It was a busy year for publicly-traded tech companies in the Seattle region, with plenty of winners and losers. The region’s two heavyweight tech titans produced opposite results on Wall… Read More
Rhapsody International, the Seattle-based streaming music service, posted a net loss of $7.97 million in the third quarter, falling further into the red even as its quarterly revenue climbed to more… Read More
RealNetworks posted a $22.2 million loss (62 cents per share) for the third quarter, an improvement over its loss of $31.4 million (88 cents) in the same quarter a year ago,… Read More
Rob Glaser loves technology startups, but the RealNetworks founder also loves baseball. A small percentage owner in the Seattle Mariners, Glaser’s Twitter stream is usually packed full of baseball minutiae.… Read More
Rob Glaser is not wasting any time cleaning house. Two weeks after the company reappointed the founder as CEO, it said today it has trimmed its workforce by 10 percent. RealNetworks… Read More
Rhapsody’s quarterly revenue reached nearly $42.5 million in the second quarter — an increase of 22 percent — but the music service’s loss widened to $4.7 million, from a loss… Read More
More than two years after returning as the interim CEO of RealNetworks, founder Rob Glaser was named the company’s permanent chief executive this afternoon — shedding the “interim” title and officially… Read More
RealNetworks has hired Mike Mulica, the former CEO of mobile pioneer Openwave, as its new president of worldwide sales and business development, bolstering its executive ranks as the company tries to… Read More
RealNetworks this afternoon reported a net loss of $7.8 million for the first quarter, an improvement over the $11.7 million loss posted by the company in the first quarter last… Read More
RealNetworks today announced that Atul Bali, a 20-year gaming industry vet, will head up the company’s video game division beginning later this month. Bali was previously the CEO of Aristocrat Technologies,… Read More
The combined subscriber base of the Rhapsody and Napster music services has grown to more than 1.7 million globally, achieving a 63 percent year-over-year increase and sending a message about… Read More
From blue and green jerseys everywhere to the 12 flags flying atop skyscrapers, Seattle has been full of 12th Man passion ever since the Seahawks made it to the Super… Read More
To get the most out of a smartphone or tablet, you typically need to purchase a data plan in order to download content onto your device. But what about those… Read More
RealNetworks has gone through some serious changes in the past few years, from big cutbacks to the launch of several new products. And now, RealNetworks has a new place to call… Read More
Google this morning announced 10 new apps for Google Chromecast, including support for RealPlayer Cloud, the new video player and cloud service from Seattle-based RealNetworks. The integration will let RealPlayer… Read More
RealNetworks has sold its remaining stake in Korean digital music distribution company LoEn Entertainment, netting $29.3 million in cash, according to a note in a regulatory filing from the Seattle… Read More
RealNetworks is preparing to roll out a new app and service called “Listen” that will let iOS and Android users set up and manage ringback tones — music clips and… Read More
Subscription music service Rhapsody, which recently cut 15 percent of its workforce and shook up its top management, posted a $5.6 million net loss for the third quarter — falling… Read More
RealNetworks keeps on losing money, but interim CEO Rob Glaser remains confident that the company is on the right track. The Seattle digital media company posted a loss of $31.4… Read More
RealNetworks has acquired Muzicall, a 9-year-old London company that specializes in ringback tones. The company will be integrated with Real’s mobile entertainment division, which works with carriers to manage 18… Read More
—Prevencio, an early-stage biotech company working on cardiac biomarker tests, has named H. Perry Fell as chairman and Rhonda Rhyne as president and CEO. Fell is a well-known Seattle area… Read More
RealNetworks this morning added a new board member, Dawn Lepore, the former CEO of drugstore.com who also serves on the board of AOL. It’s the latest in a series of… Read More
One of the original brands behind the Internet media revolution, RealPlayer, is making a push into the cloud era with a new service, RealPlayer Cloud, that aims to solve some… Read More
Rhapsody is focusing more intently on its core music subscription service, dropping third-party ads from its Rhapsody.com website and discontinuing sales of MP3 downloads. And in the short term, at… Read More
RealNetworks today posted a loss of $18.5 million for the second quarter, as revenue declined in each of its core businesses. Co-founder and chairman Rob Glaser, who returned as the Seattle… Read More
RealNetworks got its start in Pioneer Square in 1995, and now the Seattle company is heading back to the quirky neighborhood known for its old brick buildings. But Real isn’t… Read More
Matt Hulett, the Seattle startup veteran who was most recently president of RealNetworks’ video-game division, has been named the CEO of ClickBank, a Boise-based digital content creation, distribution and marketing… Read More
RealNetworks continues to struggle as it attempts to execute a corporate turnaround under the guidance of founder and interim CEO Rob Glaser. The Seattle company posted a net loss of… Read More
Matt Hulett, the Seattle startup vet who overhauled RealNetworks’ GameHouse games division, is leaving the company to accept an unspecified “executive opportunity out of state,” according to a regulatory filing… Read More
GameHouse is placing a bigger bet on casino-style social gaming starting today— moving beyond its existing Facebook slots game to launch a larger casino on the social network, with more… Read More