International Business News - RNWK http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A highly popular Scrabble clone already pulled from Facebook in the United States and Canada continued its tumble over the weekend as the online hangout extended its block of the game throughout most of the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/facebook-cuts-off-scrabulous-after-legal-complaint.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:02:10 EDT Among the premarket stories for Friday, August 1, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--ValueClick Inc. shares are expected to be active in trading Friday after the online advertising company gave lower-than-expected third-quarter guidance, as U.S. economic weakness continues impacting online advertising spending. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/premarket-roundup-valueclick-scotts-miracle-gro.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:59:41 EDT Shares of RealNetworks Inc. are expected to be active in trading Friday, following the digital entertainment company's guidance for third-quarter results below analyst estimates and prediction of a full-year loss. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/ahead-of-the-bell-realnetworks.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:46:29 EDT Digital entertainment company RealNetworks Inc. forecast third-quarter sales of $151 million to $155 million. Analysts, on average, are expecting sales of $161.4 million, according to a poll by Thomson Financial. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/realnetworks-sees-3q-sales-below-analyst-estimates.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:59:55 EDT Digital entertainment company RealNetworks Inc. posted a second-quarter net loss Thursday even as revenue jumped 12 percent, reversing a year-ago profit amid higher operating costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/realnetworks-swings-to-2q-loss-sales-up.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:58:06 EDT Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks Inc. said Thursday it named Pradeep Jotwani to its board. Jotwani served as a senior executive at Hewlett-Packard Co. between 1990 and 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/realnetworks-names-pradeep-jotwani-to-board.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:38:29 EDT Yahoo Inc. is offering coupons or refunds to users who find songs they bought inaccessible after Sept. 30, when the company shuts its music-download service. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/music-purchased-from-yahoo-could-stop-working-soon.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:16:01 EDT T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook. Hasbro Inc., the company that owns the word game's North American rights, sued the creators of the Scrabulous program on Thursday, less than two weeks after the release of an authorized version of Scrabble for Facebook. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/hasbro-sues-scrabulous-makers-for-infringement.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:11:13 EDT C-O-M-P-E-T-E. Developers of a highly popular but unauthorized version of Scrabble for the online hangout Facebook vowed Tuesday to do just that, now that a video game maker has weighed in with an official version of the word game. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/game-maker-tries-to-legitimize-facebook-scrabble.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:44:23 EDT As Facebook has blossomed into a hot Internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends--or at least, an unauthorized version of the word game that Scrabble's owners have tried to shut down. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/game-maker-tries-to-legitimize-facebook-scrabble.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:11:35 EDT RealNetworks Inc. shares rose Monday as Verizon Wireless rolled out the company's Rhapsody subscription music service on several handsets and Rhapsody said it is selling music free of copy protection through its Web music store. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/realnetworks-shares-rise.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:08:43 EDT Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody's subscription music service Monday, allowing its customers to download as much music as they want to their phones for $15 per month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/verizon-wireless-gets-rhapsody-music-subscriptions.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:30:09 EDT RealNetworks Inc. said late Tuesday that it promoted three executives and formed a new operating structure, as it plans to spin off its games business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/realnetworks-promotes-3-executives.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:44:52 EDT The Digital Media Association spent $286,301 in the first quarter to lobby on legislation to create a new royalty system for online audio and video. The trade organization, which represents webcasters and digital music and movie companies including Amazon.com Inc., Yahoo Inc., Time Warner Inc.'s America Online and RealNetworks Inc., lobbied for legislation intended to improve federal efforts to halt piracy and counterfeiting of American-owned intellectual property, including artistic work. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/digital-media-assn-spent-286-301-to-lobby-in-1q.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:54:03 EDT Shares of RealNetworks Inc. rose Friday as a variety of analysts reacted positively to the company's plans to spin off its gaming business and to its first-quarter report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/last-call-realnetworks-rises-with-gaming-spin-off-plan.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 15:04:38 EDT Among the earnings stories for Thursday, May 8, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) _ American International Group Inc. said Thursday that it swung to a first-quarter loss of $7.81 billion because of losses tied to credit swaps and mortgage-related operations and that it plans to raise a total of $12.5 billion in new cash to shore up its capital base. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/earnings-roundup-aig-mylan.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 19:14:33 EDT RealNetworks Inc. said Thursday that it plans to spin off its casual games business into a separate company and distribute its shares to RealNetworks stockholders. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/realnetworks-plans-spinoff-of-casual-games-business.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 18:13:40 EDT RealNetworks Inc. said Thursday that its board approved a plan to buy back up to $50 million in stock. Shares of RealNetworks, which operates the Rhapsody online music service and provides the RealPlayer media player, rose 62 cents, or 9.6 percent, to $7.10 in after-hours trading. The stock had finished regular trading up 10 cents at $6.48. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/realnetworks-announces-50m-share-buyback-plan.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 17:51:04 EDT RealNetworks Inc. on Thursday predicted second-quarter revenue slightly above analysts views and raised its outlook for the full year. Shares of RealNetworks, which operates the Rhapsody online music service and provides the RealPlayer media player, rose 62 cents, or 9.6 percent, to $7.10 in after-hours trading. The stock earlier finished regular trading up 10 cents at $6.48. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/realnetworks-expects-2nd-qtr-revenue-above-analysts-views.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 17:39:06 EDT A federal court on Wednesday established a formula for determining the Internet royalties owed to thousands of music composers, writers and publishers by three major online services _ Yahoo Inc., AOL and RealNetworks Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/federal-judge-sets-formula-for-internet-music-royalties.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:39:01 EDT