Pages results were down 4.3 percent. Print Yellow Pages declined 8.7 percent. Including White Pages, the print…

  • Telstra, Sensis Lose Copyright Case, Appeal Possible

    Following a significant court decision, Yellow and White Pages content is not entitled to copyright protection in Australia. Assuming the case is upheld, any entity can legally copy the content from a Sensis directory, even to build a competitive local search or directory product, according to Australian press reports. The decision is the outcome of…