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RealNetworks invests in social viewing startup ClipSync
RealNetworks has made a strategic investment in social viewing startup ClipSync, which makes it easy for content owners to create social viewing rooms for their video. With the investment, RealNetworks...
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Adobe’s Thomas Nielsen Named RealNetworks CEO
RealNetworks has chosen Thomas Nielsen as its new president and CEO, succeeding interim CEO Mike Lunsford. He starts next week and is intended to bring what RealNetworks’ chairman and founder Rob...
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ClipSync wants to take videos viral, moment by moment
ClipSync has spent the last several years building custom social video experiences for content partners. In that time, it’s built everything from viewing rooms for friends to virtually watch movies...
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Rhapsody Goes To Europe As New Music Services Compete, News Corp’s Fails
Chasing the post-download digital music opportunity, veteran services are seeking scale to fight dominant newcomers, whilst strangers from outside the space are launching their own new services with...
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paidContent turns 10: A brief history of digital media
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...
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RealNetworks CEO Kimball Resigns Suddenly
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) CEO Bob Kimball, who replaced long-time CEO Rob Glaser just over a year ago and has been aggressively restructuring the company ever since, has resigned in a move that throws...
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paidContent Week In Review: paidContent50; NYT’s Foe; Bloomberg’s Bascobert
In case you missed it, links to some of the top stories in digital media this past week — including our paidContent 50: The Most Successful Digital Media Companies In The U.S. » The NYT Pay Plan’s...
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Interview: Rhapsody Hopes To Hit Profit This Year, May Seek Investment
Rhapsody hopes to move in to the black in the final two quarters of this year, after turning around subscriber decline following its spinout from RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) and Viacom (NYSE: VIA)...
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With its new cloud player, RealNetworks is trying the next big turnaround
“When I came back, I said: show me the iOS version of RealPlayer.” RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser still vividly remembers talking to his team after he returned to the company as CEO last summer, a job...
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Court to RealNetworks: Stop Whining About RealDVD, It’s All Your Fault
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel from the California Northern District Court dismissed RealNetworks’ antitrust lawsuit against Hollywood, providing another blow to the company’s plans to provide consumers with...
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RealNetworks’ COO John Giamatteo Quietly Resigns
RealNetworks' Chief Operating Officer John Giamatteo will resign effective April 2, the company said today in an SEC filing. No reason was… RealNetworks’ COO John Giamatteo Quietly Resigns originally...
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Vid-Biz: RealNetworks, Travel Channel, Cablevision
RealNetworks’ COO Giamatteo Quietly Resigns; according to an SEC filing, John Giamatteo will step down effective April 2. (paidContent) Travel Channel Site Makeover Adds Video; the cable network, now...
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RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser Steps Down, One Day After COO Resigns
Longtime RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser has stepped down, just one day after the company announced COO John Giamatteo's resignation. A company spokesperson denied that the two announcements were...
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Rob Glaser Out as RealNetworks CEO; Robert Kimball President and Acting CEO
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… Rob Glaser Out as RealNetworks CEO; Robert Kimball...
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RealNetworks’ Management Change: Memos From Rob Glaser And Robert Kimball
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… RealNetworks’ Management Change: Memos From Rob Glaser And...
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Five Really Dumb RealNetworks Moves
There are lots of things that Rob Glaser did right at RealNetworks — among them, as Dan Rayburn points out on his blog, kickstarting the streaming media industry. Long before anyone else had really...
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Spotify Says It Can Multiply U.S. Music Subscriptions Five-Fold
Music streaming service Spotify is still yet to launch in the U.S., but it already has big ambitions for revolutionising the market there.… Spotify Says It Can Multiply U.S. Music Subscriptions...
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RealNetworks, MTVN To Spin Off Rhapsody; Real Gives Up Control
The groundwork has already been laid and now it's official: RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is spinning off music service Rhapsody in the hopes of… RealNetworks, MTVN To Spin Off Rhapsody; Real Gives Up...
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Sprint Partners With Real Networks For Music Service
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… Sprint Partners With Real Networks For Music Service...
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Newly Independent Rhapsody's Subscriber Base Still Shrinking
If music subscription service Rhapsody hoped that adding a mobile component would turn around its fortunes, new numbers suggest otherwise. Rhapsody's subscriber base dipped below 700,000 by year's end,...
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RealNetworks Expects Bigger Sales Drop Ahead
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which is in the midst of a torrent of structural and management changes, posted a five percent drop in revenue du… RealNetworks Expects Bigger Sales Drop Ahead originally...
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RealNetworks’ Kimball: ‘We Must Do Things Differently And We Will’
Lots of strong words from RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) interim CEO Bob Kimball during the company's earnings call. Kimball unveiled a new strat… RealNetworks’ Kimball: ‘We Must Do Things Differently And...
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RealPlayer Goes Social, Gets Editing Features
RealNetworks is officially releasing a new version of its RealPlayer SP for Windows today that comes with some basic video editing features aimed at making the sharing of video clips more meaningful....
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RealNetworks Rolls Out Some Updates To RealPlayer — And Hints At The...
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is rolling out several small updates to its latest version of RealPlayer that likely signal the future direction o… RealNetworks Rolls Out Some Updates To RealPlayer — And...
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RealNetworks Gives Execs Raises, Retention Agreements
RealNetworks' Bob Kimball, who was named acting CEO last month when founder Rob Glaser abruptly stepped down, got a nice salary increase wit… RealNetworks Gives Execs Raises, Retention Agreements...
