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30A Takes Its Local Media Success Story 5,637 Miles to Moscow
Eight-year-old 30A is one of the top revenue producers among Internet news pure-plays – hitting $2.2 million last year and projected to reach $3 million in 2017. It attains numbers that elude some daily newspapers because its revenue streams include everything from a radio station to events to retail shops, as CEO Mike Ragsdale explains in this Q & A.
Street Fight Daily: Snap’s Growth Slows, Marketers Capitalize on AI
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Snapchat’s Growth Dips as Competitive Pressure Mounts… AI Is Leaping from Hype to Reality, and Marketers Are Reaping the Benefits… Uber Board Adopts All Recommendations from Eric Holder Report…
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Hyperlocals Need to Pay Attention to ‘Red Flags’ in User Content
Copyright law offers some immunity to hyperlocals for content uploaded by the user as long as the publisher had no knowledge — or became aware — that the content my violate the rights of others. What type of “red flags” create risks for the publisher recently was addressed in a hotly contested lawsuit filed by Viacom against YouTube…
Street Fight Daily: Pinterest for Hyperlocal Marketing, Groupon’s Bad Press
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
5 Pinterest Tips for Hyperlocal Marketing (MediaPost)…
What Does All the Bad Press Mean for Groupon? (VentureBeat)…
Banjo Tries To Bolster Its Position As The All-In-One Location App (TechCrunch)…
News Recap: Groupon’s Financial Troubles
Groupon took flak this week after the daily deals giant restated its fourth quarter earnings and cited inadequate resources allocated for refunds. In the wake of the restatement, the recently public company’s stock price plummeted, the SEC initiated a probe into its business practices, and it was hit with a stockholder’s lawsuit. Here’s a look back at some of the coverage of Groupon’s troubling week…
Street Fight Daily: Pandora Goes Local, AroundMe’s 6M Users
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal media, technology, advertising and startups...
Pandora: Over 400 Local Ad Campaigns in 2012 (NetNewsCheck)…
Local Search App AroundMe Trumps Yelp’s Mobile Apps With 6M Monthly Users (TechCrunch)…
KOMO Launches Connected TV Apps (TVNewsCheck)…
BiteHunter Launches In-App Payments for Restaurant Deals
BiteHunter, the year-old dining deals aggregator pitched as a “Kayak for restaurants,” has updated its mobile application with an in-app payment platform and a rehashed user interface. In early March, the company effectively dropped its web offering, focusing its product exclusively on the mobile experience…
Will Wash Post Take Another Run at Hyperlocal Under John Temple?
After crashing and burning in Northern Virginia’s highly competitive hyperlocal space in 2009, it appears that the Washington Post is again looking for a way to get back into the game in its local markets. The big, signifying tea leaf is the Post’s appointment of John Temple as managing editor for local news…
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