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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LIVEDEAL, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER AND PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS FORM RELATIONSHIP TO DELIVER NEW CLASSIFIEDS MARKETPLACE ON PHILLY.COM
Philly.com Classifieds to be Powered by LiveDeal
and Feature Industry-Leading Classifieds Functionality
SANTA CLARA , Calif. & PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 16, 2007 – LiveDeal, one of the nation’s leading free online local classifieds marketplaces, and Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC, the owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and philly.com, today announced they are entering into a strategic relationship to deliver a next generation online classified advertising solution to Philadelphia residents.
Beginning in April 2007, philly.com will offer a new online classifieds marketplace, which will be powered by LiveDeal’s robust classifieds advertising platform. The new marketplace will feature pets, furniture, merchandise and services, and will be seamlessly integrated with the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News. The new marketplace will offer such industry-leading classifieds functionality as fraud protection, identity protection, e-commerce, listing enhancements, photos, community-building, package pricing, and advanced local search capabilities.
Philadelphia Media Holdings is the first US newspaper company to leverage LiveDeal’s sophisticated online classifieds platform to strengthen its print and online classifieds offering. Philadelphia Media Holdings also plans to use LiveDeal’s classified ad placement and ad enhancing functionality to support its autos, real estate and jobs classified marketplaces.
“LiveDeal is laser focused on creating robust classifieds marketplaces in every zip code in the US,” said Rajesh Navar, founder and CEO of LiveDeal. “By marrying the strength of our industry-leading classifieds technology with the brand visibility and extensive local reach of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and philly.com, we can successfully build the most compelling classifieds solution in the Philadelphia region. We couldn’t be more excited to be working with Philadelphia Media Holdings to turn this vision into reality.”
“We are pleased to be partnering with LiveDeal, one of the leading providers of online classified solutions in the industry. We will now be able to offer readers and advertisers a more sophisticated and rewarding buying and selling experience,” said Dennis Wichterman, classifieds director at Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC. “Our new cutting-edge online marketplace will complement and extend our print classifieds services and make philly.com an even greater resource for finding everything our users need in the Delaware Valley.” |
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LiveDeal is a leader in the local online classifieds and yellow pages market with millions of goods and services listed for sale, in every zip code across the U.S. Buyers and sellers come together through the vast LiveDeal.com marketplace, which is ideal for finding and listing business services as well as such items as automobiles, furniture, appliances, real estate and more. LiveDeal is also the perfect place for sellers seeking to place pets in loving homes and for buyers to find the pet of their dreams. LiveDeal partners with online and offline media to quickly and cost effectively power their classifieds and yellow pages via its dynamic LiveDeal classifieds platform. LiveDeal was founded in 2003 by Rajesh Navar, an early member of eBay’s team, with executives from other pioneering Internet companies. As part of its global expansion, LiveDeal recently launched LiveDeal Canada (livedeal.ca) in partnership with Torstar Corporation (The Toronto Star) and Gesca Ltd. For more information about LiveDeal, see www.livedeal.com.
About Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC
Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC, is the leading media company in the Philadelphia region. Privately held and locally owned, PMH is the owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, philly.com, related online products and several community newspapers. With almost one million people reading The Inquirer each day, and 1.8 million on Sundays, The Inquirer is the region¹s most-read daily newspaper. Together with the Daily News, the #1 tab newspaper in the region, and philly.com, the #1 website in the region, Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC, reaches almost 2 million people each day. .
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Media Contacts:
If you are a news reporter with a question about LiveDeal, contact:
Marian Hughes
708-246-0083
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