New magazine-sharing site may violate copyrights Aug 16, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. NEW YORK - The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy. (North County Times)
LETTERS: NCT, August 14, 2008 Aug 15, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Doctors don't understand needs of autistic. (North County Times)
Consumers want to put phone books on hold Aug 10, 2008
Phone book publishers acknowledge that many households and businesses receive more phone directories than they need. But they call it a sign of competition in a healthy business and argue that the marketplace, not the government, should determine the number of phone books distributed. (Boston Globe)
As phone books multiply, so do consumer hang-ups Aug 9, 2008
A rain-soaked stack of telephone directories sits near a mailbox in a residential neighborhood in Marlborough, Mass ... Phone book publishers acknowledge that many households and businesses receive more phone directories than they need. (USA Today)
With automated tagging, Web links can surprise Aug 4, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. NEW YORK - It wasn't what anyone expected to see while perusing a news article. (North County Times)
Sony opens up e-book Reader to other booksellers Jul 24, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. NEW YORK - With the market for electronic books still relatively sleepy, Sony Corp. is trying a new tack: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its own online bookstore. (North County Times)
FALLBROOK: Advisor fights for free speech Jul 20, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. School journalism adviser claims principal violated law by censoring students. (North County Times)
Quebecor World Receives Conversion Notices in Respect of 744,124 Series 5 Preferred Shares Jun 28, 2008
The Company is a market leader in most of its major product categories, which include advertising inserts and circulars, catalogs, direct mail products, magazines, books, directories, digital premedia, logistics, mail list technologies and other value-added services. Quebecor World has approximately 25,000 employees working in more than 100 printing and related facilities in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Mexico, and Peru. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Google CEO: 'Moral imperative' to help newspapers Jun 12, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday that the Internet search leader hopes its recently acquired advertising service DoubleClick will aid newspapers as they struggle to corral more online revenue. (North County Times)
Gov't tries to revive Web porn law called outdated Jun 11, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. PHILADELPHIA - Government lawyers tried Tuesday to revive a 1998 law designed to keep online pornography from children, amid questions that it is significantly outdated and blocks too much legal speech while having no effect on content posted from overseas. (North County Times)
Brigg's attorney assails release of police report Jun 8, 2008
Police did indeed redact some of Briggs info from the file, the ink is just a little too transparent, but even if it didn't , her phone number is accessible to all in directories and if we dig in just a little all the rest is too is public records. I would have liked it better if a thicker ink was used but I really don't think a public person such as Briggs can make any claims on privacy. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
LETTERS: NCT, June 1, 2008 Jun 2, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Misguided expenditures lead to shortfall. (North County Times)
Publishing era closes: Elsa Schaller-Dewitt retires from The PhoneGuide May 31, 2008
NMR operates three newspapers including the Gaylord Herald Times two telephone directories and various specialty publications ... She can back up what she says because The PhoneGuide has been recognized, in Michigan as well as the nation, as one of the most complete telephone directories in the market today. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Microsoft to shut down book scanning operations May 24, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. is abandoning its effort to scan whole libraries and make their contents searchable, a sign it may be getting choosier about the fights it will pick with Google Inc.. (North County Times)
Newspapers seek to regain film ads May 3, 2008
According to Brady, for example, on several major moviegoing days, Focus Features worked with newspapers to pair conventional print ads for "Atonement" with island ads in theater directories. And last fall, Fox Walden even appealed to moviegoers' sense of smell, creating a frosted cake-scented ad to tout "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.". (Variety)
Palo Alto Online debuts new real estate site Apr 19, 2008
The site also links to the Weekly's guides to local neighborhoods, real-estate-agent directories and recent real-estate articles in the Weekly. "While national real-estate Web sites have some of the same information we are providing, we have focused on pulling all the information a home buyer or local resident could want into one convenient, locally oriented site," Palo Alto Online Director Lisa Van Dusen said. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
