Peter M. Zollman | June 01, 2012 | Automotive
Wish we’d thought of this: CMO Close-Up, a publication of Crain Communications, did an interesting interview with Jeff Perkins, director of custom marketing...
Steve Shipside | May 31, 2012 | Automotive
Manheim's strategy in the U.K. is starting to play out as the site it bought earlier this year, Motors.co.uk, is now aiming to extend its reach by means of a This...
Sharon Hill | May 29, 2012 | Automotive
By Sharon Hill According to a prominent Canadian publisher, the country's auto dealers, both new and used, are prospering. Unlike the U.S., there doesn't seem to...
Christo Volschenk | May 25, 2012 | Automotive
By Christo Volschenk Reinhard Schmidt, head of automotive intelligence at auto portal Mobile.de, was promoted to the position of director at EBay Motors Germany...
Sharon Hill | May 22, 2012 | Automotive
By Sharon Hill While it's OEM rather than dealer-specific, Yahoo's Plugged In Yahoo Screen reality contest has real possibilities for local as well as national...
Christo Volschenk | May 20, 2012 | Automotive
By Christo Volschenk Munich-based AutoScout24, Germany's second biggest auto portal, is caught in a race with two competitors to roll out its repair service...
Sharon Hill | May 16, 2012 | Automotive
FindingCarBuyers.com, a Cars.com site especially for dealers, showcases its media efforts to bring consumers to Cars.com dealer advertisers. One of the more...
Sharon Hill | May 09, 2012 | Automotive
Boston-based personalized used-car shopping startup MojoMotors.com has expanded beyond its Mass., Rhode Island and Conn. roots, with help from $3 million in new VC...
Linda Karlsson | May 10, 2012 | Automotive
By Linda Karlsson Today, EBay relaunched the Danish No. 1 auto classified site BilBasen with a new design. This step is part of the site's effort to get more...
Sharon Hill | April 20, 2012 | Automotive
By Sharon Hill AutoTrader.com and dealer software provider DealerTrack appear to be planning an early-2013 collaboration to somewhat change the face of online...
Sharon Hill | April 16, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment
Gannett Company, Inc. has just reported that digital revenue was up nearly 7 percent the first quarter of 2012, primarily thanks to recruitment revenue boosts at...
Sharon Hill | April 16, 2012 | Automotive
By Sharon Hill Edmunds.com just signed with Contact At Once, joining AutoTrader.com and Cars.com in adding live chat to its dealer listings, with the goal This...
Sharon Hill | April 10, 2012 | Automotive
While there has been little coverage and as yet no confirmation, Dow Jones has reported an upcoming $400 million payment by AutoTrader.com to its shareholders....
Sharon Hill | April 10, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment, Marketplaces
By Sharon Hill Texas-based Green Shoot Media has created AdSupercharger, to digitize print ads. AdSupercharger works with Freedom Communicat This article is...
Christo Volschenk | April 03, 2012 | Automotive
After 7 years at Mobile.de, Germany's Nr. 1 auto portal, Joachim Muzarek (43), now moves to Autoscout24.de, Germany's Nr. 2 auto portal. Muzarek, who was manager...
Sharon Hill | April 03, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment
Ellington Marketplace, a licensed product of The World Company's Mediaphormedia, is the platform behind Tribune Limited's new Tribune242.com, in Nassau, Bahamas....
Sharon Hill | April 02, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate, Marketplaces
By Sharon Hill FindTheBest.com founders Kevin O'Conner (who also founded DoubleClick) and Scott Leonard (who runs CeBotics) describe their startup as an unbiased...
Sharon Hill | March 30, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment
By Sharon Hill The long-time lament of newspaper executives has been that while digital ad dollars are coming in, they can't compare to the revenue that was...
Steve Shipside | April 02, 2012 | Automotive
Looks like the U.K. car classifieds market is hotting up. First Manheim buys Motors.co.uk, and now Rupert Murdoch is said to want a piece of the action. News...
Peter M. Zollman | March 27, 2012 | Automotive
By Steve Shipside The dust hasn't settled yet on the Manheim / Motors.co.uk deal announced last week, and both sides are limiting themselves to general statements...
Sharon Hill | March 23, 2012 | Automotive
By Sharon Hill Online car shopping assistant CarWoo has added both consumer and dealer features to its vehicle broker service since we last talked with founder and...
Steve Shipside | March 23, 2012 | Automotive
The French car classifieds market has a new player as general sales portal PriceMinister diversifies into motoring. PriceMinister has 9,000 cars available from the...
Peter M. Zollman | March 21, 2012 | Automotive
Is a battle of the auto-advertising titans in the works? You bet! Manheim, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Cox Enterprises, yesterday announced the acquisition of...
Alessandra Ritondo | March 14, 2012 | Automotive
By Alessandra Ritondo Piubarche.it, owned by Editorial Secondamano (read the Editoriale Secondamano story here) is one of Italy's most popular portals focused on...
Christo Volschenk | March 09, 2012 | Automotive
By Christo Volschenk AutoScout24 is the biggest auto platform in Europe and the third biggest in the world, measured by the number of professional clients (car...
Sharon Hill | March 09, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate, Marketplaces
In its 4th quarter 2011 and year-end revenue report, Gatehouse Media announced an increase of digital advertising revenue of more than 26 percent quarter over...
Sharon Hill | February 23, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate
Journal Communication's Q411 earnings report delivered unsurprising news that classified advertising revenue decreased 18.6 percent YOY largely due to a decrease...
Sharon Hill | February 16, 2012 | Automotive, Marketplaces
New Price Markdown Feature Enables Dealers to Highlight Affordability of Their New Car Inventory on AutoT This article is locked. Please email info@aimgroup.com...
Sharon Hill | February 15, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment, Marketplaces
By Sharon Hill The Austin (TX) American-Statesman's Statesman.com is running an intriguing viewer contest that unfortunately missed some of its potential for...
Christo Volschenk | February 14, 2012 | Automotive, Real Estate
The Serbian subsidiary of Swiss-based Ringier AxelSpringer (RAS) acquired Mojauto.rs, the second biggest auto portal in Serbia, for an undisclosed amount, the...
