MobiTV withdraws IPO bid
The company, which licenses a technology to large wireless carriers that lets their customers watch live TV on their smart phones, pulls its $75 million IPO bid, citing “unfavorable market conditions.” Read more »
Facebook: See? We told you social advertising works
A comScore study of consumer behavior following exposure to marketing messages on Facebook shows that both fans and friends of fans are more likely to buy things after they see such messages, data that Facebook badly needs to prove the value of its social platform. Read more at GigaOM »
Chinese VOD operator YOU on Demand debuts on Nasdaq
The New York based company, founded by pro-wrestling scion Shane McMahon and enjoying a 20-year deal with the Chinese government to run nationally sanctioned VOD services, will start its first day of trading on the Nasdaq Wednesday. Read more »
Facebook shares fall below $30, market shrugs
Look out, below! Facebook stock marked the return from the long weekend by tumbling nearly ten percent to an afternoon low of $28.87. Read more at GigaOM »
Facebook’s foreign foes: five countries to conquer for new growth
photo: Jason McELweenie/Flickr
After growth slowed just in time for its IPO, Facebook must look overseas for a jump-start. Here are the only five remaining countries where Zuckerberg is not top dog – and the rivals that stand in his way. Read more »
Facebook IPO: Our coverage so far
By now you might have heard of this little thing called Facebook’s IPO. Check out links to our coverage so far. Read more at GigaOM »
Place your orders: Facebook IPO shares set at $38
No more need for price speculation, folks. Facebook just put out amendment S-1 filing number 8, which sets its IPO price at $38.00 a share. Get your checkbooks ready. Read more at GigaOM »
How recent digital media IPOs have fared
photo: Corbis / James Leynse
With huge anticipation around Facebook’s IPO, we decided look at how other digital media companies that have gone public over the past year have fared. Most have had a bumpy ride — and only one has had steady gains since its stock-market debut. Read more at GigaOM »
Will Facebook adapt to mobile or will mobile adapt to Facebook?
If Facebook’s future is mobile, it may not be enough for it to merely secure a piece of the mobile ad market. It will need to have an outsized impact on the industry. Read more »
Facebook’s biggest problem is that it’s a media company
Facebook’s advertising woes, including the highly publicized departure of General Motors, reinforce the fact that while Facebook may function like a social network, on the business side it looks almost exactly like a media company — and that is going to be a major challenge. Read more at GigaOM »
Microstock’s stock is rising: $265 million for Shutterstock, Fotolia
photo: Shutterstock / Douglas Freer
Fotolia is taking a $150 million private investment as Shutterstock goes public to raise $115 million. Coincidence? Crowdsourced-photo rivals are bulking up to challenge microstock’s market-leading iStockPhoto. Read more »
Publisher LegalZoom files to go public
photo: Legal Zoom
With revenue up 29 percent last year, do-it-yourself law shop LegalZoom filed for an IPO today. Read more »
People’s Daily Online shares suspended after excessive trading
photo: Robert S. Donovan
We knew that shares in People’s Daily Online (SHA:603000), China’s government-backed news website, were hot, but apparently they’re a little too hot to handle. Read more »
Last-minute nerves? Wall Street digests dip in Facebook numbers
Facebook gave investors something to ponder ahead of its mid-May IPO, when it filed an amended S-1 to report lower quarterly revenue and net income for the first three months of 2012. Read more »
Zattikka buys three social gaming startups & takes on Zynga
Social games development company, Zattikka incorporated on Monday, has gone public on London’s AIM exchange and is rolling up independent studios it hopes can give it some of Zynga’s gold. It was started by Virgin Interactive games executives Tim Chaney (pictured) and Mark Opzoomer. Read more »
Is Facebook Worth $100 Billion? Investors Bullish, Analyst Cautious
photo: Background: Shutterstock/Longquattro & Zuckerberg: Jason McELweenie/Flickr
Facebook’s value has risen to $100 billion since its IPO announcement, based on private trades of its stock. But could Mark Zuckerberg justi… Read more »
What Happens Next If Spotify Goes Public?
