Yandex, the big Russian search engine, has delayed its much-anticipated IPO until next year, according to local reports. Earlier this year reports came out that Yandex was planning a US…

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Still waiting for an MLB IPO? Better hope Bob Bowman starts practicing his moves as a shortstop. Asked if a public offering is in the offing, the head of Major…

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-- Jupitermedia: In its 10-Q, the stock photo and online media company, says its MediaBistro unit did revenue of $2.3 million in the latest quarter, and $4.4 million in the…

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The craze over SPACs or “blank check” acquisition firms has died down quite a bit from the past few years, when several new ones were launched. We’ve covered a few…

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Employees of social networking giants Facebook and LinkedIn aren’t likely to get any liquidity event (IPO, sale) any time soon. By this point some employees would be understandably anxious to…

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The major Chinese portals continue their torrid pace of growth, as Sohu.com (NSDQ: SOHU) announced Q2 revenue growth of 162 percent to $102 million. GAAP net income of $40.2 million…

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This was expected, but still you can’t take anything for granted in this environment: IAC (NSDQ: IACI) said this afternoon that it has successfully raised about $2 billion in debt,…

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“Would it be possible that digital media could do for baseball what national TV did for football?” Bob Bowman, CEO of MLB Advanced Media, asked the question during the last…

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Back in May, RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) announced plans to spin off its casual games business and make a filing on that sometime by the end of the year. So why…

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LinkedIn is getting a lot of media attention following the big raise it announced last night… speaking on CNBC, Jeff Glass, partner at Bain, which lead the $53 million round,…

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As Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) gets set to trade as a standalone company, it has filed a detailed, preliminary proxy filing, explaining what the business consists of, its financial picture,…

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not wanting for unsolicited advice. Sell now, wait for an IPO, follow your bliss… it’s all out there. However here’s some advice that sounds pretty…

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If Yandex can mull a $2 billion IPO, so can Mail.ru: the Russian online portal Mail.ru is planning an IPO on London’s stock market which will value the business at…

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This should make for some fun S-1 reading when it comes out: Yandex, the dominant Russian portal/search engine plans to do a US IPO, according to Reuters. The report says…

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Not the trend you want to be showing as you work towards an IPO: In its Q1 ended March 31, Current TV had ad revenue of just $2.5 million, a…

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Some chronological links about the history of RealNetworks’ (NSDQ: RNWK) games business, which it has been building over the last two years: -- RealNetworks Doesn’t Buy Scrabulous; Launches Own Version…

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Here’s a shocker: RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is finally doing the rationalization of its business lines: it will separate its global casual games business into an independent company and distribute shares…

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Redbox, the distributor of DVDs via kiosk, plans to file for an IPO sometime during the current quarter, reports VideoBusiness (via NTV). The company, which is majority owned by publicly…

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Epocrates, a provider of electronic medical info for healthcare practitioners, has filed to raise up to $75 million in a NASDAQ IPO. The company delivers clinical information and decision support…

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DigitalGlobe, a provider of satellite imagery for maps, whose clients include Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Virtual Earth, filed for an IPO of up to $250 million…

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In the weirdly complex world of blank-check IPOs and SPACs, this one is a bit of a puzzler: the talent agency William Morris (WMA), along with John Mass, EVP and…

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Eyeblaster, the New York City-based rich media advertising firm which last year was rumored to be on the block and then decided to raise a big round, has now filed…

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Penthouse Media Group says it plans to use the proceeds of its just-announced $250 million IPO to pay down its debt. It’ll be awhile before the S-1 comes out, but…

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Penthouse Media Group, the troubled adult media company, plans to file for a $250 million IPO, the company has announced. It says it plans to file the S-1 in Q2…

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In December, United Online (NSDQ: UNTD) announced the withdrawal of its plan to hive off its Classmates unit via IPO. Around the time of the planned offering, there was a…

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