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Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 11 Dec 2003 11:13 AM PST
Acacia Research is now targeting mainstream media companies on its crucial streaming media patent, after getting its way with online adult operations...read this one carefully… It is seeking fees from…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 04 Nov 2003 06:11 AM PST
Acacia Research’s patents on streaming have been a huge issue in the online adult industry...trade pubs have written on it extensively, and this article explains the implications clearly. The company…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 16 Oct 2003 04:10 AM PST
TheStreet.com has reported net Q3 losses of $865,200, on revenues of $6.7 million, compared to losses of $1.9 million in the year-ago quarter, as well as losses of $1.3 million…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 24 Sep 2003 01:10 AM PST
Acacia Research, the controversial holding company that has a stack of streaming media patents briefly shut down a network of pornography Web sites over the weekend in an ominous sign…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 15 Sep 2003 10:10 AM PST
Acacia Media Technologies, the controversial company which has been actively pursuing adult content companies for payments against its streaming media patent, has made some more wins in its case: two…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 15 Sep 2003 04:09 AM PST
In a powerful boost for TheStreet.com, it has tied up with Bloomberg. The agreement is to distribute TheStreet.com products to Bloomberg financial professional users worldwide, via the Bloomberg Professional Service…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 13 Aug 2003 03:08 PM PST
TheStreet.com and financial commentator Jonathan Hoenig each dropped lawsuits against the other...the claims were resolved without payment from either party. In February, Hoenig filed a defamation lawsuit against James Cramer…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 18 Jul 2003 03:07 AM PST
TheStreet.com has reported its first quarter of positive cash flow earnings. Net revenue was $6.4 million in Q2, ‘03, a 17 percent increase over the year-ago period. Net loss shrunk…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 16 Jul 2003 12:07 PM PST
The U.S. District Court for Central California has issued injunctions against five adult companies using Acacia’s patented streaming technology: this is a significant win for the company as it is…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 11 Jul 2003 11:07 AM PST
Acacia Media Technologies, which has been actively pursuing adult content companies for payments against its streaming media patent, may go for the big guns: If Acacia can line up enough…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 24 Apr 2003 04:05 AM PST
TheStreet.com’s (Nasdaq: TSCM) first-quarter loss was $2.1 million, compared with a loss of $3.7 million in the same period last year. Revenue rose 39 percent from a year earlier to…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 10 Apr 2003 01:05 AM PST
TheStreet.com’s annual subscription revenues dropped to 56 percent of the net revenues in 2002, compared to 71 percent in 2001. Interesting reasons: “[P]artially due to the Company’s initial need to…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 02 Apr 2003 08:04 AM PST
Acacia Research says it owns five U.S. and 17 international patents covering the transmission and receipt of digital audio and digital video content and is going after smallish adult Internet…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 25 Feb 2003 03:02 AM PST
Jonathan Hoenig Files Suit Against James Cramer and TheStreet.com: Another Cramer controversy. The complaint alleges that Cramer made untrue statements (in a Column on TheStreet.com) that harmed Hoenig’s reputation in…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 15 Feb 2003 04:03 AM PST
Acacia Media Technologies, a company owning broad patents that could affect virtually all companies streaming audio or video online, is going to court for the first time to test its…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 11 Feb 2003 05:02 AM PST
TheStreet.com’s Subscriptions Surge: TheStreet.com said it lost $1.2 million, vs. a loss of $6.2 million in the year-ago quarter. Revenues rose to $6 million, up 55 percent from the same…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 06 Feb 2003 06:02 AM PST
A patent claim with profound implications for the online content industry. A company called Acacia Media Technologies is claiming patents on the process of transmitting compressed audio or video online,…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 28 Jan 2003 10:02 AM PST
TheStreet.com Launches New Subscription Product: TheStreet.com has launched a new subscription offering: the Save Safe Plan, an advice site/service for “establishing and maintaining a well-balanced long-term portfolio...and create a secure…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 06 Jan 2003 08:01 AM PST
TheStreet.com Appoints Academic to Board, Fred Wilson out of the Board: Dr. Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, associate dean of the Yale School of Management and founder of its Chief Executive Leadership…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 15 Nov 2002 07:11 AM PST
TheStreet.com Losing Annual Subscribers Due to Technical Glitch: In the latest 10-Q Filing, TheStreet.com reveals that its backend subscription system, which has been giving it trouble for more than two…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 14 Nov 2002 04:11 AM PST
TheStreet.com’s New Unit Part of a Bigger Strategy: WSJ.com analyzes the prospects of TheStreet.com’s new subsidiary Independent Research Group. It remains to be seen whether TheStreet.com can make money from…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 13 Nov 2002 07:11 AM PST
TheStreet.com Forms Research Unit: TheStreet.com has formed a new company, called Independent Research Group, to sell independent stock research and has named a former J.P. Morgan H&Q managing director to…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Oct 2002 01:10 AM PST
TheStreet.com Charging $35 For Chat with Jim Cramer: That TheStreet.com’s world still revolves around Cramer is perhaps obvious, however much the company may want to deny it. Now the company…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Oct 2002 11:10 AM PST
TheStreet.com’s Subs. Revenues for Q3: TheStreet.com’s third-quarter losses narrowed as the company conserved its cash and cut costs, but revenues slipped from second-quarter levels. Subscription revenue rose 71 percent on…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 09 Sep 2002 05:09 AM PST
TheStreet.com To Turn Premium Sites Free on 9/11: The Street.com will turn its premium sites RealMoney and RealMoney Pro free for Sep. 11. The site has also packaged together stories…
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