I am back

ok, I do have to really apologize for the long silence to whoever (anybody out there?) has been following my blog, but a few things happened in my life that kept me extremely busy during the last months. Also, it’s fair to add a bit of laziness (and sleep deprivation) to the list below: 1- Two re-locations. Now I have three apartments to undust: one in London, one in Milan, one in Antwerp (the diamonds capital...

Social Directory?

Found this interesting one: “The declining relevance of telephone directories erased 95 percent of publisher RH Donnelley’s market capitalization over the last 12 months…” Available here.

What’s up with Yellow Pages?

All around the world yellow pages have been tanking for the last 9 months, hitting fresh new lows every other day. Once the darlings of PE firm for leveraged buy-outs, now seems that nobody wants the any more, and prefer dumping them at every occasion. A couple of examples here in EU will picture the dramatic situation: Yell Group, UK, down 75% YoY Seat Pagine Gialle, IT, down 77% YoY Now what’s...