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Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 14 Apr 2006 12:05 PM PST
iVillage has called for a shareholder meeting on May 12, and has filed a detailed SEC document about its acquisition with NBC, including the term sheet and all the drama…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 18 Mar 2006 08:04 PM PST
Some more details on the iVillage acquisition by NBC Universal, and IVIL’s deal with Hearst and how it will change, in iVillage’s 10-K annual report, filed with SEC earlier this…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 08 Mar 2006 09:05 PM PST
Continuing coverage of the NBC-iVillage deal: NBC already has a Web presence through its interest in MSNBC.com, which it co-owns with Microsoft, along with promotional sites for its TV channels,…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 07 Mar 2006 12:04 PM PST
I wrote about this a little yesterday but it’s worth another look. NBC Universal is buying a “top women’s online community” and “one of the nation’s most successful online destinations…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 06 Mar 2006 10:05 AM PST
Updated, read below: Largest IVIL shareholder Hearst Communications, whichs owns about 25 percent of the outstanding shares, is on board with the sale of iVillage to NBCU. A voting agreement…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 06 Mar 2006 07:04 AM PST
To start with, read our dedicated iVillage page..it has all iVillage related news for the last three years...and then some relevant links over the last year or so which highlights…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 06 Mar 2006 06:04 AM PST
Some quick notes from the press call with NBCU Chairman and CEO Bob Wright, Beth Comstock, president, NBCU Digital Media and Market Development; Jeff Zucker, CEO, NBCU Television Group and…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 06 Mar 2006 04:04 AM PST
Updated: Leading online women’s site iVillage has been on the market for a while and it finally found the right fit—at a price that’s a couple of hundred million lower…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 16 Feb 2006 01:03 PM PST
Going through the iVillage conference call transcript (on Internet Stock Blog), this seemed kinda interesting: it plans to relaunch Women.com, a site is bought in 2001 for $47 million and…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 15 Feb 2006 01:03 PM PST
It is all a game: everyone knows it, and games it their way. And us journos are the chess pieces in that game. Lest you think I have gone off…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 13 Feb 2006 01:03 PM PST
Work in progress. 4Q05 net income for iVillage Inc. more than tripled over the previous year to $8.8 million, or 12 cents a share, from $2.4 million, or 3 cents…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 08 Nov 2005 12:13 PM PST
iVillage, the women-focused portal which has been the subject of a sale speculation, reported its Q3 earnings today: its revenues totaled $22.6 million, a 35% increase when compared to revenues…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 02 Nov 2005 05:12 PM PST
The FT is reporting that iVillage has hired investment banker JP Morgan Chase to scope a sale for up to $700 million. Of course, News Corp. and Viacom are mentioned…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 17 Aug 2005 12:09 PM PST
iVillage has tied up with Yahoo Search Marketing (fka Overture) to deploy sponsored search and other search solutions on the iVillage network. This replaces Google, which iVillage had been using…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 02 Aug 2005 01:10 PM PST
iVillage, the woman-focused portal company, reported a Q2 net loss of $0.3 million, compared to net income of $0.1 million in the year-ago quarter. Included in the second quarter 2005…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 12 May 2005 06:06 PM PST
iVillage, which missed the earnings number this quarter, has an interesting (and probably dumb) reason for doing so: “One of the biggest challenges we faced during the quarter was the…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 May 2005 03:06 PM PST
iVillage reported overall 1Q05 revenues or $17.3 million, up 11 percent compared with $15.5 milliin in 1Q04. On its own, iVillage.com was responsible for $12.056 million, up 40 percent from…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 01 Nov 2004 05:12 PM PST
iVillage’s Q3 results were sweet, but came with a downer...it swung to a profit, but reported that Wal-Mart decided not to continue a collaboration that was a key source of…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Aug 2004 12:09 AM PST
For iVillage, Q2 revenues were $16.5 million, a 25% increase when compared to revenues of $13.2 million for the same period one year ago. It had a small net income…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Jun 2004 10:06 AM PST
iVillage expects to raise net proceeds of $58.4 million from an offering of its common stock. The company said 11 million shares were being offered at $6 per share. iVillage…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Jun 2004 11:07 AM PST
iVillage is commencing a public offering of 9.5 million shares of its common stock.
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 14 Apr 2004 05:05 PM PST
Online women’s network iVillage has filed with the SEC to occasionally sell up to $125 million in common stock… the shelf registration statement includes another 1.6 million shares that may…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 28 Mar 2004 07:04 PM PST
(via Boing-Boing): iVillage, the women-focused portal, will launch a massively multiplayer role-playing online game, called Paradise Island, in assocation with gaming company There, Inc. This would be an interesting departure…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 04 Feb 2004 10:03 AM PST
Motley Fool thinks iVillage is set to roar, based on its Q4 results released yesterday..."Naturally, iVillage isn’t there yet. It’s just getting started with the vindication process, and it will…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 03 Feb 2004 03:03 PM PST
Q4 revenues for the wonmen’s portal iVillage came in at $15.9 million, a 16% increase from $13.7 million in the year-ago quarter. Net income was $0.3 million, compared to a…
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