Media — paidContent

For United Online, Classmates.com Is Now A Memory

By Joseph Tartakoff Feb. 24, 2011, 5:30am Comments Off

United Online (NSDQ: UNTD) is essentially retiring one of the most omnipresent brands on the internet. As part of a plan announced earlier t… Read More »

United Online Plans To Remake Classmates.com As A ‘Nostalgia Content’ Site

By Joseph Tartakoff Aug. 6, 2010, 2:30am Comments Off

United Online (NSDQ: UNTD), which is trying to turn around its struggling Classmates.com social network, is planning a major revamp of the s… Read More »

Classmates.com Settles One Privacy Lawsuit — And Gets Hit With A Second

By Joseph Tartakoff Mar. 14, 2010, 5:27am Comments Off

The lawyers at United Online-owned Classmates.com are busy; the social networking site is paying up to $9.5 million, along with $1.3 million… Read More »

United Online Completes Acquisition Of FTD For $754M: FTD Growth Slow In Latest Quarter

By Joseph Weisenthal Aug. 27, 2008, 3:41am 1 Comment

One of the more unexpected M&A deals closed today, as United Online (NSDQ: UNTD) completed the acquisition of floral company FTD for $754 mi… Read More »

10-Q Watch: Jupitermedia-MediaBistro; Scripps Interactive; Lee Enterprises, Classmates.com

By Joseph Weisenthal Aug. 13, 2008, 7:49am Comments Off

– Jupitermedia: In its 10-Q, the stock photo and online media company, says its MediaBistro unit did revenue of $2.3 million in the latest… Read More »

Earnings: United Online Revs Fall 7 Percent; But People Keep Joining Pay Social Net Classmates

By Joseph Weisenthal Aug. 6, 2008, 1:41am 1 Comment

Classmates, the subscription-based social net that United Online (NSDQ: UNTD) failed to take public continues to add subscribers… Paying a… Read More »

Earnings: United Online Q1 Revs Slip 6 Percent; Classmates Revs Up 22 Percent

By Joseph Weisenthal May. 7, 2008, 1:22am Comments Off

United Online (NSDQ: UNTD), the owner of a dial-up business, Classmates.com and eventually flower company FTD, announced Q1 revenue of $121.… Read More »

United Online To Acquire Floral Company FTD For $800 Million; Guides Up For Q1

By Joseph Weisenthal Apr. 30, 2008, 5:13pm 3 Comments

A dialup-access business, a social network… why not add a flower business? United Online (NSDQ: UNTD), the ISP and parent of Classmates.co… Read More »

United Online: Dreams Of A Classmates IPO Die Hard

By Joseph Weisenthal Feb. 21, 2008, 3:45am Comments Off

In December, United Online (NSDQ: UNTD) announced the withdrawal of its plan to hive off its Classmates unit via IPO. Around the time of the… Read More »

Earnings: United Online Revs Fall 4 Percent; Classmates Grows 27 Percent

By Joseph Weisenthal Feb. 8, 2008, 10:10am Comments Off

United Online (NSDQ: UNTD), parent of failed IPO candidate Classmates.com, reported Q4 revenue of $125.4 million, down 4 percent year-on-yea… Read More »

There It Goes: United Online Cancels Classmates IPO

By Joseph Weisenthal Dec. 12, 2007, 6:54pm 3 Comments

So much for the first pure-play social networking IPO in U.S.: United Online (NSDQ: UNTD) has canceled the proposed IPO of its Classmates.co… Read More »

Classmates Media Sets IPO Terms; Expects Net Proceeds of $117.7 Million

By Joseph Weisenthal Nov. 26, 2007, 8:41pm Comments Off

Classmates Media, the social networking division of United Online, (NSDQ: UNTD) said in an updated S-1 filing that it wants to sell 12 mill… Read More »

Earnings: United Online Q3 Revenue Slips 2 Percent; Content & Media Business Jumps 37 Percent