Groupon’s Funky Friday: New COO Goes Back To Google; Numbers Revised
Once again, Groupon is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Margo Georgiadis, hired as COO only five months ago, is going back to Google (… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-21-11
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» NYT Paywall: 12 Percent Of Subs Are International; IHT Paywall Coming (paidContent)
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Glam CEO Samir Arora: No Plans To Force Ning Advertising Rev Share
Why buy Ning? Aside from the obvious aspects — more scale and better stats for a possible IPO, an expanded ad network, subscription revenue… Read more »
More Bad News For Groupon: Sales Team Files Class-Action Suit
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Earlier this week came reports that the daily-deals site, suddenly unpopular with both users and investors, is considering shelving its long… Read more »
MobiTV Files For $75 Million IPO To Fund Its Growth [Video]
Big news for mobile TV pioneer MobiTV: the company has filed for an IPO worth up to $75 million, as it looks for funds to expand internation… Read more »
In Chinese Video War, Sina Buys, Tencent Builds
Chinese online video and TV operators are making strategic investments, as the market looks set to explode. Read more »
Inside Brightcove: After Eight Years Of Losses, Diversification Necessary
Brightcove doesn’t expect to make a profit until the end of 2012, but is moving in to a huge new office and planning to buy new companies. I… Read more »
Emphasizing Cloud-based Revenues, Brightcove Files $50 Million IPO
Despite tremendous volatility in world financial markets, online video software provider Brightcove has decided to press ahead with a $50 mi… Read more »
China’s Video Wars Come To Wall Street
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A war between two of China’s leading web operators is playing out on the Nasdaq through two of its main video sites.
Tudou, which raised $1… Read more »
Moving On From Its Dropped CNET Lawsuit, FilmOn Lists In Frankfurt
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The challenges and opportunities of online video startup FilmOn continue apace. The internet-based premium video provider FilmOn, fresh from… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-08-11
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» News Corp.’s Soft Power in the U.S. (David Carr/NYT)
» 20% of the UK online population use iPlayer. Here’s how the… Read more »
Chinese Video Site Tudou Brings Its Growing Losses To Wall Street
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Chinese video site Tudou is following its rival Youkou to the Nasdaq, expecting to price its “TUDO” shares between $28 and $30, according to… Read more »
Yahoo, Alibaba, Softbank Reach Agreement On Alipay
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The battle over what to do with Alipay among the three interests involved — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and… Read more »
SEC Eyes Groupon Accounting Metrics: Report
When Groupon filed IPO documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission in June, its use of certain financial accounting metrics raised… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-19-11
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» Murdochs Have A Lot Riding On Tuesday’s Command Performance (paidContent)
» Bye Bye, Borders: Chain Shuttering All… Read more »
Groupon: Ignore Co-Founder’s ‘Wildly Profitable’ Prediction (And The Press)
When Groupon co-founder and executive chairman Eric Lefkosky predicted the money-losing online coupon service would be “wildly profitable,”… Read more »
Pandora Shares Fall Sharply, Then Recover, As Spotify Hits the U.S.
Pandora (NYSE: P) may have gone public just in the nick of time. With rival Spotify’s long-awaited U.S. arrival finally at hand, Pandora sha… Read more »
Google Earnings Preview: All Eyes On Mobile, Social, Local (and Larry)
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Wall Street analysts expect Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to deliver solid earnings results Thursday afternoon, but investors who have seen the compan… Read more »
LivingSocial Picks Wall Street Banks to Lead $1 Billion IPO: Report
LivingSocial, the number two player after Groupon in the booming daily deals market, has selected three Wall Street banks to underwrite its… Read more »
Social Media VC Funding Jumps As Investors Chase IPO Boom
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Venture capitalists poured $2.23 billion into hot social media companies in the second quarter of 2011, according to Wedbush Securities, up… Read more »
Amid Tech IPO Boom, Not All Web IPOs Are Created Equal
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Not all internet IPOs are created equal.
