The future of mobile coupons is nearly here and it looks bright, according to a recent study conducted by RadiumOne, which found that nearly half of women ages 35 to 54 would like to receive mobile coupons via SMS. Meanwhile, other methods of coupon delivery are rising in popularity as well...

In the fast-churning world of small-business-focused digital start-ups, Yodle's nearly eight years in the business already make it a bit of a veteran player. Street Fight recently caught up with the company's CEO, Court Cunningham, to talk about the future of mobile advertising and why small business websites are still so important as marketing channels...

Alt-weekly publisher Voice Media Group has announced a partnership with Foursquare that will make event content from VMG's Voice Places initiative available to users of the location-based app. "This was a natural next step in terms of combining our curated local content with the experience that they provide around location and events," Scott Tobias, CEO of Voice Media Group, told Street Fight...

Eric Hadley, the Weather Channel's senior vice president for partner solutions and ad trade marketing, recently spoke with Street Fight about the local-national tension in weather coverage and information, the secrets behind Weather Channel's success on mobile, and his predictions for the coming year. He will be appearing as a speaker at Street Fight Summit in New York later this month as part of an IAB-led panel titled "Using Location to Monetize Mobile Inventory."

Last week, social discovery app Spindle rolled out a place-based alerts system designed to inform users of interesting and relevant social media updates from local businesses around them. Street Fight recently spoke with Spindle CEO and cofounder Pat Kinsel about about what makes Spindle's value proposition so vital...

Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton is worried that his paper isn't doing enough local coverage — and believes that a simple resource reallocation might fix the mix. But some think that fixing what ails the Washington Post's local coverage is not that simple. In fact, says media blogger Alan Mutter, local coverage of this sort might not even make sense, considering the paper's mission...

"The amount of coverage of restaurant openings that you see in the hyperlocal space is disproportionate to the significance of restaurant openings to the world as a whole," says the WNYC news VP. "That is probably a little uncharitable, but not too much."

"There's no question that we've had bumps in the road, but Groupon has created not just a business, but an entirely new category," said the CEO. "If I ever thought I wasn't the right guy for the job, I would be the first guy to fire myself. I care much more about the success of Groupon than being CEO."

Back in June, social/local analyst Rocky Agrawal bet Reuters financial journalist Felix Salmon a steak dinner that Square would be acquired by a company other than PayPal in 2012. At this point, a sale seems pretty unlikely before the end of the year — and I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. So if someone wants to bet me that Square gets acquired before this time in 2013, I'll take that bet...

Fresh off raising $7.4 million in Series A funds, New York-based local marketing platform LocalVox has announced the acquisition of Postling, which creates a social media marketing dashboard product used by over 20,000 small businesses..