Student E-Reader Startup Kno Hires A New CFO
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Kno, the heavily-backed startup that is developing e-readers designed for students, has hired a new CFO. The company tells us it has brought… Read more »
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The Man Behind Motricity’s $250 Million IPO & His Incentives
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After promising an initial public offering for the past six years, Motricity has officially filed documents to raise up to $250 million thro… Read more »
InfoSpace Takes Back InfoSpace.com; Relaunches Site As Meta-Search Engine
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The new-old entrant in the search market: InfoSpace.com. InfoSpace (NSDQ: INSP), which offloaded its flagship domain two years ago, is takin… Read more »
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Industry Moves: Motricity’s European Head of Sales Leaves As Company Focuses On Asia, South America
By Tricia Duryee
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Motricity will focus more on emerging markets, such as Asia and South America after the Bellevue, Wash.-based company’s head of European sal… Read more »
Motricity SVP Of Sales George Fraser Departs; Memo Signals International Plans
By Tricia Duryee
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Supreme Court Refuses To Hear InfoSpace Founder's Insider-Trading Appeal
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Industry Moves: InfoSpace Changes CEO After Six Years
By Rafat Ali
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Motricity Sees Gains In 2008; Hits Revenue Target Of $100 Million
By Tricia Duryee
Mobile content infrastructure provider Motricity hasn’t had the easiest year. In 2008, it acquired InfoSpace (NSDQ: INSP) Mobile, and moved… Read more »
Industry Moves: Motricity Names Four New Execs, Including New President/COO
By Tricia Duryee
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China Mobile, the country’s dominant wireless carrier, is planning on launching a Android-based 3G mobile phone in the first quarter, report… Read more »
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Motricity Saga Continues: Company Sues Former Top Executive
By Tricia Duryee
When Steve Elfman, one of Motricity’s highest-ranking executives, left to join Sprint Nextel earlier this year, it appeared to be a bad sign… Read more »
Earnings: Infospace Q2 Revs Climb 21 Percent After Erasing Last Year’s Net Loss
By David Kaplan
Online search and information site Infospace posted Q2 net income of $1.9 million ($0.06 per diluted share) from last year’s $28.1 million (… Read more »
Industry Moves: Thumbplay Promotes Mitch Rotter To SVP Of Content Acquisition And Strategy
By Matt Kapko
Mitch Rotter has been promoted to senior VP of content acquisition and strategy at Thumbplay, the company announced today. Rotter brings mor… Read more »
Interview: Ryan Wuerch, CEO, Motricity: IPO Still An Opportunity; ‘M&A Will Be A Part Of Our Core’
By Tricia Duryee
Motricity, the mobile infrastructure company that acquired InfoSpace (NSDQ: INSP) Mobile for $135 million in October, has been relatively q… Read more »
EMI and Infospace Reach Settlement on Ringtone Royalties Lawsuit
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InfoSpace CEO Jim Voelker Best-Paid Exec In Northwest; Received $38.1 Million In 2007: Report
By Tricia Duryee
Jim Voelker, InfoSpace’s CEO, was named the best paid chief executive in the Northwest by The Seattle Times after he received a total compen… Read more »
Mobile Marketing Crowd Says Improvements Must Be Made For Growth To Happen: Report
By Tricia Duryee
A survey conducted at the Mobile Marketing Association’s Mobile Marketing Forum this week in New York quizzed advertising agencies, content… Read more »
Earnings: Infospace Revs Up 18 Percent; Loss Deepens On Auction Rate Woes
By Joseph Weisenthal
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 relat… Read more »
Updated: Motricity Also Received Investment From Velocity; Miller Joins Board
By Tricia Duryee
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Icahn Questions Motricity Investment; Has Faith In The Technology
By Tricia Duryee
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Motricity Takes Most Of The Hits With The InfoSpace Merger; Shelves IPO Plans
By Tricia Duryee
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Motricity Takes Most Of The Hits With The InfoSpace Merger; Shelves IPO Plans
By Tricia Duryee
Motricity paid $135 million in October to acquire the InfoSpace mobile division, and now InfoSpace is taking over. As we reported yesterday,… Read more »
Motricity Leaning Heavily On InfoSpace Acquisition; Laying Off 250 And Moving To Bellevue
By Tricia Duryee
As expected, mobile content and technology company Motricity has confirmed its much anticipated layoffs, putting the official number at 250.… Read more »
Motricity Leaning Heavily On InfoSpace Acquisition; Laying Off 250 And Moving To Bellevue
By Tricia Duryee
Motricity has confirmed its much anticipated layoffs, putting the official number at 250. The elimination of more than one third of its work… Read more »
Motricity Announcement May Come As Early As Next Week
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Rumors Of Major Cutbacks Swirl Around Motricity — What’s The Deal?
By Tricia Duryee
Emotions are running high after rumors surfaced that Durham, N.C.-based Motricity might be cutting up to a third of its 650-person workforce… Read more »
Motricity May Slash As Many As 200 Employees; May Move To Bellevue: Report
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Earnings: InfoSpace’s Q4 Online Revs Increase 15 Percent; No Longer In Mobile
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Infospace To Cut 20 Percent of Jobs; Reducing Costs
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Infospace's Mobile Division Sale To Motricity Complete; Motricity Raises $185 Million
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Infospace Returns $300 Million To Shareholders; More To Follow
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Earnings: InfoSpace's Mobile and Online Search Revenues Down
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Motricity Raising $185 Million; Icahn Investing Again
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Infospace Exits Mobile Business; Motricity Buys Its Mobile Services Business For $135 Million
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Motricity’s New Fund Raising: May Reach $170M; InfoSpace’s Mobile Acquisition Contingent on It
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InfoSpace Sells Online Directory Business To Idearc For $225 Million
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Motricity’s Possibly Buying InfoSpace’s Mobile Unit; Raising $175 Million; The Elusive IPO
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Earnings: InfoSpace in Losses In Q2; Revenues Decrease Drastically in Mobile
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