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RealNetworks Pays $4.5M to Settle RealDVD Case
RealNetworks has finally settled a lawsuit it filed 18 months ago against Viacom and six Hollywood studios, by agreeing to pay them $4.5 million in legal fees and to shut down any remaining services...
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RealNetworks Gives Up On RealDVD; Will Pay Studios $4.5 Million
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… RealNetworks Gives Up On RealDVD; Will Pay Studios $4.5...
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Former RealNetwork’s CEO Rob Glaser Says For Now Apple Has Won
In Rob Glaser's first public appearance since stepping down as CEO of RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), he implored that it is incumbent upon compa… Former RealNetwork’s CEO Rob Glaser Says For Now Apple Has...
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RealNetworks Offers New Way To Mass Produce Mobile Video Apps
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is rolling out a new mobile video service that will help entertainment and wireless companies tap into consumers'… RealNetworks Offers New Way To Mass Produce Mobile Video...
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Vid-Biz: RealNetworks, mSpot, Vivox
RealNetworks Offers New Way To Mass Produce Mobile Video Apps; the company is rolling out a new mobile video service that will help entertainment and wireless companies tap into consumers’ increasing...
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RealNetworks Cuts Another Four Percent Of Staff
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) -- which is in the midst of a major reorganization -- is cutting another four percent of its workforce, or 60 jobs… RealNetworks Cuts Another Four Percent Of Staff originally...
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Updated: Spinoff Complete, Rhapsody Sings $10 Cross-Platform Tune
Less than two months after RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) and MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) announced plans to spin off the veteran subscription music… Updated: Spinoff Complete, Rhapsody Sings $10...
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Rhapsody Adds Offline Listening To Its iPhone App
Newly independent Rhapsody is giving its iPhone app some bragging rights with an update that lets subscribers listen to tracks even when the… Rhapsody Adds Offline Listening To Its iPhone App...
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RealGames Rebrands As GameHouse, Launches Social Gaming Platform
RealNetworks' GameHouse is launching a new social gaming platform designed to transform single-player games into connected experiences -- an… RealGames Rebrands As GameHouse, Launches Social Gaming...
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Video: In 5 Years All Games Will Be Social
GameHouse, the casual games division of RealNetworks, has announced plans to push further into the social space with its Fusion platform and Facebook app. Craig Robinson, VP of product management at...
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RealNetworks’ Sales Drop Nine Percent
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which is in the midst of a major reorganization of its business, posted another down quarter, with revenue off ni… RealNetworks’ Sales Drop Nine Percent originally published...
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Rob Glaser Joins Accel Partners; Picks Venture Capital To Stay ‘Plugged In’
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,… Rob Glaser Joins Accel Partners; Picks Venture Capital To...
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Vid-Biz: BBC iPlayer, RealNetworks, Verizon VOD
Today on the Net: the BBC iPlayer gets an upgrade to hook it into more social networks, RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser gets a new gig as a part-time venture partner with Accel, and Verizon doubles the...
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RealNetworks Reorganizes — Again; 85 Jobs Cut, $10 Million Charge
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is reorganizing once again, taking a $10 million charge this quarter as it cuts staff and office space. About 85 j… RealNetworks Reorganizes — Again; 85 Jobs Cut, $10 Million...
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RealNetworks Finally Removes ‘Interim’ From CEO Kimball’s Title
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… RealNetworks Finally Removes ‘Interim’ From CEO Kimball’s...
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RealNetworks Scrambling For New Products Now That Restructuring Is Complete
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) conducted a deep reorganization in the second quarter that led to the elimination of 85 jobs, including 25 percent… RealNetworks Scrambling For New Products Now That...
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RealNetworks’ GameHouse Buys Social Game Developer Backstage
RealNetworks' GameHouse games unit, which has said it wants to improve its position in social games, is buying up social game developer Back… RealNetworks’ GameHouse Buys Social Game Developer...
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RealNetworks Launches A New RealPlayer Focused On Mobile First
Today, RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) has relaunched one of its oldies, but goodies: The RealPlayer. The new media player is in line with the S… RealNetworks Launches A New RealPlayer Focused On Mobile...
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Five Mobile Trends I’ll Be Watching
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… Five Mobile Trends I’ll Be Watching originally published by...
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Eyeing Growth, RealNetworks Hires A Chief Marketing Officer
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which has gone through a major restructuring over the last year and says it is now focused on growing its busines… Eyeing Growth, RealNetworks Hires A Chief Marketing Officer...
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Interview: RealNetworks’ Kimball: Is There A Comeback On The Way?
Since taking over as RealNetworks' CEO in January, Bob Kimball has presided over an aggressive restructuring. He has led two rounds of layof… Interview: RealNetworks’ Kimball: Is There A Comeback On...
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RealNetworks Lays Off 10 Percent Of Its Employees
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which has been undergoing an aggressive restructuring under CEO Bob Kimball, is cutting 130 jobs, or 10 percent o… RealNetworks Lays Off 10 Percent Of Its Employees...
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RealNetworks’ Glaser Launches Video Chat Service SocialEyes
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) founder Rob Glaser's latest project: a video chat startup. SocialEyes, which launches today, lets users find frien… RealNetworks’ Glaser Launches Video Chat Service SocialEyes...
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‘Freemium’ Goes Freer As Rhapsody Tries To Fend Off Peers
What's the perfect harmony between free and paid in the subscription music world? For March and April, Rhapsody has upped its usual 14-day… ‘Freemium’ Goes Freer As Rhapsody Tries To Fend Off Peers...
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Spotify Vs. Rhapsody By The Numbers
Spotify has doubled the apparent success of its freemium model by changing the way it reports one number. Spotify Vs. Rhapsody By The Numbers originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2011. Continue...
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