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Deal Radar 2008: Trulia Can Consolidate Real Estate

Posted on Friday, Jan 4th

It is raining cats and dogs. Electricity was out this morning and we just got it back. I am very behind in everything, including my writing. But here we go … Yesterday, we discussed the Kayak-Sidestep roll-up deal, and its implications on Google. Trulia is a real estate vertical search engine that could be a

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Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Sep 28th

Conclusion Gannett realizes that consumers are changing the way they access content every day, and advertisers are working hard to find the best ways to reach them. The Company is looking at enhancing its core assets and building digital businesses, designed to provide solutions for both consumers and advertisers. The building of the various digital

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Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Sep 24th

Introduction Gannett (GCI) publishes 85 daily newspapers, nearly 1,000 non-daily publications and 23 television stations in the US. In the UK, Gannett publishes 17 daily newspapers and around 300 non-daily publications. Gannett’s popular newspaper USA TODAY with a circulation of 7.3 million is the US’s largest-selling newspaper. USA WEEKEND is a weekly newspaper with a

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Top Newspaper Sites

Posted on Monday, Apr 9th

For those of you following my Newspaper industry coverage, here’s an interesting set of statistics:

Newspapers: Industry in Turmoil

Posted on Friday, Apr 6th

Alan Murray writes in the Wall Street Journal: “Last weekend’s “Billionaires Bid for Tribune” headlines were enough to warm the hearts of us Dickensian scribes who still seek to make a living from impressions on wood pulp. Savvy Chicagoan Sam Zell sold much of his U.S. real-estate empire at the top of the market; could

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Will Gannett Pull It Off?

Posted on Friday, Mar 16th

I wrote several pieces on the newspaper industry: Newspapers, Roll Up, Newspapers, Wake Up, and the Pro-Am Debate. Gannett (GCI) publishes 90 daily newspapers, nearly 1,000 non-daily publications and 23 television stations in the US. In the UK, Gannett publishes 17 daily newspapers and around 300 non-daily publications. Gannett’s popular newspaper USA TODAY with a

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USA Today’s Step Forward

Posted on Monday, Mar 5th

I wrote Newspapers, Roll Up! last week. Today, USA Today, one of Gannett’s (GCI) top holdings, announced a massive overhaul. From Steve Rubel’s piece: “The notable additions include: reader comments on every story, the ability to create a profile page that can be shared with others, citizen journalist photos, story tagging and digg-like recommendation buttons.”

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