May 16, 2012
FindingCarBuyers.com, a Cars.com site especially for dealers, showcases its media efforts to bring consumers to Cars.com dealer advertisers. One of the more interesting of the media resources, Internet radio, showcases Cars.com to Pandora and Spotify listeners with banner, video and audio ads and a one-day home page takeover of Pandora.com. FindingCarBuyers spells out the Cars.com 2012...
May 15, 2012
Groupon just reported an 89 percent revenue jump for Q1 2012, compared with the same quarter of 2011. In North America its 75 percent growth was attributed in part to deal personalization, a targeting tool that will soon launch internationally. Groupon customers grew YOY 140 percent, to 36.9 million, with sales from repeat buyers 150 percent of those “...
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has decided to join a growing number of publications worldwide that are charging for access to their websites and mobile apps.
Haaretz made its announcement with the upbeat proclamation of “the start of a new era,” adding that it “will enable us to provide you with accurate and comprehensive news coverage, analyses and commentary on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.”
The revamped site, which went...
May 14, 2012
By Christo Volschenk
Axel Springer, one of Germany’s leading media groups, is about to make history. When its digital division replaces its newspaper division as the group’s biggest revenue-generator in the second quarter, Axel Springer will be the first multimedia group in Germany to rid itself of its dependence on print to become a digital-driven media group.The group released its financial results for the first quarter recently....
May 3, 2012
By Christo Volschenk
German real estate platform Immonet has gone live with new real estate portals on 7 regional newspaper sites of media group Madsack. Another 9 will go live before the end of May, 1 of which is not majority-owned by Madsack, Immonet said in a media statement today.The switch to uniform, co-branded Immonet platforms is part of an agreement reached between Immonet and Madsack in February (read our report...
May 2, 2012
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April 30, 2012
By Sharon Hill
The gossip about Zillow has just gotten ”juicier.” Amidst a rumor that Zillow is about to spend $45 million to buy rental management software firm RentJuice, the third-largest online real estate marketplace has just announced its new Android rental app. Both follow on the heels of Zillow’s launch of Rent Zestimates. (For...
April 26, 2012
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — A classified advertising battle is under way in Latin America, with regional classified portals expanding and evolving in hopes of fighting off major multinational media classified publishers moving in from outside the region.
Opportunities abound, as demonstrated by companies like EBay and Naspers targeting the traditional family-owned media companies in Latin America. The growth of interactive media and smartphones is...
April 23, 2012
By Christo Volschenk
Journalists have a new pastime. It’s called “trawling LinkedIn for unannounced senior management moves”. I was at it again today and uncovered a gem: Naspers lured a senior manager away from competitor Schibsted.Last week I wrote Hein Pretorius, CEO of MIH Internet Europe, must be searching for a new CEO for Allegro Group, since Grzegorz Wójcik isn’t CEO of Allegro Group any longer. He...