Category Archives: Directories

R.R. Donnelley: Full-year 2012 Revenue of $10.2 billion Declined 3.7%

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD) reported a 2012 fourth-quarter net loss attributable to common shareholders of $849.0 million, or $4.70 per diluted share, on net sales of $2.7 billion compared to a net loss of $326.7 million, or $1.78 … Continue reading

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Yellow Pages, Yahoo! Canada Expand Six-Year Partnership

Yellow Pages Group and Yahoo! Canada today announced they have expanded their six-year partnership to provide Yahoo! Canada users with an enhanced local search experience. Yahoo! Canada users can get better, faster access to local search results, as well as … Continue reading

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BIIA and EASDP Partnered in the Biggest Event Dedicated to the Business of Database, Search and Directory Publishing

Toledo, Spain, Thursday September 20, 2012:  At the EASDP Congress a BIIA panel of experts discussed the important aspects of how to redefine Business Information, how to get new value out of ‘Old Databases’, and how to extract value from … Continue reading

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RR Donnelley Revenues Continue to Decline

Net sales in the quarter were $2.5 billion, down $94.8 million, or 3.6%, from the second quarter of 2011. Pro forma for acquisitions, net sales decreased 4.0%, as a 164 basis point unfavorable impact of changes in foreign exchange rates, … Continue reading

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PagesJaunes Group First Half 2012 Revenues Down by 1.7%

PagesJaunes reported consolidated revenues of Euro 525 million, down 1.7% from prior year.  Internet businesses has grown by +9.5% in the 1st half of 2012, and the Group continues to gain market shares in digital advertising.  The decline in Print … Continue reading

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Yelp Revenues up 67% in Q2 2012

Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), a company that connects consumers with great local businesses, announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. Net revenue was $32.7 million in the second quarter of 2012, reflecting 67% growth in net … Continue reading

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Directory Publishers: Transform Now Or Die!

Asian mobile users are significantly more mobile savvy Charles Laughlin of BIA/Kelsey kicked off BIA/Kelsey’s Interactive Local Media conference Asia, organized by BIA/Kelsey and the Asian Directory Publisher Association (ADPAI) – with the results of a survey of business leaders … Continue reading

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Bisnode to sell ABC Germany to Avant Invest

Bisnode has signed an agreement to sell ABC Germany, one of the leading German B2B supplier search engines, to the Dutch Avant Invest B.V., which already owns the ABC operations in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. With this transaction, Bisnode … Continue reading

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Yelp Is Feeding Its Online Reviews of Restaurants And Other Local Merchants to Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine

People using Bing to search for information about neighborhood businesses will be able to see excerpts from Yelp reviews. The deal between Microsoft Corp. and Yelp Inc. comes two weeks after Google unveiled a new feature that serves up restaurant … Continue reading

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Bisnode sells Kompass in the Nordics

Bisnode has sold Kompass in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Kompass offers ad-based search services that identify companies, industries and specific products. This transaction is in line with Bisnode’s strategy to refine the business and focus on growth in the … Continue reading

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