DataSphere in the News

Hyperlocal blog platform Datasphere Technologies has been growing at a rapid clip over the past year. Last fall the company raised $10 million in a third round of funding, and it has added partnerships with Gannett and others.. read more

Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks, sums up the value of good company culture in a nice quote: “Our philosophy is that if you love your work, and you love coming to work, then the work will be exceptional.” read more

In a market with fierce competition from a myriad of newspaper and television sites vying to be No. 1, Gannett chooses the sunny Tampa-St. Petersburg market as the online proving ground for its bold experiment in hyperlocal news sites.. read more

DataSphere Technologies may specialize in hyperlocal advertising. But the Bellevue company is undergoing what can only be described as … hypergrowth. The company, which raised $10 million from OVP Venture Partners, Fisher Communications, Ignition Partners and others last fall, said today that it plans to open a new facility in Tempe, Arizona with room for as many as 220 sales professionals.. read more

Fisher Communications Inc.'s internet revenue grew 105 percent -- to $3.5 million -- in 2010, as the Seattle media company made a big push with its neighborhood blogs in Seattle and other markets. read more

Randa Minkarah, Fisher Communications’ SVP of revenue and business development, explains how her company’s TV stations are working to sell multiple platforms to local advertisers. read more

Gannett (NYSE: GCI) CEO Craig Dubow began the company’s largely positive Q4 earnings results by highlighting the local digital moves on the hyperlocal and marketing fronts and offered a lot of credit to its partners in display for newspapers and TV (Yahoo) and hyperlocal (DataSphere)...

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KMPH (Channel 26.1) is taking a new approach to local news coverage.
The Fox affiliate is teaming with DataSphere Technologies, an online technology provider for media companies based in Bellevue, Wash., to provide news coverage aimed at specific areas ...

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Here in Microsoft country, it should perhaps come as no surprise that media companies are trying innovative ways to coax revenue from the Web...

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You’ve heard about Patch, but what about Datasphere, the company that’s launched more hyperlocal news sites in more communities than AOL? Today it announced it landed another $10 million in funding (for a total of $26.5 million) as it continues to expand with partnerships with TV stations owned by Gannett, Fisher, Raycom and LocalTV. read more

DataSphere Technologies has landed another $10 million in venture capital funding, money that the fast-growing Bellevue startup will use to continue building out its platform for hyperlocal news and advertising. The funding round -- which follows a $10.8 million round earlier this year -- was provided by new investor OVP Venture Partners. Existing investors such as Ignition Partners and Fisher Communications also participated. read more

DataSphere Technologies is riding the hyperlocal wave. The Bellevue, WA-based Web technology and ad sales company has raised another $10 million in a Series C venture round led by Kirkland, WA-based OVP Venture Partners. The financing will back DataSphere’s further expansion into the $100 billion U.S. local advertising market, the company said in a statement today.  read more

Gannett Broadcasting, part of Gannett Co., Inc., and DataSphere Technologies, the leading provider of hyperlocal web technology and sales solutions for media companies, will launch community-focused web sites in 10 markets served by Gannett’s television stations. These markets include: Atlanta, GA (WXIA / WATL); Washington, DC (W*USA); Tampa, FL (WTSP); Sacramento, CA (KXTV); Grand Rapids, MI (WZZM); Jacksonville, FL (WTLV / WJXX); Buffalo, NY (WGRZ); Little Rock, AR (KTHV); Portland, ME (WCSH); Macon, GA (WMAZ).  read more

DataSphere Technologies has signed a deal to bring its hyperlocal news and advertising platform to Gannett Broadcasting, the latest customer win for the fast-growing Bellevue company. As part of the deal, DataSphere's technology will be used to power community Web sites in 10 markets where Gannett operates television stations. read more

McLEAN, VA - Gannett Broadcasting, part of Gannett Co., Inc, and DataSphere Technologies, the leading provider of hyperlocal web technology and sales solutions for media companies, will launch community-focused web sites in 10 markets served by Gannett’s television stations. These markets include: Atlanta, GA (WXIA / WATL); Washington, DC (W*USA); Tampa, FL (WTSP); Sacramento, CA (KXTV); Grand Rapids, MI (WZZM); Jacksonville, FL (WTLV / WJXX); Buffalo, NY (WGRZ); Little Rock, AR (KTHV); Portland, ME (WCSH); Macon, GA (WMAZ).

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LocalTV LLC plans to launch community-focused websites in 12 markets with DataSphere Technologies, a provider of hyperlocal web technology and sales solutions for media companies.

Denver, CO (KDVR) and St Louis, MO (KTVI) lead the list, which includes LocalTV’s operations in Salt Lake City, UT (KSTU); Kansas City, MO (WDAF);

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After listening to other speakers talk about broadcaster’s digital strategies, DSB conference attendees heard from individuals helping broadcasters making it happen. Maribeth Papuga of MediaVest Worlwide started this panel off from the agency (buy side) with a warning for broadcasters that they do not have lock on providing access to consumers via digital platforms

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Datasphere continues to land new clients for its hyperlocal news and advertising platform. The Bellevue startup, which is backed by Ignition Partners, Fisher Communications and others, announced today that Local TV will set up community-oriented news read more

BOISE - KBOI-TV had a nice showing at the annual Idaho Press Club banquet and awards event over the weekend. Here's a list of the awards:  read more

Seattle, WA- March 29, 2010 — DataSphere Technologies today announced that Satbir Khanuja will be a featured speaker at Digital Strategies for Broadcasters 2010 (www.kelseygroup.com/dsb2010), BIA/Kelsey’s upcoming conference focused on opportunities for transforming the traditional media business, May 17-19, 2010, Jersey City, New Jersey. Satbir will participate on a panel titled, New Platforms, New Revenues: Making It Happen, scheduled at 11:30 am on day one of the conference.

