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10-Q Watch: RealNetworks Lays Out Risks Of Rhapsody America - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 13 May 2008 05:28 AM PST

RealNetworks’ (NSDQ: RNWK) 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31 should be required reading for anyone going into a complex JV or the online music business. Line by line, it…

Industry Moves: Aegis Media; Facebook; MTV; Tribune - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Sun 11 May 2008 04:54 PM PST

-- Aegis Media: Mainardo de Nardis has stepped down from his role as CEO and will be succeeded by Jerry Buhlmann, who also joins the board June 2. Buhlmann has…

RealNetworks’s Games Spinoff: Its Recent Games History, in Links - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 08 May 2008 01:41 PM PST

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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RealNetworks To Spin Off Its Game Business; May Do An IPO Of The New Company - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 08 May 2008 01:23 PM PST

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…

Updated: Earnings: RNWK Q1 Rev Up 14 Percent; Earnings Beat Estimate: Music Up 12 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 08 May 2008 01:23 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is playing two this afternoon—announcing Q1 earnings and the spinoff of its casual games business. Revenue rose 14 percent to $147.6 million, compared with $129.5 million in…

Federal Court Rules AOL, Yahoo, Real Must Pay ASCAP Music Licensing Fees; Could Run $100 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 30 Apr 2008 05:37 PM PST

ASCAP is ballyhooing a federal court ruling today that AOL (NYSE: TWX), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) must pay higher licensing fees for streaming songs by its 320,000-plus…

RealNetworks Doesn’t Buy Scrabulous; Launches Own Version Instead - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 06 Apr 2008 06:16 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which has previously professed its supposedly neutral position in the copyright controversy over the popular Facebook app Scrabulous, is now sneaking itself into the mix: it is…

@ CTIA: Video Interview: RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser: Don’t Overhype The Rate of Change - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 01 Apr 2008 11:27 AM PST

At CTIA in Las Vegas, I briefly spoke to Rob Glaser, CEO of RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) on his company’s mobile content efforts and working, on working with carriers, the Apple…

10-K Watch: RealNetwork’s Call/Put Rights With Rhapsody America JV With MTVN - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 02 Mar 2008 02:55 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) filed its 10-K annual report last week with SEC, and some numbers on the layoffs it did in relation to its WiderThan acquisitions, and some layoffs in…

Will RealNetworks End Up Buying Scrabulous? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 02 Mar 2008 02:55 PM PST

I had the exact same thought that Om had after I read the NYT piece last night AND when RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) PR sent out a note about the…

Updated: RealNetworks Buys Macrovision’s Games Business For $4 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 22 Feb 2008 01:17 AM PST

Earlier today Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN) announced its Q4 earnings and also mentioned that it has sold off its games DRM business (through Trymedia) to an undisclosed buyer for $4 million.…

Earnings: RealNetworks Q4 Revs Grow 25 Percent; Music Up 21 Percent, But Slower Growth - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 07 Feb 2008 02:18 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) has reported Q4 revenue of $156.9 million, up 25 percent from $125.6 million in the prior year’s quarter. Net income in the quarter was just $2.7 million,…

Yahoo Sells Premium Music Service To RhapsodyAmerica; Buys FoxyTunes - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 03 Feb 2008 07:55 PM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), which has officially closed down its premium online music service Yahoo Unlimited (we reported on it first here), has sold the service to RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) and…

In Other News: RealNetworks Lays Off About 10 Employees In Music Division: Confirmed - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 01 Feb 2008 12:30 PM PST

Updated: Has been confirmed by RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) music PR...offices affected are Seattle, New York and San Francisco. These layoffs happened two weeks ago, and affects about 10 people, not…

CES Content Wire: Phillips-Rhapsody Partner; Sharp Internet TV; Vudu HD; Sony Mylo - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 06 Jan 2008 03:01 PM PST

-- Philips partners with Rhapsody for digital music: Philips is forming an alliance with RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) to offer online music using Philips’ music players...it would start selling portable and…

Music Blog Community MOG.com Links With Rhapsody, Integrates RNWK Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 11 Dec 2007 08:46 PM PST

Music blog community MOG.com is integrating with Rhapsody from RealNetworks, (NSDQ: RNWK) adding the equivalent of another dimension by allowing bloggers and users to listen to, search for and share…

RealNetworks Lays Off 100, Bulk In Asia And Europe - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 10 Dec 2007 09:32 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) laid off just under 2 percent of its international staff last week—35 from headquarters Seattle, the rest in Asia and Europe. A spokesman told the Seattle P-I…

10-Q Watch: RNWK: $8 Million Paid on MTVN’s $230 Million Note to Rhapsody America - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 09 Nov 2007 11:34 AM PST

As part of the Rhapsody America JV between MTVN (NYSE: VIA) and RealNetworks, (NSDQ: RNWK) MTVN agreed to contribute a five-year $230 million note, obligating RNWK to buy $230 million…

RollingStone.com Posts Digital Replica Of Mag’s 40th Anniversary Editon; Embedded Rhapsody Links - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 02 Nov 2007 06:40 AM PST

Not earth shattering but worth noting ... RollingStone.com has posted a complete, free digital replica of the third and final edition in Rolling Stone’s 40th Anniversary series; it will stay…

Earnings: RealNetworks Revenue Up 55 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 30 Oct 2007 06:34 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) grew its revenue by 55 percent in Q307 to $145.1 million, up from $93.7 million a year ago. Net income for the quarter fell dramatically year-on-year to…

Tivo and Rhapsody in Subscription Music Deal - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 09 Oct 2007 06:38 AM PST

In TiVo’s (NSDQ: TIVO) latest attempt to differentiate itself from the commodity DVR box makers, the company is partnering with Rhapsody to let subscribers directly access the subscription music service…

Updated: RealNetworks To Buy Online Casual Games Site GameTrust; Price About $20 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 27 Sep 2007 01:02 PM PST

Updated: Sep 27: The companies have announced the deal today, two days after we broke the story. The real price is around $20 million...we earlier reported “less than $50 million”,…

Microsoft Loses EC Anti-Trust Appeal; $680 Million Windows Media, Server Fine Upheld - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 17 Sep 2007 07:19 AM PST

From our new site paidContent:UK: Microsoft (NYSE:MSFT) has lost its appeal against the 2004 European Commission ruling it abused its dominant market position with respect to Windows Media Player and…

MTV-RNWK Music Venture: Rhapsody America Expected To Pull In $500K In Q3 Revenue - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 21 Aug 2007 01:59 PM PST

Talks began 11 months ago about developing some sort of partnership between RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) and MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA). After considering several different models, the two eventually settled on…

MTV-RNWK Music Venture: The Financial Details; Cash Plus $230 Million Note From MTVN - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 21 Aug 2007 09:53 AM PST

RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) has a 5 PM EST conference call planned to discuss the financial details of the new JV company, but it just filed an 8-K with details. Real…