photo: Spotify
Record labels’ equity in Spotify has allowed the music subscription service to start and to flourish. But, if the company decides to file fo… Read more »
What Yelp’s IPO Means About The Future Of Crowdsourced Media
Yelp announced pricing of its planned IPO, with plans to sell 7.15 million shares at $12 to $14 a share. But the important thing is that Yel… Read more »
Update: Facebook Has A Mobile Card Up Its Sleeve In Addition To Advertising
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Much has been made of the mobile risks that Facebook laid out in its S-1 IPO filing earlier this week. Essentially, it’s seeing/pushing mass… Read more »
Now Facebook Must Prove To Wall Street Its Ads Really Work
photo: Madison Ave: Life In LDN/Flickr & Wall Street: ToonariPost/Flickr & Zuckerberg: Jason McELweenie/Flickr
Facebook has made a $3.1 billion business from a social advertising sector many, even it, concede is experimental and unproven. Now it must… Read more »
The Facebook IPO Lowdown 2-1-12
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» Facebook’s biggest risks explained (ReadWriteWeb)
» Is Facebook’s IPO the start of something, or the end? (GigaOm)… Read more »
2.7 Billion Daily Likes And Other Key Numbers From Facebook’s S-1
photo: Background: Shutterstock/Thomas Pajot & Zuckerberg: Andrew Feinberg/Flickr
Facebook’s nearly 200-page S-1 filing appears to have crippled the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Edgar website with the mass of peopl… Read more »
Facebook’s Status Update: $5 Billion IPO Filed
photo: Background: Shutterstock/Longquattro & Zuckerberg: Jason McELweenie/Flickr
It took the whole day, but Facebook finally — as many expected — filed its S-1 with the Securities Exchange Commission for its long-awaite… Read more »
Report: Facebook’s IPO To Start At $5 Billion, And It’s Coming Wednesday AM
Facebook’s much-anticipated IPO looks to be coming ever-closer, with a new report out with further details of what we will see come Wednesda… Read more »
Facebook’s Birth Certificate
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Facebook is widely expected to go public in the very near future with a valuation north of $75 billion. It’s a moment that tech watchers hav… Read more »
Report: Facebook IPO Could Arrive Next Week With Hopes Of $10 Billion
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The long-awaited Facebook IPO might arrive as soon as next week, according to a new report. When the company does get around to filing the p… Read more »
China's State Media Plan IPOs For Their Online Operations
photo: Robert S. Donovan
Communism and capitalism are now apparently the same thing in Chinese online media. The People’s Daily newspaper, an organ of the country’s… Read more »
Mobile Ads Join The IPO Boom As Millennial Looks For Public Investment
Mobile ad company Millennial Media is going to try its hand in the public markets, filing papers Thursday for a $75 million initial public o… Read more »
Game On Or Game Over? Zynga Opens Above IPO Price But Then Drops
photo: Zynga / FarmVille
The long-awaited IPO of social games giant Zynga has finally arrived, but those hoping for quick, early flips of the stock may end up having… Read more »
Rovio Still Talking Up A Mickey Mouse IPO, Now In Hong Kong
Is Rovio’s floatation ever going to happen? For some time now, we’ve been reading chatter about an imminent IPO.
The latest date is 2013, t… Read more »
Zynga IPO Could Challenge Google's High Score
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Zynga, the social gaming company behind Farmville, Words With Friends and other online games, is preparing to go public on Friday in what co… Read more »
Facebook Readying Mobile Ad Push For 2012, Right Around The Expected IPO
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Facebook’s Carolyn Everson was tight-lipped several months ago at paidContent Advertising when the subject of mobile advertising was discuss… Read more »
Zynga To Raise $1 Billion From IPO
Facebook games maker Zynga plans to raise $1 billion (£630 million) in its initial public offering, valuing the fledgling internet firm at… Read more »
Report: Facebook IPO Coming By Next June
photo: Tom Krazit
Facebook expects to become a public company over the next six to eight months, according to a report Monday. And the first step down that pa… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 11-18-11
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» Yelp Files to Raise $100 Million in IPO of Consumer-Review Internet Site (Bloomberg)
» Has The Kindle Fire Already… Read more »
Updated: The Deal Is On! Groupon Gets $700 Million IPO, Stock Up 31 Percent
There may be hundreds of competitors out there, but Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) this week has confirmed itself as the biggest daily deals site of t… Read more »
Bulls In Wall Street’s China Shop: Baidu Soars, Another IPO Planned
photo: Corbis / James Leynse
Beijing-based Chinese portal Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) had the pleasure of telling the Nasdaq, where its stock is listed, how Q3 net income is up n… Read more »
Groupon Prices IPO At $16 to $18 Per Share, Expects To Raise $478.8 Million
Groupon will sell 30 million shares in its upcoming IPO, priced at $16 to $18 per share. The company estimates its net proceeds will be $478… Read more »
Reports: Groupon To Release Scaled-Back IPO In Next 2 Weeks
Groupon is planning an IPO of around $500 to $700 million in the next two weeks, according to reports in DealBook and the Wall Street Journa… Read more »
Chinese Internet Stocks Bashed By DoJ Accounting Inquiry
Some of China’s biggest online firms are taking a battering on Wall Street, following a report the U.S. Department of Justice is investigati… Read more »