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Colleen Brown’s career plans were sealed on a snowy day in Denver three decades ago. Representing the University of Colorado in a graduate school marketing competition, she and four teammates were creating a plan for a General Motors automobile in front of a roomful of business luminaries that included then-KUSA Denver CFO Cecil Walker. read more

NEW YORK: AOL is stepping up its focus on local content by launching a $10 million venture capital fund for related start-ups, PaidContent.org reports. The Internet Service Provider turned content distributor is already drilling down into the hyperlocal arena with its expansion of Patch.com. AOL’s annual report indicated it planned to invest $50 million in the hyperlocal  read more

Hubbard Broadcasting announced plans Tuesday (March 9) to launch neighborhood Web sites in the six markets where it owns TV stations, in Minneapolis-St. Paul; Rochester, N.Y.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Albany, N.Y.; Duluth, Minn.; and Rochester, Minn. The sites will be powered by DataSphere Technologies read more

MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Raycom Media, one of the nation's largest broadcasters, and DataSphere Technologies, the leading provider of hyperlocal Web technology and sales solutions for media companies, today announced an agreement to launch neighborhood focused websites across the U.S. read more

Last week at Borrell Associates' Local Online Advertising Conference in New York, Fisher Communications CEO Colleen Brown was honored as Innovator of the Year for the TV group's headlong plunge into hyperlocal online media. read more

Fisher Communications President/CEO Colleen Brown was awarded the Innovator of the Year award from Borrell Associates during Borrell's Local Online Advertising Conference in New York today. read more

Fisher Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI) today announced that it has made a $1.5 million strategic investment in DataSphere Technologies, Inc., a Bellevue, Washington-based company. DataSphere is a Software as a Service (SaaS) Web technology and hyperlocal ad sales company focused on generating online profits for media companies. read more

At the end of November, four members of the Lakewood, Washington, police department were murdered while sitting in a coffee shop. While the attack quickly dominated the Seattle news market (along with the rest of the nation), KOMO-TV was able to engage viewers closest to the crime scene at a level out of reach of other stations. read more

SEATTLE: Fisher Communications says its hyperlocal neighborhood sites have now attracted more than 1,000 advertisers to more than 100 neighborhood sites. The broadcaster launched the initiative last August with 43 Web sites focused on distinct Seattle neighborhoods.

"This progress is in line with our strategic plan and on track with our broadcast to broadband initiative to provide neighborhood information at a grassroots level while enabling local businesses to efficiently reach their customers," said Colleen Brown, Fisher president and CEO. read more

DataSphere, a startup that helps media companies set up hyperlocal sites and monetize them, has raised US$ 10.8 million in funding. The new dough comes from existing investor Ignition Partners and two other unnamed sources. read more

In the world of news media these days, there’s no getting away from two things: online advertising, and hyperlocal sites. Where they meet is a company called DataSphere in Bellevue, WA.

On Tuesday, we reported that DataSphere had raised $10.8 million in Series B funding. The investors in the new round are Ignition Partners, also based in Bellevue, and two unnamed publicly traded companies, which are strategic investors. Ignition and one of the public companies previously invested in DataSphere’s $6.5 million Series A round back in July 2006. read more

IDataSphere—a startup which helps media companies set up hyperlocal sites and monetize them—has raised $10.8 million in funding. CEO Satbir Khanuja tells us the new cash comes from existing investor Ignition Partners, along with two unnamed strategic investors. read more

We've certainly seen a lot of activity in the hyperlocal news arena in recent months as media companies such as Msnbc.com, The New York Times, ESPN and others look to expand their audiences regionally. Smaller media properties also see opportunity in segmenting the news, creating niche online news sites around neighborhoods or topic areas. read more

The new community blog sites from KION-TV and KCOY-TV in California will look very familiar to some people in the Seattle region.

The Cowles California Media stations represent the first syndication deals for Bellevue-based DataSphere and KOMO-TV owner Fisher Communications -- which are talking with other traditional media companies about adopting the hyperlocal blogging, advertising and search system that they rolled out for Fisher's broadcast stations in Washington and Oregon earlier this year. read more

Fisher Communications recently launched 44 hyperlocal Web sites in the Seattle market and plans to launch another 20 to 30 sites in that area this month.read adobe pdf read adobe pdf

Fisher Communications President and CEO Colleen Brown begins a conversation about her company’s media future by looking at its innovative past. read more

Fisher Communications Inc. said Wednesday it has set up 38 neighborhood news Web sites in the Portland and Eugene, Ore., areas.
The company, which operates radio and TV stations in Oregon, Seattle and Idaho, said the new "hyper-local" sites combine reporting from its stations with online Web templates from a company called DataSphere Technologies Inc. read more

SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwire - October 7, 2009) - Fisher Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI) today announced that it has launched a network of 28 hyperlocal neighborhood Web sites in the Portland market and 10 in the Eugene market, increasing local content offerings and expanding advertising opportunities for local businesses. The hyperlocal sites bring together the stations' valuable content and DataSphere Technologies' LocalNet service, including an online platform that provides technology, advertising and sales solutions. read more

Fisher Communications extended its network of hyper-local city Web sites, announcing the launch Wednesday (Oct. 7) of 28 neighborhood sites in Portland, Ore. and 10 in Eugene, Ore. The setup in Portland and Eugene mirrors Fisher’s network of 44 neighborhood Web sites launched in Seattle in August. read more