Yesterday Dex Media announced the appointment of Joe Walsh, former Yellowbook CEO, as the new president and chief executive officer. Joe succeeds Peter McDonald who is a distinguished veteran of the industry for more than 40 years and LSA Executive Board member. Over the last four years Peter has helped Dex reorganize the company’s digital…
Since we are just days away from the 2014 Local Search Association Conference, we thought we should do something a little different with today’s Top 5 Local Ad Stats of the Week. Instead of sharing insightful research and data points, we are giving you the top 5 stats about LSA|14, our premier local advertising and…
At our annual conference this morning, I was pleased to announce the election of Bill Dinan, president of Telmetrics, as chairman of LSA’s board of directors. Bill is our first chairman from a company other than a publisher or agency to lead our diverse membership of print, digital, mobile and social local search media. I…
In the latest addition to its executive ranks, Yell today announced the appointment of Jim McCusker to the new role of president of Yellowbook in the U.S. In this position, McCusker will have day-to-day responsibility of all Yellowbook operations, “ensuring their effective delivery in support of the Group’s ongoing global strategy.” The move is part…
In May, we paid tribute to our long-time colleague and friend Dave Swanson, who announced his retirement as chairman and CEO at Dex One after 25 years with the company. Today I’m pleased to hear that Dex One has found its new leader in Alfred T. Mockett, who has been appointed CEO and president, effective…
In his annual President’s address at the YPA 2010 conference, President Neg Norton spoke of a transformed Yellow Pages industry that has seen dramatic innovation despite recession in 2009. Highlighting the new products, services and breakthroughs that have characterized the last 12 months in local search, he gave special recognition to: SuperMedia and Dex One’s…
