RealNetworks News

So, does the future of Rhapsody now hang in the balance?A Joint venture partners RealNetworks and MTV Networks are actively reconsidering their ownership stakes, according to recent regulatory filings, though the next steps remain unclear.A And, according to information from the companies, talks appear early stage.A Stirring speculation is a ...

If free ad-supported music services aren't going to make it financially, what about paid subscription services? Rhapsody and RealNetworks continue to soldier along, but RealNetworks is apparently looking for investors to take some portion of the Rhapsody business off its hands, and we haven't heard much about Napster since Best Buy, which acquired ...

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NEW YORKa ' U.S. digital media company RealNetworks Inc is in talks with partner MTV Networks to restructure the ownership of their two-year old Rhapsody America joint venture, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.

This is not a surprise considering the continued decline of Rhapsody music service in the face of lots of new competition and the general malaise in the digital music market: MTV and RealNetworks are talking about restructuring their Rhapsody America music JV, according to an SEC filing just filed by RNWK.

RealNetworksA , Inc. , the digital entertainment services company, has signed a three-year deal to power the music service for SFR, France's most successful operator in mobile music.

"Many years ago, when I was first getting started as a programmer, much of the work that I did was focused on the development of multimedia applications in order to build presentations and computer games.

Puget Sound Business Journal - by Todd Bishop, John Cook and Eric Engleman TechFlash.com and Business Journal Staff Writers und region's most prominent high-tech companies are continuing to cut jobs even as their economic fortunes improve, raising questions about whether the local technology job market faces more turmoil in the months ahead.

Several small-cap stocks were poised to move on above-average volume during Thursday's session.

Digital entertainment services company RealNetworks has transitioned the music service for mobilkom austria groupa s Si.mobil to its platform, adding all-you-can-eat functionality and upgrading the service to Reala s mobile and PC client interface.

Sales continued to lag for online entertainment retailer and software developer RealNetworks Inc.

Human resources and payroll software provider Ultimate Software Group Inc. said on Tuesday that its third-quarter loss shrank to $469,000 as revenue grew.

Rackspace Hosting Inc. posted a 45 percent jump in third-quarter profit as revenue climbed and the company won new customers.

RealNetworks, which reported better than expected quarterly financial numbers last week, confirmed today that it is cutting 70 positions as it reduces expenses in a down economy.

One of the reasons why corporate profits are bouncing back so quickly is that companies have done some serious payroll trimming during the downturn.

Despite better-than-expected third-quarter earnings last week, RealNetworks, which makes digital media software and tools, is reportedly planning to lay off 4% of its workforce -- or about 70 people out of its 1,700-person staff.

The Seattle area is going to get another jobless jolt today, with RealNetworks planning to lay off four percent of its workforce, sources said.

The return of economic growth doesn't mean the end of worries. Paul Shread : The stock market ended the month of October on a big down note Friday, as a drop in consumer spending and worries about financial stocks sent the market plunging.

RealNetworks Inc. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. RealNetworks Inc.

RealNetworks has reported a $1.5 million Third Quarter profit or less than 1 cent per share.