This document outlines 10 critical trends in local media and marketing: 1. Increased mobile device usage and time spent on apps is shifting digital media consumption and advertising revenue to mobile platforms. 2. Mobile payments and digital wallets are growing rapidly, especially for small transactions like coffee and tickets, though the landscape remains very competitive. 3. Efforts to connect digital and physical worlds through data and location-based targeting aim to measure the impact of online ads on offline sales. 4. Location data is increasingly used for behavioral targeting and retargeting on mobile devices.