Sharon Hill | March 02, 2011 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment, Marketplaces
GateHouse Media just announced its end of year and Q410 earnings, reporting an online advertising revenue increase of 27.8 percent for the quarter and 18.4 percent...
Peter M. Zollman | March 02, 2011 | Automotive
The relationship between the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and CarSoup, the leading automotive site in the market, is over. It lasted little more than a year. In...
Sharon Hill | March 01, 2011 | Automotive
Dennis Galbraith, former J.D. Power and Associates executive director and Cars.com VP, is also author...
Sharon Hill | February 25, 2011 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment
While television and political advertising revenue were the 2010 fourth quarter shining stars that increased income at Scripps more than 100 percent year over...
Sharon Hill | February 22, 2011 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment, Marketplaces
It's been a long time since we've seen a YACLW (Yet Another Craigslist Wanna Be) as low-quality as BestFreeClassifieds.com. About as close in design to Craiglist...
Sharon Hill | February 16, 2011 | Automotive
For auto publishers and industry vendors knowing what products auto dealers prefer and need is important. At NADA 2011 social network DrivingSales announced Dealer...
Sharon Hill | February 14, 2011 | Automotive, Real Estate, Marketplaces
As of last week, Metro.US, with local sites in New York, Philadelphia and Boston, offers print classifieds in addition to its online Urbanlist powered by Oodle....
Sharon Hill | February 11, 2011 | Automotive, Marketplaces
Consumers who turn to Cars.com in search of their next pre-owned vehicle can now hone in on just those vehicles with a Carfax report available. The auto...
Sharon Hill | February 08, 2011 | Automotive
Just in time for NADA Convention and Expo Feb. 5-7 in San Francisco, AutoTrader.com rolled out its online Front-line Listings. Inspired by the front-line concept...
Peter M. Zollman | February 04, 2011 | Automotive
Two tidbits of news from AutoTrader.com — new research that shows car buyers spend 18 to 19 hours online before they make a purchase, and a record for unique...
Gérard Esteve | February 03, 2011 | Automotive, Real Estate
French publisher Group Hersant Media (GMH) yesterday unveiled an Internet-focused strategy to save its classifieds branch Comareg / Paru Vendu, which was...
Sharon Hill | February 02, 2011 | Automotive
Publishers and broadcasters who've been struggling with low auto advertising dollars should be encouraged by a recent Wall Street Journal article. According to...
Sharon Hill | February 01, 2011 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment
Gannett Co. Inc. reported Q410 earnings that showed its broadcast division as the bright spot for earnings, with a 46.9 percent increase in operating income year...
AIM Group | January 29, 2011 | Automotive, Recruitment
Shares of Monster Worldwide Inc. tumbled 25 percent on Friday after the company reported it fell about $5.7 million short of estimated revenues for the fourth...
Sharon Hill | January 27, 2011 | Automotive
When I read the news release and subsequently talked with new AdVantageTec CEO Thomas Jung, it was one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" moments....
Sharon Hill | January 25, 2011 | Automotive
Dallas Clement, 20-year Cox Communications veteran, is currently its EVP and chief strategy officer. Effective February 7 he'll be CFO for AutoTrader.com. In his...
Sharon Hill | January 24, 2011 | Automotive
The Scottsdale AZ Barrett-Jackson Auction January 17-23 was exhilirating, entertaining and attended by thousands on the day I was there. Approximately 250,000...
Sharon Hill | January 19, 2011 | Automotive, Marketplaces
Whenever I get the chance I watch a Second Street Webinar. Sure, they're about bringing in new clients; yet they're always full of the details publishers and...
Sharon Hill | January 14, 2011 | Automotive
If Ford, Nissan, Hyundai or any automakers other than General Motors want to advertise during Summer Olympics 2012 in London they'll have to look elsewhere then...
Nirmalya Sen | December 15, 2010 | Automotive
German uber-publisher Axel Springer AG has acquired 52.1 percent stake in CarWale.com, a leading India-based automotive Internet portal. At the same time, the...
Cristina Costa | January 14, 2011 | Automotive
The Spanish car dealers association GANVAM looks back at the past year as one of the worst in the Spanish automotive history. With less than one million car...
Sharon Hill | January 10, 2011 | Automotive, Marketplaces
Forty new-vehicle models are displayed at today's opening of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. This article is locked. Please email...
Sharon Hill | January 07, 2011 | Automotive, Real Estate, Marketplaces
Junaio isn't the only augmented reality company, but it's the one EBay chose to enhance its classifieds offering. It's also the company chosen by AM New York to...
Sharon Hill | December 30, 2010 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment, Marketplaces
In Generations 2010, the latest PewResearchCenter report on what people are doing on the Web, there are several important take aways for publishers - especially...
Sharon Hill | December 22, 2010 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment
After all the hoopla about crime on Craigslist and the battle over erotic services ads, many free and not-so-free classified sites - what we call YACLWs (Yet...
Sharon Hill | December 15, 2010 | Automotive, Marketplaces
Vehicle shopping service firm CarWoo, just launched in October, puts us somewhat in mind of a car broker, enabling a conversation between car shoppers and auto...
Sharon Hill | December 14, 2010 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment
Global Community Classifieds announced its launch in November, calling itself a free classified site. Try as we might, we couldn't post an ad without being charged...
Sharon Hill | December 03, 2010 | Automotive
Community newspaper publishers, when your advertising rep calls on local auto dealers the article we just read on the Dealer Magazine site should be in her or his...
Sharon Hill | December 02, 2010 | Automotive
AutoTrader.com would seem to be on an acquisition roll, intent on being all things to all auto dealerships. On the heels of its acquisition of VAuto and Kelley...
Sharon Hill | November 30, 2010 | Automotive, Real Estate, Marketplaces
After months of subtle promotion on the classified site, Kijiji has just launched its Daily Deals platform with the help of deal provider and fellow Canadian firm...