- Business Pulse Briefs | April 2008 Apr 5, 2008
Impact Directories of Northwest Washington, which publishes a local yellow pages directory and other publications, acquired SkagitValleyDirectory. com, a local online community and business directory established in 1997. (Anacortes Weekly, WA)
Three-for-All: Affordable Selling Services for Digital Goods Apr 3, 2008
If you create your upload as a public file and include a description, your product will also be listed in Tradebit directories which can help increase exposure to your online digital goods. Using the Tradebit Publisher's account will send purchase payments directly to Tradebit, with your earnings deposited to your own PayPal account twice monthly. (eSecurityPlanet)
Star-Bulletin dominates with 25 awards Apr 3, 2008
Vol. 13, Issue 93 - Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Star-Bulletin dominates with haul of 25 Pa i awards. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Do Yellow Pages have you seeing red? Apr 3, 2008
ConsumerMan: Glut of phone directories - ConsumerMan- msnbc ... Here's how to stop receiving all those unwanted telephone directories ... It happens several times a year in neighborhoods all across the country telephone directories magically appear. (MSNBC -- Business)
ConsumerMan: Glut of phone directories Apr 3, 2008
Here's how to stop receiving all those unwanted telephone directories ... It happens several times a year in neighborhoods all across the country telephone directories magically appear ... You can say no" to telephone sales calls. You can reduce the amount of junk mail you get. You can even stop unwanted offers for pre-approved credit cards. But what if you dont want any more phone books?Keith Childs contacted me when his neighborhood in Renton, Wash. got blanketed with phone books.... (MSNBC -- Business)
Humbler bills seek passage Apr 1, 2008
So Gardner, an Anchorage Democrat, this year proposed a law titled "An act limiting the number of published telephone directories that may be distributed to a household.". House Bill 387 says a telephone utility may distribute only one set of phone books to a household each year. (Anchorage Daily News)
Quebecor World shuts plant Apr 1, 2008
The closure leaves Quebecor World with 2,000 employees at six facilities in Quebec, printing magazines, catalogues, retail inserts and directories. The Montreal-based commercial printer was forced into creditor and bankruptcy protection after its banks rejected a rescue plan in January. (Globe and Mail)
Publishers say yellow pages still relevant Mar 28, 2008
Directories seen still useful despite online searches, economic woes. Most popular. (MSNBC -- Business)
Councilor wants to curb weighty deliveries Mar 20, 2008
Both the Verizon and Yellow Book directories weighed more than 4 pounds this year. Residents who wish to continue receiving phone books could request them from the publishers. (Boston Globe)
Baidu Sued Over Music Copyrights Feb 29, 2008
Californian Columnists. HotJobs Local Search. (North County Times)
Sprint's Bum Deal, Sears's Plight, Yellow Pages' Fall: Timshel Feb 29, 2008
Yellow Pages directories are joining newspapers as the Internet age's buggy whips, based on the stock performance of their publishers. R.H. Donnelley Corp., the second-largest U.S.-based provider of phone books, has tumbled 87 percent in the past 12 months. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Idearc Running Out Of Ideas Feb 28, 2008
The publisher of Verizon Yellow Pages directories and Superpages. com announced that resigned as the company s chairman and CEO effective immediately. (Forbes -- Markets)
School lotteries will become a bit more open Feb 21, 2008
For example, last names are not posted on class lists, parent info does not get into directories without a release, etc. Posted by palo alto mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, 11 hours ago. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Yellow Pages avoids US blues Feb 19, 2008
U.S. directories feel recession pinch ... In the United States, the stock prices of directories publishers have been hammered since late last year, and some pundits are predicting a drop in the use of newspaper and print directories by as much as 10% in 2008 ... The news hasn't helped Canada's directories giant, Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLOun/TSX). (Financial Post)
iHost Networks Expands Web Hosting Partner Program Feb 12, 2008
High-Traffic Site Owners - (Bloggers, Forums, Podcasters, Online Directories, Portals) Sites that cater to small business, especially ones with a Web site building, Search Engine Optimization or Web site template emphasis, will find they can convert a substantial number of their visitors to hosting customers. Web Designers - Webmasters and designers worldwide are taking advantage of iHost Networks hosting services. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
AT&T selling assets of The Berry Co. Feb 5, 2008
