The convergence of 'local-local' and 'national-local' was in full swing on Day 1 of BIA/Kelsey's Leading in Local: The National Impact conference yesterday in Atlanta. AAA, Aflac, AutoTrader, Balihoo, Living Social, Fourquare, LocalVox, Two Men and a Truck, Yodle, YP…
Longtime industry change agent Chip Perry wrote the playbook for how to use "internal disruption" as a positive force within a traditional media environment. Back in 1997, Atlanta-based Cox Communications tapped Perry as employee No. 1 of a new venture…
Longtime industry change agent Chip Perry wrote the playbook for how to use "internal disruption" as a positive force within a traditional media environment. Back in 1997, Atlanta-based Cox Communications tapped Perry as employee No. 1 of a new venture…
The spanking new program is set for Leading in Local: The National Impact, which is May 7-9 in Atlanta. We’ve put together a great list of 55 hand-picked speakers – all centered on what’s really happening in local with a…
The spanking new program is set for Leading in Local: The National Impact, which is May 7-9 in Atlanta. We?ve put together a great list of 55 hand-picked speakers ? all centered on what?s really happening in local with a…
BIA/Kelsey, forecasting $52.9 Billion in national local spending by 2017, has unveiled its new Leading in Local: The National Impact conference, which will take place in Atlanta May 7-9. The 2.5 Day event is expected to be the largest gathering…
BIA/Kelsey, forecasting $52.9 Billion in national local spending by 2017, has unveiled its new Leading in Local: The National Impact conference, which will take place in Atlanta May 7-9. The 2.5 Day event is expected to be the largest gathering…
Chip Perry, the visionary who was asked by Cox in 1997 to facilitate its own disruption with the launch of AutoTrader --going right after its print classified revenues -- has resigned as President and CEO of Cox Enterprise's AutoTrader Group.…
Increasingly, a lot of the mobile discussion is oriented towards ecommerce. But what does a major vertical site do with mobile when it doesn’t sell anything online? AutoTrader, the leading auto site, doesn’t sell cars online. “We basically sell advertising,”…
Cars still need to be sold by salespeople and that never changes. And most people still want to get on the phone to talk to their dealer. What does change is the ability to find cars on the Web, notes…
AutoTrader.com is paying a reported $500 million to acquire the assets of Kelley Blue Book. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2010. On the surface, the acquisition of KBB is fairly straightforward. While AutoTrader provides its…
Cox Enterprises has sold 25 percent of AutoTrader.com to Providence Equity Partners, a company that manages $22 billion in its portfolio and whose Web site says it likes to take equity shares “between $250 million and $2.5 billion.” Terms were…
Cox Enterprises reports that AutoTrader.com's revenue declined three percent from 2008 to 2009,but increased its total revenue by one percent to $629 million, largely due to the addition of print operations formerly managed by AutoTrader Publishing. The company considers its…