Brian Blum | September 07, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m happy to be a guest speaker at PANPA 08 (Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Asociation) in the beautiful Gold Coast of Australia,.. This content is...
joe michaud | September 07, 2008 | Uncategorized
Yahoo’s woes continue. Reuters is reporting that Yahoo is no longer the leader for online display advertising in the U.S. – MySpace and its parent...
joe michaud | September 07, 2008 | Uncategorized
The Internet is full of crooks and major Web sites are too busy racking up eyeballs and page counts to stop the scams.That’s the subject of a rant by...
admin3 | September 07, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here’s another reminder of why it’s a bad idea to be too Western-centric when it comes to new media. .. This content is available free to Classified...
AIM Group | September 06, 2008 | Uncategorized
The Newspaper Association of America posted Q2 advertising expenditures for North American newspapers, and it ain’t pretty.Total print-ad revenues were down...
admin3 | September 04, 2008 | Uncategorized
In putting together the upcoming Classified Intelligence Report on new thinking about C-to-C classifieds, I did some quick searches on “classifieds in...
Brian Blum | September 03, 2008 | Recruitment
Even as the United States’ economy slows, employers are having almost as hard a time finding the right candidates as job-seekers are having finding the right...
AIM Group | September 03, 2008 | Recruitment
Gannett Co. has acquired controlling interest in CareerBuilder.com with the purchase of an additional 10 percent stake from cash-strapped Tribune Company. Gannett...
admin3 | September 03, 2008 | Uncategorized
Sources tell us Tribune Interactive is getting shaken up under new chief Marc Chase. In effect, control of Tribune properties’ interactive strategies is...
Brian Blum | September 02, 2008 | Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment
Web classifieds vendor Adicio has been busy, making a number of announcements in August. The highlights:– The company has rolled out a new product that...
admin3 | September 02, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’ll admit to being one of those people who see newspaper stocks prices getting pummeled, and wonder whether “the street” could be overreacting...
bruce oren | September 01, 2008 | Marketplaces
Here at Classified Intelligence, we have an acronym we use about once a week: “YACLW.” It stands for “yet another Craigslist wannabe.”...
bruce oren | September 01, 2008 | Recruitment
A sidelight on the article in the East Valley Tribune about ChosenList.com: The piece refers to the difference in pricing for video employment ads...
AIM Group | August 28, 2008 | Recruitment
By Dan LindleyGloom and doom seem to be settling over the U.S. economy like dark clouds welling up before a big thunderstorm. But even during the worst of times,...
joe michaud | August 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Joe Michaud “Nothing happens until somebody sells something.” It may be a sales cliché, but these days, it’s the ultimate reality check of online publishing....
joe michaud | August 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Local media companies have tried a few different models over the years for selling online products. One model has dedicated reps selling all online products, with...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Real Estate
Susan Kelly-Gilbert has been named director of multimedia sales-real estate for Media News Group. Previously she was VP-sales for Digital Media Communications,...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Recruitment
Jesper Hörgren has been appointed managing director for Swedish recruitment site Svensk Internetrekrytering. He will assume his new position on Sept. 1....
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Jim McKnight has been named strategic execution officer of Atlanta-based Manheim and Sue Boehlke has been named SVP of Manheim Enterprise Solutions, the umbrella...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Automotive
When it comes to satisfying auto dealers, AutoTrader.com ranks highest for new-vehicle leads while Cars.com ranks highest for used-dealer leads, according to the...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Real Estate
Seloger.com, France’s No. 1 real estate site, recently acquired Belles Demeures group, publisher a monthly magazine and a Web site (www.bellesdemeures.com),...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Real Estate
A new Arabic-language real estate site has launched in the UAE. PropertyFinder.ae offers a user-friendly research tool for potential investors with a dedicated...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Real Estate
Vuokraovi.com is the new Finnish online marketing place focusing on rental homes. According to owner Alma Media, one of the largest media...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Real Estate
Australia-based REA Group has reported strong ongoing growth for the 07/08 financial year with revenues rising by 45 percent to $132 million and EBITDA up by...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Real Estate
Greg Ellis, a recent Microsoft alum who has worked in both the online directory and interactive media fields, starts a week from Monday as the new CEO of REA...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
UAE’s major classifieds site, Dubizzle.com, has undergone an overhaul to bring Dubai city life online, creating virtual neighborhoods, adding reviews, blogs...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Tribune Company reported a Q2 loss from continuing operations of $3.8 billion, compared with income of $35 million in the same period a year earlier. The loss was...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Schibsted showed a Q2 operating profit (EBITA) of NOK 426 million ($79.45 million U.S.), up from NOK 413 million in the same quarter of 2007. That produced an...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Norwegian media house Adresseavisen said it would not sell its Finn.no shares to media giant Schibsted. In June, Schibsted published an offer for...
Brian Blum | August 28, 2008 | Recruitment
Stepstone’s revenue for the second quarter of 2008 increased 34 percent to €30.9 million ($45.5 million U.S.) from €23.1 million in Q2 2007....