The transaction will combine two industry-leading organizations responsible for selling, producing and distributing nearly 700 print and online directories in North America ... McCall Butler, an AT&T spokesperson, said the company is divesting the ILOB because it would prefer to focus on company-owned and operated directories and the ILOB serves other publishers' directories ... "This sale will enable AT&T to enhance our focus on a key asset -- our 1,250 company-owned and operated AT&T Real... (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
AT&T selling directory subsidiary Feb 5, 2008
The transaction will combine two industry-leading organizations responsible for selling, producing and distributing nearly 700 print and online directories in North America ... "This sale will enable AT&T to enhance our focus on a key asset -- our 1,250 company-owned and operated AT&T Real Yellow Pages directories," Jules says. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
American City Business Journals Jan 29, 2008
DirectoryM's technology combines private label local directories (fully loaded with paying advertisers) with helpful guides (fueled by publisher content) and distributes them across its network. The company works with a variety of publishers including , and. (Boston Business Journal, MA)
Writing Avenues for New Writers Jan 24, 2008
Popular writing circles and alliances can be found in Yahoo's directories - called Yahoogroups. By sieving through the writing groups under Yahoogroups, you would be able to find others who are in the same position as you - whether you are an amateur, a writing mother, a part-time writer, a fiction writer or have an interest in one particular genre, find a writing network that will be able to benefit you. (Suite101.com)
Idearc Media and Call Genie Sign Audio Ad Distribution Agreement Jan 21, 2008
Idearc Inc. (NYSE: - ) connects buyers and sellers with its multi-platform of advertising solutions including Verizon Yellow Pages, Verizon White Pages, smaller-sized portable Verizon Yellow Pages Companion Directories, Superpages. com, Superpages Mobile(SM), Solutions At Hand(TM) magazine, Solutions at Home(TM) magazine, and Solutions on the Move(TM) and Solutions Direct(TM) direct mail packages. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Has the digital e-book moment arrived? Dec 5, 2007
" Copyright ? 2007, Would you recommend this? Rate it: Resources Partners Search jobs New Newsday Business Blogs ADVERTISEMENT Search Classifieds Listings, directories and deals Popular stories ADVERTISEMENT Business News on the Web Powered by Show us your photos See reader photos of homes, vacations or real estate and upload your own.. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Candidato USA Launches With New Name; Same Focus on Business of Reaching Hispanic Voters Dec 4, 2007
"Today, we face a similar opportunity with the business of political marketing to Hispanics, and Candidato USA helps fill this void." Among other services, Candidato USA's website offers a weekly newsletter, daily updates, directories and functional databases. Weekly opinion pieces are written by analysts and thinkers from a diverse group of columnists selected by contributing editor Roberto Suro, the former director of the Pew Hispanic Center and current professor of journalism at the... (PR Newswire)
Publishers seek to block Internet search engines from additional content Nov 30, 2007
The file allows a site to block indexing of individual Web pages, specific directories or the entire site. The proposal, presented by a consortium of publishers at the headquarters of The Associated Press, would add to those commands, further restricting access. (International Herald Tribune)
Daily Briefing Nov 30, 2007
Under the existing 13-year-old technology, a site can block indexing of individual Web pages, specific directories or the entire site. Some search engines have added their own commands to the rules, but they're not universally observed. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
News Web Sites Seek More Search Control Nov 29, 2007
The formal rules allow a site to block indexing of individual Web pages, specific directories or the entire site, though some search engines have added their own commands. The new proposal, to be unveiled Thursday at the global headquarters of The Associated Press, seeks to have those extra commands and more apply across the board. (ABC News -- Wire)
Spotzer Media Raises Euro 10 Million From Sierra Ventures and European Directories Nov 28, 2007
European Directories, operator of leading yellow page publishers in nine countries, also invested ... The new capital will also enable Spotzer to launch its first significant sales channel collaborations, including a pilot program in which Spotzer s ad creation services will be offered to local businesses through sales teams in the European Directories group ... European Directories offers unprecedented insight into how to sell advertising to small- and mid-sized businesses. (BusinessWire)
Amdocs expands work for TELMEX directory unit Nov 28, 2007
ADSA has licensed and deployed Amdocs' print and online directory services software in order to enter new Latin American markets and the U.S. Amdocs solutions now support ADSA's print directory business across multiple lines of business, from its print directories, to providing advanced local search capabilities for its Internet directory. As a result, ADSA can achieve integrated customer management across all markets, including Mexico, and now Argentina, Peru and the U.S., according to a... (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Law firms dominate phone-book ads Nov 26, 2007
