Street Fight Daily: 01.19.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Foursquare Adds Restaurant Menus, What About Food Check Ins? (TechCrunch)…
GoLocal24: Positioning Hyperlocal at the Top of The News Cycle (Local Onliner)…
Everyblock Introduces Hyperlocal Event Listings (Everyblock Blog)…
Street Fight Daily: 01.17.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Google Launching Goofy Game to Promote Location Products in Google+ (ReadWriteWeb)…
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Defends His Decisions on ’60 Minutes’ (AllThingsD)…
How Well Your Deal Sells is Inversely Proportional to Its Amount of Fine Print (Zuupy)…
Street Fight Daily: 01.13.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Urban Airship To Shutter SimpleGeo Services In March, With Factual Picking Up The Slack (TechCrunch)…
Rue La La Operator Lays Off 65 Workers, Plans to Shutter SmartBargains (Boston Globe)…
Why Foursquare Won’t Share Location Data With Google (FastCompany)…
Street Fight Daily: 01.12.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Appearing on 60 Minutes, Groupon’s Mason Says Being Founder Is an Edge (CBS News)…
Gilt Groupe CEO: Restructuring Rumors Overblown, IPO Still on Track (AllThingsD)…
Skyhook Brings Location-Based Services To the Kindle Fire (ReadWriteWeb)…
Geo-Location App Urgnt.ly Connects You With Nearby Service Providers
The app, which launched this week in beta, finds qualified service workers “now and near,” connecting people in need with immediately available help. Urgnt.ly’s service providers provide not only provide their current location, they also indicate whether they are “checked in,” meaning that they are currently available to work…
Street Fight Daily: 01.11.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Will Groupon’s Deal With Deutsche Telekom Be A Winning Template For Growth? (PaidContent)…
Rumor: Layoffs and Restructuring at Gilt Groupe as New Verticals Fail to Deliver Growth (BetaBeat)…
Will Patch’s Fate Foretell the Future of Local Online News? Hardly (Knight Digital Media Center)…
Street Fight Daily: 01.10.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Local Services Marketplace Thumbtack Raises $4.5 Million (TechCrunch)…
Patch Dispatches Little Green Truck to Primary States (Capital New York)…
TaskRabbit Acquires Service Provider Directory SkillSlate (TechCrunch)…
Street Fight Daily: 01.09.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Microsoft Finally Dumps Deal Provider Now Owned by Google (AllThingsD)…
Groupon’s New Year’s Resolution? To Make Money on Yours! (AllThingsD)…
Politicians’ Spending on Digital Ads Skyrockets (Mashable)…
Street Fight Daily: 01.06.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Armstrong: ‘Really Large Amount’ of Patches to Be Profitable by End of 2013 (Dow Jones Newswires)…
GoLocal24 Expands Into Massachusetts, Hires Veteran Newscaster (Boston Globe)…
Groupon Still Chasing $25 Billion Mirage (Forbes)…
Street Fight Daily: 01.05.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Groupon Merchant Center Now Shows If Customers Love or Hate Your Deals (TechCrunch)…
Groupon’s Drop Below IPO Price Reflects Daily-Deal Risks (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)…
PayPal: Mobile Payments and Location-based Offers Go Hand-in-Hand (GigaOm)…
Street Fight Daily: 01.03.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
AOL’s Armstrong Touts Patch Growth in Year-End Company Memo (Capital New York)…
Uninsured Turn to Daily Deal Sites for Health Care (Associated Press)…
Real Estate Agents Look Beyond the Check-in (Inman)…
Street Fight Daily: 01.02.12
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Ex-AOL Salesman: Here’s How To Save Patch (Business Insider)…
Foursquare’s Claim to Fame, the Check-in, Could Become Its Downfall (VentureBeat)…
SEC Pressed Groupon on Accounting (New York Times)…
Street Fight Daily: 12.23.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Vicks Uses Location Data to Micro-target Ads in Regions With High Incidence of Flu (New York Times)…
Daily Deals 2.0: Why Media Companies Will Win (Forbes)…
Facebook Launches Suggested Events Feature Based On Checkins (TechCrunch)…
Street Fight Daily: 12.22.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups.…
DealFind Launches Its Version Of Groupon Now: ‘Everyday Deals’ (TechCrunch)…
AOL Shareholder: Patch Will Lose ‘As Much As $150M in 2011’ (Business Insider)…
The Power of Foursquare (TechCrunch)…
Street Fight Daily: 12.21.11
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Hyperlocal Industry Set for Hyper-speed Changes, More Experiments (UNY Startups)…
2012 Will See Local TV Stations Expand Digital Footprint (Nieman Lab)…
9 Daily Deal Acquisitions in 2011 — Good for Some Not for Others (Daily Deal Media)…