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Earnings: TechTarget’s Q1:Small Losses; Revenues Up 30 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 07 May 2008 11:54 AM PST

TechTarget (NSDQ: TTGT), the B2B tech media company, has reported its Q108 earnings numbers, and total revenues increased by 30 percent to $23.9 million, compared to $18.3 million for the…

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Earnings: DirecTV Q1 Revs Up 17 Percent; Net Income Up 10 Percent; Strong Gains In Latin America - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 04:00 AM PST

A solid quarter from DirecTV (NYSE: DTV), which reported a 17 percent rise in revenue to $4.6 billion from $3.9 billion. Net income was up just over 10 percent to…

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Earnings: THQ Bombs, $35.3 Million Loss For ‘08 - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 06 May 2008 01:44 PM PST

THQ reported net $1,030.5 million for the 12 months ending March 31 2008, a slight increase on the $1,026.9 million in sales the previous year (and the companies 13th consecutive…

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Earnings: United Online Q1 Revs Slip 6 Percent; Classmates Revs Up 22 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 01:22 PM PST

United Online (NSDQ: UNTD), the owner of a dial-up business, Classmates.com and eventually flower company FTD, announced Q1 revenue of $121.8 million, a 6 percent slide from $129.9 million in…

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Earnings: ValueClick Q1 Profits Gain 3.2 Percent, Revs Up 12 Percent - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 06 May 2008 01:21 PM PST

Online ad firm ValueClick (NSDQ: VCLK) posted modestly higher Q1 net income of $19.2 million, or $0.19 per diluted common share, a 3.2 percent gain over last year’s $18.6 million,…

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Earnings: Cisco Revs Up 10 Percent; Sees Weak Growth In Current Quarter; Cable Co. Revs Down - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 01:10 PM PST

Economic bellwether and online video beneficiary Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) has announced earnings, up 10 percent to $9.8 billion from $8.9 billion in the year-ago quarter ending March 31. This is…

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Earnings: Disney Q1 Beats Estimates Handily; Net Income Up 22 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 06 May 2008 01:02 PM PST

The Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company disappointed only the naysayers today for the most part today, turning in yet another quarter of the kind that produces gushing from the TV…

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Earnings Preview: Disney, News Corp.; Plus ValueClick, United Online, Macrovision, THQI, TechTarget - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 10:51 AM PST

We’re past a lot of the big ones, but this is another crazy week for earnings. So far today, we’ve heard from Alibaba, Playboy and WWE. Up next: -- Disney:…

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Despite Being Rebuffed By TNS, WPP Continues To Hold On; Higher Offer Expected - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 06 May 2008 08:27 AM PST

Although WPP Group’s $1.9 billion offer to acquire audience researcher Taylor Nelson Sofres was rejected over the the weekend, the UK ad holding firm is still pressing the TNS’ board…

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Earnings: WWE Q1 Digital Revs Up 15 Percent; Total Revs Up Big On Event Timing - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 05:41 AM PST

World Wrestling Entertainment reported revenue of $162.6 million, up big from $107.4 million in the year-ago quarter. However the company benefited from the timing of its Wrestlemania event, which didn’t…

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Earnings: Playboy Swings To Loss; Online Revs Drop 3 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 06 May 2008 05:13 AM PST

Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) reported a Q1 net loss of $3.1 million, or $0.09 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $5.1 million last year. Revenues were…

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Earnings: Alibaba.com Q1 Revs Up 53 Percent; Sees Pressure On Global Trade - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 04:25 AM PST

Alibaba.com, the Chinese B2B marketplace and a key puzzle piece in valuing Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), announced Q1 revs of RMB680.1 million ($97.3 million) for 53.2 percent growth over last year.…

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Earnings: Virgin Mobile’s Q1 Was Tough; Looking At Strategic Opportunities For Growth - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 05 May 2008 03:27 PM PST

Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) released its first quarter earnings today, showing that results were substantially lower compared to the year-ago period, however, were at the upper end of expectations for…

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Earnings: DivX Q1 Revs Up 24 Percent; Full-Year Outlook Raised - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 05 May 2008 01:15 PM PST

Digital encoding firm DivX (NSDQ: DIVX) announced Q1 revenue of $25 million, a 24 percent increase from $20.2 million in the year-ago quarter. Net income slid to $2.48 million ($.07…

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Earnings: WaPo Q1 Profits Fall 39 Percent; Online Up 8 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 02 May 2008 06:03 AM PST

A dismal economy combined with the usual newspaper industry challenges led The Washington Post Company’s (NYSE: WPO) Q1 net income downward 39 percent to $39.3 million ($4.08 per share) from…

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Earnings: Viacom Call: Ad Revs Up 8 Percent; $100 Million Max Investment In JV; Social Media Deals? - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 02 May 2008 05:57 AM PST

Quarters like this only increase Sumner Redstone’s love for Viacom (NYSE: VIA) CEO Philippe Dauman: “It’s always great to start the day off with great news… I constantly think what…

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Earnings: Viacom Q1 Revs Up 15 Percent; Tops Estimates; Rock Band Drives Media Growth - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 02 May 2008 05:07 AM PST

Another solid quarter from Viacom (NYSE: VIA), which continues to out perform. The parent of Rock Band (and a little network called MTV) announced Q1 revs of $3.1 billion, 15…

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Earnings: Bankrate Q1 Revs Up 91 Percent; Maintains Guidance - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 02:10 PM PST

There’s gotta be some connection between the real housing market and Bankrate (NSDQ: RATE), since so much of their business is lead-gen for lending. But for now, the company seems…

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Earnings: comScore Q1 Revs Up 35 Percent; Raises Guidance Slightly - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 01:40 PM PST

Despite an initial dip, the market decided pretty quickly that the whole Google (NSDQ: GOOG) earnings confusion wouldn’t have much bearing on comScore’s (NSDQ: SCOR) outlook… today the internet measurement…

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Earnings: Getty Images Revs Up 9.7 Percent; Income Down On Taxes, Sale Costs - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 01:11 PM PST

On the road to going private, Getty Images (NYSE: GYI) reported Q1 revenue of $233.2 million, up 9.7 percent from $212.7 million in the year-ago quarter. The company benefited from…

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Earnings: Infospace Revs Up 18 Percent; Loss Deepens On Auction Rate Woes - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 09:47 AM PST

The freeze-up in the auction rate securities market pops up again, as Infospace says its Q1 earnings were hit by a $6.7 million charge related to this market. The online…

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Earnings: Akamai Q1 Up 34 Percent; Income Up 49 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 09:08 AM PST

Still not succumbing to a price war, Akamai (NSDQ: AKAM) reported Q1 revenue of $187 million, up 34 percent year-over-year from $139.2 million. On a sequential basis, it was up…

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Earnings: Thomson Reuters Revs Up 12 Percent; Reuters Revs Up 13 Percent - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 06:39 AM PST

For its first quarter after the merger, Thomson (NYSE: TOC) Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) reported Q1 revenue of $3.3 billion a 12 percent year-over-year increase. Net income declined to $192 million…

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Earnings: Hearst-Argyle Q1 Digital Revenues Rise 22 Percent As Total Revs Drop 2.6 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 01 May 2008 05:15 AM PST

TV station owner Hearst-Argyle (NYSE: HTV) saw revenues decline 2.6 percent in Q1 to $165.1 million as the softening economy held back spending from automakers, the broadcaster’s largest ad category.…

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Earnings: Comcast Revs Up 14 Percent; Full-Year Forecast Maintained - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 04:51 AM PST

Cable operator Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) announced Q1 revenue of $8.38 billion, a 14 percent year-over-year increase from $7.38 million. Adjusted net income, which excludes certain gains from the dissolution of…

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