From front- and back-cover display slots to "tip on" stickers and ink imprint ads, today's directories are plastered with ads - nearly all of them, in the case of Western New York's two directories, placed by law firms. Many firms say advertising in phone books gets them the biggest bang for their buck. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
GateHouse Media Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results and Fourth Quarter 2007 Dividend Nov 14, 2007
01 par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2007; 57,913,060 and 39,147,263 shares issued, and 57,873,000 and 39,141,263 outstanding at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively 568 381 Additional paid-in capital 820,392 486,011 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (8,604) (2,644) Accumulated deficit (80,707) (10,604) Treasury stock, at cost, 40,060 and 6,000 shares at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively (60) (60) Total stockholders' equity... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Glacier Reports Third Quarter Earnings Nov 9, 2007
Glacier's business & professional information group now includes Specialty Technical Publishers which publishes regulatory & compliance information, CD-Pharma Interactive Medical Productions which develops electronic interactive continuing medical education programs for doctors, and a variety of directories, specialty websites and electronic information published by the Business Information Group. Glacier continues to pursue further acquisition opportunities to complement its existing... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Quebecor World Announces Sale/Merger of European Business to RSDB and Releases Third Quarter Results Nov 7, 2007
These plants produce magazines, catalogs, retail inserts, direct mail products, book and directories for many of Europe's leading retailers, publishers and branded goods companies ... The increase in Colombia and Mexico mostly came from export sales of bibles and directories, respectively ... The Company is a market leader in most of its major product categories, which include advertising inserts and circulars, catalogs, direct mail products, magazines, books, directories, digital premedia,... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Shear Beauty: SpaBeautyEd.com Oct 27, 2007
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) October 27, 2007 -- All Star Directories, one of the fastest growing online publishers of educational directories, today announced the debut of its newest site ... Schools: Leads Never Looked Better As a part of All Star Directories' network of educational sites, SpaBeautyEd ... This new site provides all of the same industry-leading student recruitment tools that have made All Star Directories' other sites popular with more than 6,000 featured schools. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Alauras Software Announces International Distribution Agreement with Yellow Magic, Inc. Oct 13, 2007
About Yellow Magic Incorporated: Yellow Magic Incorporated is an international, industry leading directory solutions supplier offering a complete business and publishing system for creating Yellow Pages directories around the world ... Additionally, Yellow Magic offers systems to create electronic directories for the Internet, CD-ROM Mobile devices such as cell phones or PDAs ... The Yellow Magic software has been licenses by more than 150 publishers to create directories in 49 countries and 19... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Yellow Book buys PraireWave directory Sep 26, 2007
However, it's unclear whether Yellow Book will publish two directories next year ... "During these early days of the acquisition, Yellow Book will be taking a look at the PrairieWave directories to determine best practices that will benefit both consumers and advertisers in future directories published by the company," Hartz wrote ... Black Hills telephone users have long had to contend with the clutter and confusion of four telephone directories. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
No Cold Case For This Murder By PHILIP BOESCH Aug 23, 2007
Westside Today Online - Publishers Notebook. Friday, August 3, 2007 12:41 PM PDT. (Brentwood Media Group, CA)
Gothic tales emerge from Bellevue hospital Aug 20, 2007
Listings, directories and deals. Popular stories. (Newsday -- New York City)
GateHouse Media Announces Second Quarter 2007 Results Aug 14, 2007
After giving effect to revenues from the SureWest Directories operations, revenues increased to $166 ... 7 million from the Company's SureWest directories business in the second quarter due to purchase accounting requirements ... Michael E. Reed, GateHouse Media's Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are very pleased with GateHouse's second quarter performance both with respect to operations and acquisitions. Excluding corporate costs and including our directories business, our company-wide... (PR Newswire)
