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French Viadeo buys Apna-Circle in India

Five-year-old French professional network Viadeo has moved into India with the acquisition of Apna-Circle.com. Launched by Sabeer Bhatia et Yogesh Bansa,...

Spain’s Grupo Godó, Yaencontré join forces

Catalan publishing company Grupo Godó has started a new joint venture with the online classified ads company Yaencontré-Jahetrobat, owner of the real...

What’s hot? Jobs sites

It should come as no huge surprise that the economic downturn has led to a surge in activity on jobs sites. According to comScore, uniques on job sites grew 51...

Insourcing, outsourcing big topics at SNA

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — Insourcing and outsourcing — hot topics in the newspaper industry. Newspaper companies talk about saving millions of dollars...

The first social media vanity press?

As we’ve written about here on AIMGroup.com, Twitter is a great tool for both researching and broadcasting news of all sorts, from the mundane to the highly...

‘We should have … 10 years ago’

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — Best quote (so far) from the Suburban Newspapers of America conference this week: “It’s one of those things where 10 years...

Presenting in his underwear?

            WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — Attendance is way off at the spring publishers’ conference of...

Flood of new job portals in Germany

Despite the financial crisis (or maybe thanks to it?) the German online job platform scene is as busy as ever, with a row of new portals launching just in the last...

Thornton new Tribune Interactive CFO and SVP

Erica Thornton is the new CFO and senior vice president for Tribune Interactive.Marc Chase, Tribune Interactive’s president joked that “Not only is...

Dell offers Twitter followers 30 percent off coupons

Twitter is not just for pithy chats anymore. It’s turning into a marketing tool.Dell is following up its successful Twitter Christmas experiment with a new...

Jonathan Lister heads up Google Canada

<!–> <! st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } –> There’s a new person at the helm at Google Canada. Google Inc. announced it has hired...

Globe and Mail’s AutoHound launches

The Globe and Mail, Canada’s leading national newspaper, has launched a new used-car online vertical, called AutoHound. It’s powered by Boost Motor...

ThinkTalk: Career-tip videos

College students or anyone researching careers can hop over to ThinkTalk, a recruitment-oriented Web site which provides interactive video fodder for...

Online video ad spend down from 08, but still growing

Online video advertising is down but certainly not out. In fact, according to projections released for January 2008 by AccuStream IMedia Research, online video ad...

What about the craft of journalism?

I happen to be the specialist in the real estate industry here at AIMGroup.com, and for the past 10 years I’ve been struck when I attend real wstate industry...

Know a great sales rep? We’re looking …

We’re actively looking for a great sales exec at the AIM Group / Classified Intelligence. If you’re interested, let us know. If you know someone who...