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WGA Strike: Ad Agency React: ‘The Aftermath Begins’; Upfront Presentations Remain In Doubt - 4 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 11 Feb 2008 09:00 AM PST

While broadcast media buyers and marketers are likely to feel relieved by the end of the work stoppage, some contend that too much damage has been done for things to…

Patent Firm Acacia Loses Case Against Microsoft; More To Come? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 16 Nov 2007 03:53 PM PST

The notorious patent holding company Acacia Research, which first came to light in the digital media industry for claiming broad patents in the streaming media field, has lost first of…

@ FOBM: Amid Consolidation, Forbes.com Looks To Further Define Itself Against Its Print Version - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 30 Oct 2007 05:01 AM PST

One year after Forbes sold a significant minority stake to Elevation Partners, Rafat Ali, ContentNext’s publisher and editor, opened the Future of Business Media Conference at the Walforf=Astoria in NYC…

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TheStreet.com Buys Online Marketing Firm Corsis For $20.7 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 02 Aug 2007 12:10 PM PST

TheStreet.com (Nasdaq: TSCM) gets to add a bit of Madison Ave. to its arsenal with the announcement that it has bought online advertising and promotions company Corsis for $20.7 million.…

TheStreet.com Acquires Remaining Stake In Financial Social Net Stockpickr - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 25 Apr 2007 11:48 PM PST

That was quick: As TheStreet.com prepares to release its quarterly earnings results Thursday, it has acquired the remaining 50.1 percent stake in social net/financial advice site Stockpickr that it did…

Industry Moves: TheStreet.com Hires Chief Revenue Officer and EVP, M&A - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 26 Mar 2007 09:23 AM PST

TheStreet.com, which took itself off the sale block last year, has now hired Steven Elkes as its first Chief Revenue Officer and EVP of M&A. Elkes most recently served as…

TheStreet.com Invests In Stock Picking Site Stockpickr - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 03 Jan 2007 04:17 PM PST

TheStreet.com has done an interesting deal with one of its independent columnists: it has taken a 49.1 percent stake (presumably after investing in the venture) in James Altucher’s stock recommendation…

Earnings: TheStreet.com Q3 Profit Nearly Doubles - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 26 Oct 2006 10:46 PM PST

TheStreet.com’s Q3 net income nearly doubled on increased revenue in all segments, due in part to an acquisition of Weiss Ratings earlier in the quarter. Earnings increased to $3.1 million…

TheStreet.com Buys Weiss Ratings - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 07 Aug 2006 11:10 AM PST

How the times have change: TheStreet.com was trying to sell itself a year ago, and had disposed off its independent research arm. Now that phase is over, things are moving…

Earnings: TheStreet.com Swings to Q2 Profits - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 27 Jul 2006 11:09 AM PST

Financial news and info site TheStreet.com announced its Q2 earnings and swung to a profit from a year-ago loss, helped by a jump in subscription and ads revenues. Profits grew…

Earnings: TheStreet.com’s Back In Profits; Revs Up 43 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 Apr 2006 08:05 AM PST

TheStreet.com reported its Q1 earnings today, and it earned $2.6 million compared with the year-ago quarter’s loss of $854,000 (also up $0.8 million improvement from last sequential quarter)… Revenue increased…

TheStreet.com To Pay 2.5C Quarterly Dividend - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 21 Feb 2006 09:03 AM PST

Lo behold, no more sale talks. TheStreet.com has initiated a dividend policy this morning...Starting next month, its investors will be on the receiving end of quarterly dividends to the tune…

TheStreet.com Not For Sale Anymore; In Profits; CFO Resigns - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 09 Feb 2006 05:03 AM PST

I’m sure there’s more to it than what the Q4 earnings release says, but still, it is heartening if they’re clawing their way back to recovery. The financial website TheStreet.com…

TheStreet.com’s Stock Up on Acquisition Rumors - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 09 Dec 2005 02:13 PM PST

TheStreet.com, which has been desperately looking for a buyer for some time now, saw its shares shoot up today after a story in NYPost about its possible sale. No names…

Earnings: TheStreet.com Losses Widen - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 28 Jul 2005 09:08 PM PST

TheStreet.com Q2 results, which reflected the cost of shutting down its stock brokerage and research unit, came down hard. The site lost $2.3 million in the June quarter, compared with…

Earnings: Acacia’s Patent Loot - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 27 Jul 2005 03:09 PM PST

Acacia, the controversial digital-media patent holding company, has reported its Q2 results and a bunch of details on its growing portfolio of digital media related patents and revenues from it.…

Patents In Digital Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 20 Jul 2005 01:08 PM PST

Companies are trying to profit from patents, but do they protect unsung inventors--or opportunist litigants? A News.com story which includes, in large part, digital media patents. Acacia alone has collected…

TheStreet.com Closes Research Unit - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 28 Jun 2005 12:07 PM PST

As I predicted earlier, no one wanted to touch TheStreet.com’s independent reseach unit (Independent Research Group) with a barge pole, and that was hampering the sale and future growth of…

Earnings: TheStreet.com Losses Narrow; Plans Opening Up Site - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 28 Apr 2005 04:05 PM PST

TheStreet.com, which has been shopping itself around for some time now, posted narrower losses in Q1, highlighted by 48% and 46% year-over-year gains in advertising and commission revenues (from its…

Acacia’s Continued Quest For Cable TV Licensing - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 08 Nov 2004 12:11 PM PST

Controversial streaming media patent company Acacia said it has signed up its 200th license agreement for its patents. These licenses include 25 cable TV companies, 12 of which have signed…

Acacia Reports Q3 Revenues For Its Patents - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 21 Oct 2004 11:11 PM PST

Acacia, the controversial streaming media patent holding company (among other things) has reported its Q3 revenues...I’ll quote the relevant portion in full, to give you an idea: “The Acacia Technologies…

TheStreet.com Losses Increase; Revs Drop - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 21 Oct 2004 12:10 PM PST

Strange turn for TheStreet.com: Its revenues--at $8.7 million--have dropped 5 percent since last quarter, even though they rose 30 perent form the year-ago quarter. The company’s electronic publishing segment recorded…

Acacia Defense Fund Set Up, To Defend Adult Sites - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 19 Oct 2004 03:11 PM PST

Acacia, the controversial streaming patent company, is generating some more heat: some people have set up the “Acacia Defense Fund”, to defend adult website against litigation by Acacia… According to…

Hotspot Operators Face New Patent Fee Demand From Acacia - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 05 Oct 2004 03:11 PM PST

Acacia, the streaming media patent firm that has caused a lot of heartburn and controversy among the digital media industry, is now going after Wi-Fi hotspot operators. These operators have…

Acacia Steps Up Lawsuits Aagainst Cable TV - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 13 Sep 2004 12:10 PM PST

It has sued a second round of cable companies for patent infringement....Monday’s suits targeted 20 small cable companies, mostly in Arizona, Minnesota and Ohio. Acacia also added Mediacom Communications to…