A decade after the dot-com crash, sky-high internet company valuations are prompting a heated argu… Read more »
Zynga CEO Pincus Sold $110 Million Worth Of Shares In March
Zynga’s executives and early investors are set to reap a windfall when the social gaming company goes public. But the hefty payouts have alr… Read more »
Zynga Files For $1 Billion IPO; Revenue Grew 392 Percent Last Year
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Zynga filed IPO documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission Friday stating its intention to raise $1 billion in an initial public… Read more »
Groupon Has Some Company, As LivingSocial Eyes $1 Billion IPO
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Groupon competitor LivingSocial met with bankers this week to discuss a $1 billion public offering, according to CNBC. Read more »
Is Zynga’s $15-$20 Billion IPO Valuation Crazy? Maybe Not
When Zynga, the booming online video game company, goes public over the next few months, it could find itself valued at $15 billion to $20 b… Read more »
Guardian Sees Potential IPO Of Trader Media
One of these days, Guardian Media Group hopes to sell Trader Media Group and Emap, both of which it jointly owns with Apax, to reap a windfa… Read more »
Pandora’s Down Day: Investors’ Remorse? Bubble Fears? Market Negativity?
Rather than outside forces such as volatility on Wall St. or bubble fears, it looks like concerns about Pandora’s uncertain ability to achie… Read more »
What Pandora Should Do With Its IPO Millions
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So, Tim Westergren’s Pandora (NYSE: P) has raised $235 million from its Nasdaq floatation. What should it spend the proceeds on? Here are my… Read more »
Pandora IPO Raises $235 Million, But Doubts Persist About Profitability
Pandora completed its initial public offering today, selling 14.7 million shares of stock at $16 each, according to Bloomberg, after initial… Read more »
Citing Rising Demand, Pandora Boosts Size Of Its IPO
Streaming radio provider Pandora increased its price range of its to between $10 and $12, up from its original $7 to $9, and increased the n… Read more »
Learning To Be The Guy Who Turned Down The Beatles
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In a recent post I talked about the media tech bubble (“of course it’s a bubble”), hypothesising that the clearest sign of a bubble is that… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 06-03-11
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» Now that Groupon has filed for a $750 million IPO, it’s time to guess the next daily deal site to go public. (paidContent)
Groupon CEO To Potential Investors: At Times Will Be A ‘Bumpy Ride’
Andrew Mason has no problems being viewed as a quirky guy. Indeed, he thrives on it, as exhibited by his insistence that his grimacing Illin… Read more »
Updated: Groupon Files For $750 Million IPO
Deals startup Groupon is going public. The Chicago-based company, which opted for independence rather than be acquired by Google (NSDQ: GOOG… Read more »
Report: Zynga Ready For IPO As Social Gaming Cashes In
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Your friend Zynga has shares of its company that it would like to share with you. The creator of Farmville, Cityville, Mafia Wars, and sever… Read more »
PwC: This Is Not A Bubble, Valuations May Be Justified
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Facebook for $80 billion? LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) at $9 billion?
“There does not appear to be a bubble forming for the technology sector as a… Read more »
LinkedIn Closes First Trading Day With A Value Of $8.95 Billion
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Professional social net LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) more than doubled its share price on its first day of going public on the New York Stock Excha… Read more »
LinkedIn Shares Double In First Morning Of Trading
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After increasing its IPO price to $45 from $42, LinkedIn’s first day of trading this morning was already off to a strong start. Investor dem… Read more »
LinkedIn Ups The Size Of Its IPO (Again)
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LinkedIn, which is set to go public Thursday, has upped the size of its IPO — again — a sign that there’s been extremely strong interest i… Read more »
With LinkedIn IPO Set, Rival Viadeo Cancels Its Own Flotation
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Two business social networks; two divergent paths – as LinkedIn plans to achieve a $3 billion valuation in a floatation that is now planned… Read more »