Publishing Entrepreneur Makes his Business System Available -- Growth is Limited Only by the Ability to Find Quality Partners Jul 28, 2007
If you are like most people, you probably have not yet heard of OpenDoor Directories. According to the description on the company website they are "industry-specific, high-end consumer directories that provide comprehensive information on businesses in a local area." According to Franciskovich, "our books are the highest quality available in the marketplace today. And, not only that, they are the best value going in terms of an advertising investment. But, at the end of the day, the most... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Abitibi boss confident shareholders will approve merger Jul 25, 2007
Weaver did report a big turnaround at an Ontario mill where the third machine was recently restarted producing higher-value specialty grades for magazines, advertising material and directories. "We sat down with the union and worked out a flexible deal that, with a power-cost break, has reduced costs significantly. It's a pattern to be followed elsewhere as we struggle with the high Canadian dollar and high energy and fibre costs.". (Canada.com)
Cultural shiftDo books have a place in the modern world asks Bill Thompson Jun 27, 2007
And while I can see reasons why some types of book, like directories or manuals, will move to the screen simply because they can be used more efficiently and updated more easily, I don't see the novel going digital any time soon ... Books are published by companies that rely on the profits from some bestsellers to support the less popular, perhaps using the money from sales to schools and libraries to sustain a fiction list, or money from directories to keep things afloat, and this ecosystem is... (BBC News -- Technology)
Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 released Jun 19, 2007
Adobe Digital Editions 1. Secondary Navigation. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Internet ads surge, even as Google keeps mum May 31, 2007
GROWTH in the online advertising industry shows few signs of slowing, with ads generated by search engines and directories surging ahead of banners, pop-ups and classified ads ... Search engines and directories such as Yellow Pages continue to pull away from the rest of the pack, with the area pulling in $139 ... He was surprised at the acceleration of growth in search and directories but, because Google refused to disclose its figures, it was still a matter of guesswork. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Solana Beach publisher turns to cycling May 20, 2007
He is still working full time producing niche directories of employee benefit companies. His book on cycling is in the same vein as his first. (North County Times)
Quebecor World and Uni Global Union Sign Joint Statement on Respect and Promotion of International Labour Standards May 12, 2007
The Company is a market leader in most of its major product categories, which include advertising inserts and circulars, catalogs, direct mail products, magazines, books, directories, digital premedia, logistics, mail list technologies and other value-added services. Quebecor World has approximately 29,000 employees working in more than 120 printing and related facilities in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Finland, France, India, Mexico, Peru,... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
BANKING ON THE WESTSIDE: When Presidential Aspirants Want Money They Come HereBy Lilli Lee Harris May 6, 2007
Westside Today Online - Publishers Notebook. Saturday, May 5, 2007 9:21 PM PDT. (Brentwood Media Group, CA)
There's still gold in the yellow pages Apr 25, 2007
Publishing telephone directories on yellow paper, an idea born in the 1920s, doesn't sound like a business for the digital 21st century. But when calamity arrived for Yell's share price yesterday, the chief culprit wasn't Google or its imitators - it was tougher competition from other printers of old-style directories, including newcomers to the industry ... It has rarely paid to argue with Yell's view of life - it has been one of the market's steadiest cash machines since flotation in 2003 -... (Guardian Unlimited)
Yell's Shout, DuPont's Conflict, Utility Laggards Apr 25, 2007
The fiscal-year forecast got noticed because the company owns Yellow Book, the second-largest independent U.S. publisher of directories ... Then there was Chief Financial Officer John Davis's comment that 150 new directories and 400 companion books were started in the U.S. last year. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Two apparent scams have shown up in the Keokuk area Apr 3, 2007
In addition, refrigerator magnets and directories are being sold door-to-door on behalf of the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce. However, it is not endorsed by the chamber, according to Executive Director Katie O'Brien. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
17 awards recognize Star-Bulletin staff Mar 29, 2007
Directories First place: Honolulu Magazine -- Restaurant Guide Second place: Maui Wedding Planner Third place: Best of Oahu. Program Booklet First place: The Honolulu Advertiser Second place: The Honolulu Advertiser Third place: The Honolulu Advertiser. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
