CBD Media LLC (formerly Cincinnati Bell Directory) is a division of Local Insight Media that publishes telephone directories under the
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell, doing business as Altafiber (typeset as altafiber), is a regional telecommunications service provider based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It provides landline telephone, Fiber-optic communication, fiber-optic Internet, and ...
name. The company was created in 2002 following the sale of Cincinnati Bell Directory to a consortium led by
Spectrum Equity
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.
CBD Media publishes the Cincinnati Bell Yellow Pages, which consists of 15 directories, published under the "Real Pages" name. CBD Media also operates CincinnatiBellYellowPages.com, the
electronic yellow pages Electronic Yellow Pages are online versions of traditional printed business directories produced by telephone companies around the world. Typical functionalities of online yellow pages include the alphabetical listings of businesses and search fun ...
directory for
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell, doing business as Altafiber (typeset as altafiber), is a regional telecommunications service provider based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It provides landline telephone, Fiber-optic communication, fiber-optic Internet, and ...
.
The company was acquired by Local Insight Media Holdings in 2007. Local Insight Media owned
Local Insight Yellow Pages
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, the former directory division of
Windstream
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.
In 2009, Local Insight acquired The Berry Company from
AT&T
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, and changed its own name to The Berry Company LLC.
See also
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Engels Maps
References
External links
Cincinnatibellyellowpages.com
{{Cincinnati Bell
Advertising agencies of the United States
Directories
Mass media in Cincinnati
Publishing companies established in 2002
Cincinnati Bell
Publishing companies of the United States
Companies based in Cincinnati
2002 establishments in Ohio