- Facebook Investor: No IPO In 2010
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Facebook investor and board member Jim Breyer insists the company has no plans to go public this year. "We are not planning a near term IPO," (near term as ...
- Frisky Friendfinder Loses IPO Mojo
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, January 11, 2010
Blame it on the recession or our culture's puritanical underpinnings, but adult entertainment company Friendfinder Networks is having to rein in its IPO. After filing for an IPO a ye ...
- ExactTarget Takes Aim At 2010
Online Media Daily, David Goetzl - Monday, January 4, 2010
Some companies may have fretted about abandoning plans to go public, but ExactTarget rebounded to the tune of $140 million. After pulling its application in May, the email service provid ...
- ReachLocal Reaches For IPO
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Local online marketing company ReachLocal on Tuesday filed for a $100 million initial public offering. The majority of the proceeds from the IPO will go towards general corporate purposes a ...
- The Lay Of The Email IPO Land
Online Media Daily, David Goetzl - Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Silverpop CEO Bill Nussey says the email marketing firm is frequently approached by investment banks urging it to go public. But while an IPO is the end game, he sa ...
- Twitter Eying Acquisitions, Revenue, IPO
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Speaking at a news conference in Tel Aviv, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone says he's interested in additional acquisitions, and even earning a little ad revenue. "We made an acquisition la ...
- Web Marketer QuinStreet Files IPO
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Saturday, November 21, 2009
Online marketing and media services company QuinStreet plans to go public with the sale of about $250 million in common stock, it revealed in a regulatory filing late last wee ...
- Ad Industry M&A Activity & IPO Wave To Hit In 2010
Online Media Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Despite high unemployment and little opportunity for job growth, the advertising industry should brace for a wave of consolidation and initial public offerings (IPOs) heading into 2010, according to Lin ...
- Electronics E-tailer Eyes IPO
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, September 28, 2009
The late '90s are long gone, and tech startups filing for IPOs is big news these days. The latest to take the plunge is NewEgg, a consumer-facing online retailer th ...
- eBay's Bargain Basement Blunder
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, September 1, 2009
News that eBay has indeed found a group of investors to take Skype off its hands raised more questions than answers on Tuesday. Why, for instance, did Google lose intere ...
- The Great Facebook Cash-Out
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, August 21, 2009
Why are Facebook employees -- whom one might assume would be the slightest bit optimistic about a future IPO or acquisition -- rushing to cash out their stock options? Be ...
- Video Company Hits NASDAQ
Online Media Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, August 13, 2009
Seeking capital for future acquisitions, online video provider KIT digital began trading on the NASDAQ Global Market exchange Thursday. The stock is trading under the symbol "KITD." ...
- Armstrong: AOL Pursuing Acquisitions
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Friday, July 24, 2009
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong on Thursday revealed that the company is back on the acquisition trail even as it overhauls its advertising and content businesses. "We're in the process rig ...
- Twitter Seeks IPO or Sale Next Year
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Friday, July 17, 2009
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- OpenTable's Strong IPO
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Thursday, May 21, 2009
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- Supreme Court Will Hear Sarbox Challenge
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Silicon Alley Insider's Henry Blodget points out that part of the reason Silicon Valley is struggling is because there's no longer an IPO market for startups. This makes it difficu ...
- Venture-Backed Companies Make Rare Public Offering
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Monday, May 18, 2009
SolarWinds, a software maker, and OpenTable, an online reservation service, will be the first venture-backed IPOs in nine months, marking the end of a long dry spell for the I ...
- IPO Interrupted: ExactTarget Hits Capital Target
Online Media Daily, David Goetzl - Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Email service provider ExactTarget, which has withdrawn its application to go public, said Wednesday that three venture capital firms have infused it with $70 million in capital. The company sa ...
- ExactTarget Secures $70 Million
Online Media Daily, - Wednesday, May 6, 2009
ExactTarget has secured $70 million from three venture capital firms. The investment will accelerate the company's growth and expand its international presence, according to the on-demand email and one-to-one marketi ...
- Why IPOs are Poised for a Comeback
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Monday, May 4, 2009
Noted tech venture capitalist Fred Wilson thinks the end of the IPO drought is nigh, possibly as soon as the end of this year. He cites five reasons why th ...
- Correction: Discovery Won't Issue IPO
MediaDailyNews, - Monday, June 16, 2008
On June 12, MediaDailyNews story mistakenly reported that Discovery Communications would be the subject of an initial public offering (IPO). Instead, its current shareholders have struck a deal to combi ...
- First, New CFO For Discovery, Then IPO
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Thursday, June 12, 2008
In the latest sign that Discovery Communications' anticipated IPO is imminent, the company said Wednesday that it is replacing its CFO. Brad Singer takes over the post, joining from public ...
- Eyeblaster Registers With SEC For IPO
Online Media Daily, - Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Eyeblaster, Inc. announced Monday that a registration statement had been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. Eyeblaster intends ...
- Web 2.0 Firms Steer Clear Of IPOs
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Thursday, March 6, 2008
During the Web's heyday, a profitable Internet company nearing $100 million in annual sales while luring a million new customers a month would have found itself on the IPO fa ...
- Visa's IPO Will Transform Payment Industry
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Thom Forbes - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Visa's plans for a record-setting initial public offering of stock is likely to speed up its efforts to make cash and checks obsolete. The offering might be valued at almo ...
- Current TV Files For IPO With SEC
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Tuesday, January 29, 2008
In a move sure to cause some heads to shake, Current TV--the network widely identified with founder Al Gore--filed for an IPO with the SEC on Monday. The move com ...
- LinkedIn in No Rush To Go Public
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Thursday, January 24, 2008
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- NetSuite IPO Raises $185 Million
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Thursday, December 27, 2007
Software company NetSuite raised $185.4 million in its initial public offering--nearly double what the company had originally forecast. NetSuite sold 6.2 million shares of common stock at $26 per sha ...
- Classmates.com Proposed IPO Stalls
Online Media Daily, Mark Walsh - Thursday, December 13, 2007
United Online is pulling its proposed initial public offering of Classmates.com, citing unfavorable market conditions. The company initially filed to spin off the social networking property through an IPO ...
- Classmates.com Parent Updates IPO Prospectus
Online Media Daily, Mark Walsh - Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The parent of pioneering social networking site Classmates.com has filed an updated prospectus indicating that it plans to raise up to $144 million in an initial public offering. Classmates Medi ...
