Street Fight Daily: Ads Coming to Google’s Local Pack, xAd Partners with...
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Google Confirms Ads Are Coming to Local Pack (Search Engine Land) Yesterday, at the SMX Advanced Local...
View ArticleStreet Fight Daily: Gannett Acquires Jersey Papers, Walmart Responds to Apple...
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Gannett Buys the Bergen Record and Other New Jersey Papers (Poynter) Gannett on Wednesday officially...
View ArticleAt Hearst Newspapers, a New Digital Strategy to End ‘Flying Blind’
Just how far local newspapers have to go to plant their flag commandingly in the fiercely competitive world of digital is summed up in a revealing story told by Robertson (Rob) Barrett, the new...
View ArticleStreet Fight: Uber’s Q3 Losses ‘Eye-Popping’, Snap Makes Moves on Ad Tech
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Uber’s Loss Exceeds $800M in Third Quarter on $1.7B Net Revenue (Bloomberg) Even as Uber exited China,...
View ArticleInvestment Firms Come to the Forefront Among Owners of Local Newspapers
Investment companies – which have no deep roots in community publishing – have become the dominant owners of local daily newspapers in the U.S. Today seven investment entities control 349 dailies,...
View ArticleStreet Fight Daily: Uber CEO Berates Driver on Video, Yelp Buys Nowait for...
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… In Video, Uber CEO Argues with Driver Over Falling Fares (Bloomberg) The video shows off Kalanick’s...
View ArticleStreet Fight Daily: Intel Buys Mobileye for $15.3B, NJ Journalists Start...
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Intel is Paying $15.3 Billion to Acquire Mobileye (VentureBeat) Intel has made no secret of its...
View ArticleStreet Fight Daily: Self-Driving Cars Now Deliver Pizzas, Amazon Expands...
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Ford and Domino’s to Deliver Pizza Using Self-Driving Cars in New Test (TechCrunch) Ford and Domino’s...
View ArticleStreet Fight Daily: 2018 Local Ad Spend Projections, Mashable Pivots Away...
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… 2018 Local Ad Spend to Top $151 Billion (MediaPost) Mobile, which is becoming a $19 billion market, will...
View ArticleStreet Fight Daily: Local Online Pubs Shirk Display, SMBs Key to Growth of...
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Local Digital News Publishers Are Ignoring Display Revenue (Digiday) Publishers will enter 2018 more...
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