Peter Vogel, co-founder and CEO of Plink, says mobile is fundamental to the long-term strategy of his company, a popular and thriving online-to-offline rewards program. On Tuesday, Plink launched its official mobile app for iOS devices in a move that enables Plink members to manage and track their account, earn bonus rewards through social media [...]

As most of you have heard, Dealfind merged with TeamBuy back in January following a turbulent time at Dealfind which included sweeping changes in management and an alarming amount of complaints about customer service, order fulfillment and product value.  We have profiled Dealfind many times on DDM and tracked their impressive growth into one of [...]

Unfortunately for Groupon this week, Wednesday wasn’t hump day. For the embattled daily deals giant and its investors, Wednesday was dump day. Following a horrendous earnings miss and lowered guidance, after hours trading saw Groupon lose one-quarter of its total market value as the stock was dumped faster than an unwanted coupon. Groupon lost 12 cents per [...]

A large congratulations are in order today as media expert, Larry Kramer, is named USA TODAY‘s newest president and publisher. In this role, Kramer will take the place of Dave Hunke, now Chairman of USA Today, and will lead the media company as it reaches a landmark 30th anniversary this September. “We wanted a great [...]

Mention Mobile, the Los Angeles based social gaming company specializes in innovative social gaming apps, today announced a second round of funding from entrepreneur Mark Cuban increasing Cuban’s equity stake in the tech company. Mention Mobile has chosen not to disclose the exact investment amount this time around, however it closely follows Cuban’s backing of the startup [...]

Early today, Telecom leader,  AT&T, announced a deal to sell a majority stake of Yellow Pages to private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management LP, for 950 million as AT&T directs its efforts and time away from unprofitable aspects of the company. Details of the substantial deal dictate AT&T will receive nearly $750 million in cash, [...]

Daily Deal Media and Daily Deal Summit Partner for the Daily Deal Summit East 2012  Creates Blanket Conferences For The Social Commerce Industry TROY, Mich.—March 1, 2012—Daily Deal Media today announced a partnership with Daily Deal Summit for the second annual Daily Deal Summit East 2012 in New York City, April 17 – 18, 2012. [...]

Interview with Matt Coen, President and Co-Founder, Second Street. Second Street, the well-established white label, providing online promotion platforms to 2400 media companies, is stretching the mold for typical media companies entering the digital space with straightforward, full service marketing approaches to social commerce. Second Street clients include Applebee’s, Dow Jones, The Washington Post, Los [...]

A Daily Deal Media Exclusive: Overview of Jay Edelson’s Persuasive Daily Deal Industry Report Contribution, “Preventing Your Daily Deals from Becoming Permanent Targets” In our 2012 Daily Deal Industry Report, we were fortunate to have an especially knowledgeable contribution by legal expert Jay Edelson, Managing Partner of Edelson McGuire, LLC focusing on the growth of daily deal industry [...]

Daily Deal Media Interview with Jasper Malcolmson, of Bloomspot On Monday I had the opportunity to visit Bloomspot in San Francisco, and met with CEO Jasper Malcolmson to learn more about the company. Malcolmson is the former VP of Product for Yahoo! Search and the Yahoo! Commerce Division, and launched Bloomspot two years ago. Although they currently compete with some [...]