Retail Advertising

Village Voice Media Partners With Trulia for Online Real Estatenew

Trulia has announced a new platform which allows publishers to use the company's online real estate tools to create co-branded sites with real estate guides, heat maps and home sales information, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Village Voice Media, Kiplinger, and American Towns are all partnering with Trulia in the new venture.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 01-08-2008 8:50 am | Industry News

Tags: Classified Advertising, Electronic Publishing, Financial, Management, Retail Advertising, Voice Media Group

Online Ad Business Recession-Proof, Analysts Saynew

Online Media Daily | 01-08-2008 10:12 am | Industry News

Tags: Classified Advertising, Financial, Management, Retail Advertising

Mobile Yet to Catch On as Significant Advertising Mediumnew

Online Media Daily | 01-08-2008 10:11 am | Industry News

Tags: Classified Advertising, Retail Advertising

Politicians to Focus Media Spend on 25 Statesnew

Mediaweek | 01-07-2008 9:58 am | Industry News

Tags: Retail Advertising

Sale of Style Weekly Explored

As we noted yesterday, Landmark Communications, which owns both Style Weekly and Port Folio Weekly, has hired investment bankers to explore the possibility of selling the company's holdings, which include more than 100 publications and other properties, including The Weather Channel. "Although I was disappointed to hear the Battens were exploring a sale, our readers will continue to get the best of in-depth, local reporting on news, arts and culture," Style editor Jason Roop says in a press release. Publisher Lori Collier Waran concurs, noting that readers, advertisers and other business partners can expect business as usual. "We just celebrated our 25th anniversary, and we're still going strong." (FULL STORY)

Style Weekly Press Release | 01-04-2008 11:33 am | Press Releases

Tags: Circulation, Classified Advertising, Design & Production, Editorial, Electronic Publishing, Financial, Management, Marketing, Retail Advertising, Style Weekly

Port Folio Weekly & Style Weekly Parent Co. May Go Up for Salenew

Landmark Communications, which owns those two Virginia AAN member papers, has hired JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers to "to assist in exploring strategic alternatives, including the possible sale of the company's businesses," Landmark's vice chairman tells the Roanoke Times. The company's 2006 sales figures were $1.75 billion, and it employs about 12,000 people at more than 100 publications and other media properties including The Weather Channel, the Times reports.

The Roanoke Times | 01-03-2008 8:48 am | Industry News