As we muddle through the COVID-19 pandemic, station sales are not strong, especially for Radio. The following chart shows year-to-date transactions of 2020 compared to 2019. So far this year, there has not been any large television group sale as…
The Local On-Demand Economy (LODE) will be all about transactions. The ease of transaction between buyer and seller will need to match the lowered-barriers and "immediacy" of the on-demand service and experience itself. Otherwise, LODE's promise won't be fulfilled. It's…
YP is "not your grandmother's Yellow Pages company" and is poised for real growth as the second largest mobile search ad company in the U.S. behind Google, said YP CMO Allison Checchi during a keynote address at Leading in Local:…
In case you haven't heard, Facebook just announced it will acquire mobile messaging company WhatsApp for $19 billion. And just like that, we have the largest venture backed acquisition in history (Sequioa alone pockets ~$3B), and the largest tech acquisition since…
In case you haven't heard, Facebook just announced it will acquire mobile messaging company WhatsApp for $19 billion. And just like that, we have the largest venture backed acquisition in history (Sequioa alone pockets ~$3B), and the largest tech acquisition since…
While the volume of deals (acquisitions and capital raises) in the local media space hasn't really grown much this year, the volume of these deals exploded, according to BIA/Kelsey's deal tracking effort called Local Media Investment Watch. Deal value…