Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do — that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002. Read more »
Chasing the post-download digital music opportunity, veteran services are seeking scale to fight dominant newcomers, whilst strangers from o… Read more »
RealNetworks has chosen Thomas Nielsen as its new president and CEO, succeeding interim CEO Mike Lunsford. He starts next week and is intend… Read more »
Rhapsody hopes to move in to the black in the final two quarters of this year, after turning around subscriber decline following its spinout… Read more »
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RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) CEO Bob Kimball, who replaced long-time CEO Rob Glaser just over a year ago and has been aggressively restructurin… Read more »
Spotify has doubled the apparent success of its freemium model by changing the way it reports one number. Read more »
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For March and April, Rhapsody has upped its usual 14-day… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) founder Rob Glaser’s latest project: a video chat startup. SocialEyes, which launches today, lets users find frien… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which has been undergoing an aggressive restructuring under CEO Bob Kimball, is cutting 130 jobs, or 10 percent o… Read more »
Since taking over as RealNetworks’ CEO in January, Bob Kimball has presided over an aggressive restructuring. He has led two rounds of layof… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which has gone through a major restructuring over the last year and says it is now focused on growing its busines… Read more »
It’s been three years since I started working at mocoNews. In that time — I turned my living room into an office, which I sentimentally cal… Read more »
Today, RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) has relaunched one of its oldies, but goodies: The RealPlayer.
The new media player is in line with the S… Read more »
RealNetworks’ GameHouse games unit, which has said it wants to improve its position in social games, is buying up social game developer Back… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) conducted a deep reorganization in the second quarter that led to the elimination of 85 jobs, including 25 percent… Read more »
Maybe it’s just me but it felt like RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) dragged out this whole CEO search for too long. It’s not like Bob Kimball was… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is reorganizing once again, taking a $10 million charge this quarter as it cuts staff and office space. About 85 j… Read more »
Rob Glaser has landed at his next gig, relatively quickly. He is joining one of the bluechip VC firms Accel Partners, as a Venture Partner,… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which is in the midst of a major reorganization of its business, posted another down quarter, with revenue off ni… Read more »
RealNetworks’ GameHouse is launching a new social gaming platform designed to transform single-player games into connected experiences — an… Read more »
Newly independent Rhapsody is giving its iPhone app some bragging rights with an update that lets subscribers listen to tracks even when the… Read more »
Less than two months after RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) and MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) announced plans to spin off the veteran subscription music… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) — which is in the midst of a major reorganization — is cutting another four percent of its workforce, or 60 jobs… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is rolling out a new mobile video service that will help entertainment and wireless companies tap into consumers’… Read more »
In Rob Glaser’s first public appearance since stepping down as CEO of RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), he implored that it is incumbent upon compa… Read more »
Rob Glaser is still chairman of the board but it looks like the post-Glaser era at RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is well underway. The latest un… Read more »
RealNetworks’ Bob Kimball, who was named acting CEO last month when founder Rob Glaser abruptly stepped down, got a nice salary increase wit… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is rolling out several small updates to its latest version of RealPlayer that likely signal the future direction o… Read more »
Lots of strong words from RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) interim CEO Bob Kimball during the company’s earnings call. Kimball unveiled a new strat… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which is in the midst of a torrent of structural and management changes, posted a five percent drop in revenue du… Read more »
Sprint is taking some another step to up its game in mobile content. A day after saying it would launch an app store powered by GetJar, the… Read more »
The groundwork has already been laid and now it’s official: RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is spinning off music service Rhapsody in the hopes of… Read more »
Music streaming service Spotify is still yet to launch in the U.S., but it already has big ambitions for revolutionising the market there.… Read more »
Internal memo from Rob Glaser about him stepping down as CEO of RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) after 16 years, followed by one from the new actin… Read more »
A shocker but a move five years too late: Rob Glaser, the founder and CEO of RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), is stepping down as the leader of th… Read more »
RealNetworks’ Chief Operating Officer John Giamatteo will resign effective April 2, the company said today in an SEC filing.
No reason was… Read more »
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) has made a small acquisition, buying up mobile phone startup Varia Mobile, we have confirmed with the company; Tec… Read more »
The long-standing legal spat between RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) and VeriSign (NSDQ: VRSN) over a mobile messaging partnership the two compani… Read more »
This is not a surprise considering the continued decline of Rhapsody music service in the face of lots of new competition and the general ma… Read more »
