12 October, 2009   The Board of Yell today announces that Toby Coppel has been appointed an independent Non Executive Director with immediate effect.  Toby (aged 37) was, from April 2007 to December 2008, Managing Director of Yahoo! Europe. He joined Yahoo! in 2001 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. He was Chief Strategy Officer from 2006 [...]

Published 5th October Partnerships and Joint ventures have to be a way forward. I previously wrote about how the market opportunity in the new media world will be realised by the those that have grown up around the digital environment – the indigenous – as they are the ones that are most likely to get [...]

Published 29th September Touch Local have acquired from ITV 100% of the share capital of Enable media who operate Scoot and AskAlix in the UK. Established in 2004, TouchLocal is backed by Balderton Capital, the leading Venture Capital Firm.  The key benefits of this acquisition are as follows:  1. A combined paying customer base in excess [...]

Published 23rd September Yell Group (LSE: YELL.L – news) , the company behind the Yellow Pages directories, will launch an equity offering in a bid to raise at least £500m to pay down debt. The group, which is currently struggling under a £3.8bn debt burden, aims to take that down to £3.3bn with the equity [...]

Published 21st September The digital advertising and publishing market is poised for growth, supported by new mobile devices and advances in applications and technology. A new survey from the Audit Bureau of Circulations reveals that print publishers are focusing on the market as a prime opportunity to expand their brands, reach new audiences and generate [...]

The following presentation is one we typically share with Execs when we talk about the opportunity that the mobile channel presents and how to develop and commercialise that channel.   Realising The Mobile Opportunity View more presentations fromIndigo 102.

Published 25th August In-Brief: Local focused mobile advertising will present significant revenue opportunity and will be one the few channels to buck the downward trend in advertising spend over the next few years. In looking to reap rewards the single biggest challenge will be about providing an offer that is simple, accessible and delivers value [...]

Published 14th August Having recently read about the raging debate at Marketing Week on the potential impact online video will have on television advertising. Yesterday the bus waiting experience came true. Nothing for a while then a couple come a long at the same time. Online video as a promotional medium – broadcasters may well be worried. [...]

Published: 6 August 2009 Cutting Guidance, yet again. Seat Pagine Gialle (-) H1 2009 results postview ► Seat PG’s H1 2009 results: better at the EBITDA level with revenues in line Seat PG reported H1 2009 revenues in line with expectations as stronger Italian online revenue growth helped offset the weaker performance at Thomson in [...]