Johan Hansson named Roxen president for US, Latin America
Roxen appoints industry profile to head its growth in US and Latin America Johan Hansson is Roxen’s new President for the US and Latin America. He will be responsible for growing Roxen’s customer base on the company’s largest market outside Scandinavia. Johan Hansson has been a partner at Gansevoort Media, a New York based media and internet product development consultancy with...
Read MoreOnline marketing specialist new CMO at Scout24 Switzerland
By Cristina Costa Swiss Scout24 Schweiz AG, the joint-venture classifieds company of Ringier Digital AG and German Deutsche Telekom has announced a replacement in its board of directors. The company has appointed Andreas Schrag, who will replace Frank Gerber as new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). In the press note Scout24 states that Gerber, who has been responsible for all marketing...
Read MoreBackpage triumphs in Tenn district court
Classified publisher Backpage has won its injunction against the state of Tennessee, filed in June, 2012, in U.S. District Court in Nashville. Backpage had complained that the state’s attempts to make it the government censor of user-submitted content was not legal. March 27 the court made formal its agreement, converting its January temporary injunction against the state of Tennessee...
Read MoreEaster surprise for Swedish lovers of snow and speed
Here is a special Easter treat from Swedish online directory Eniro for all who love snow and speed. Eniro announced today that it had updated its maps for northern Sweden with 9,000 kilometers of new snowmobile trails. The site now has a total of more than 33,000 kilometers of snowmobile trails. Eniro hopes the new maps will enable people to discover new places to visit with their snowmobiles...
Read MoreSupreme Court rules on used-good sale: Critical news for classified-ad publishers
By Peter M. Zollman EBay, Craigslist and just about every U.S. classified publisher should be breathing a sigh of relief about the Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld the right of owners to sell their stuff, even if they imported it. The 6-3 ruling this week allows people to offer products they own for sale, regardless of copyright laws. It overturned two lower-court rulings that Supap...
Read MoreKroke slips into hot seat at Momox
Ex-Ricardo boss Heiner Kroke is back. And, at a firm we wrote about extensively in our CIR14.03, namely Momox.de, Germany’s Nr. 1 recommerce player. According to online magazine Deutsche-startups, Momox founder Christian Wegner vacated the hot seat for Heiner Kroke. As CEO, Kroke will take Momox into new business areas. (Read about his exit at Ricardo here.) Wegner remains involved as chief...
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