Street Fight Daily: Mason Fights to Stay, NetSuite Pushes into Local
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal content, commerce, and technology.… Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Fights to Keep His Job (Bloomberg Businessweek)… NetSuite Buys More Retail Expertise With Retail Anywhere Acquisition (GigaOm)… Streetline Gets $25M to Solve Parking (AllThingsD)…
For Hyperlocals, How Long the Roller-Coaster Ride?
Borrell Associates delivered an upbeat 2013 projection last week for an increase of 31% in ad spending in the local digital space. But even as the outlook seems brighter for local online, highly regarded hyperlocal editor and publisher Mike Fourcher announced his plans to leave the helm of his two neighborhood sites in Chicago…