Articles about RealNetworks – Page 4 of 6

RealNetworks shakes up mobile business, hires former Dada CEO as division president

RealNetworks this morning announced a new president and a broader strategy for its newly renamed Mobile Entertainment Division. Max Pellegrini,… Read More

Zulily nearing deal to secure big lease at RealNetworks HQ

Fast-growing daily deal service Zulily has signed a letter-of-intent to occupy a large portion of the Seattle Trade & Technology… Read More

RealNetworks swings to a profit, but Glaser says there’s ‘considerable work to do’

RealNetworks has been beaten and battered over the past year, losing nearly a third of its value and watching a… Read More

Year in review: Vote for the top Seattle tech story of 2012

It’s been quite the year in Seattle technology. Amazon.com kept growing. Microsoft kept transforming. And several startups raised huge rounds of… Read More

Video: GameHouse chief keeps pants on, raises money for charity as sumo wrestler

Even though RealNetworks exec Matt Hulett kept his pants on this year, he still managed to help raise money for… Read More

Smilebox founder Andrew Wright hangs angel investor shingle, bankrolls consumer Internet startups

Let’s face it: Seattle needs more angels — the folks who can write checks to support the next-generation of entrepreneurial… Read More

Tech Moves: aQuantive co-founder Galgon joins Real’s board; Madrona hires PR vet; Expedia changes; etc.

Rob Glaser continues to overhaul the board of directors at RealNetworks, today announcing that aQuantive co-founder Mike Galgon has joined… Read More

Real politics: Why candidates are sprouting from RealNetworks and other tech companies

A few months ago, I wrote a story about the role that RealNetworks has played in creating a wave of… Read More

RealNetworks posts $22M loss on slumping sales: CEO Rob Glaser pledges to get back to profitability

Struggling RealNetworks posted a $22 million net loss for the third quarter, driven in part by $11 million in restructuring… Read More

Sujal Patel’s love letter to startups: 6 reasons why you should make the plunge

The University of Washington computer science department sends more than half of its grads to just four companies: Amazon, Facebook,… Read More

Eric Benhamou leaving RealNetworks board

Eric Benhamou is stepping down from the board of RealNetworks, according to an SEC filing. Benhamou, who has served as a… Read More

RealNetworks to run divisions as standalone units in possible prelude to bigger moves

RealNetworks plans to start running three of its divisions as standalone business units, saying it wants to make them more… Read More

RealNetworks cuts 80 jobs, more ahead — Glaser says it sucks but he has a plan

RealNetworks is cutting 80 jobs, or 7 percent of its workforce, and plans to eliminate an additional 80 positions in… Read More

Tech Moves: Buster Benson lands at Twitter; Zulily hires a top lawyer; Coinstar changes; etc.

Sometimes people announce new jobs with an email, or a LinkedIn update. Seattle entrepreneur Buster Benson, the former Amazon.com developer… Read More

RealPlayer for Android exits beta with new premium option

RealNetworks released its free RealPlayer for Android today, bringing the app out of beta and attempting to grab the attention… Read More

RealNetworks posts profit on Intel patent deal, but signals deep cuts ahead

RealNetworks today posted profits of $81 million for the second quarter, thanks to its sale of a large patent portfolio to… Read More

Matt Hulett’s startup advice: ‘Money makes you soft’

Matt Hulett, a self-described “late-bloomer” in the tech space, started out shrink-wrapping software in the 80s and is now leading… Read More

RealNetworks names Seattle angel investor to board

Just two weeks after RealNetworks reinserted founder Rob Glaser as interim CEO, more changes are coming to the Seattle technology… Read More

RealNetworks CEO resigns, and Rob Glaser is back, for now

Thomas Nielsen has resigned as RealNetworks CEO after seven months in the job, and founder Rob Glaser has been appointed… Read More

Seattle’s unlikely hero? How RealNetworks sparked the region’s startup community

Seattle’s tech industry may be known for heavyweights such as Amazon.com and Microsoft. But the DNA of another company has… Read More

Tech Moves: GameHouse taps Keela Robison; NanoString hires biotech vet Bruce Seely

Keela Robison is returning to her roots. After stints at Amazon.com and WhitePages, Robison is returning to RealNetworks’ and its… Read More

A 6-year-old’s pitch; an app to save your marriage; and other comments of the week

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “Feature request: Deduct points … when phone is thrown… Read More

RealNetworks settles suit for $2.4M over unwanted charges

RealNetworks has settled a suit brought by Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna over unwanted charges that consumers received on… Read More

RealNetworks posts wider loss, new CEO cites progress

RealNetworks today posted first-quarter revenue of $67 million, a decline of 23 percent, with a quarterly loss of $17 million… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Drugstore.com CEO Kal Raman hired at Groupon

Kal Raman, the former Amazon.com and drugstore.com executive who stepped down as CEO of Bellevue-based GlobalScholar last September, has been named senior… Read More

IPO-bound INRIX hires former RealNetworks legal chief

Is RealNetworks becoming a farm system for the Seattle region’s aspiring public companies? Tracy Daw, who resigned as RealNetworks’ chief… Read More

Departing RealNetworks legal chief gets to keep $200k bonus for Intel patent work

Tracy Daw, the RealNetworks chief legal officer who resigned from the company this week, was awarded a $200,000 cash bonus… Read More

RealNetworks’ top lawyer is leaving the company

[Follow-up: Departing RealNetworks legal chief gets to keep $200k bonus for Intel patent work] Tracy Daw, a 12-year veteran of… Read More

Tech Moves: Cray taps Microsoft GM as CTO; Weber names creative director; etc.

William Blake, the former general manager of parallel computing platforms at Microsoft Corp., has been named senior vice president and chief… Read More

Tech Moves: Robert Wise joins MTN; RealNetworks taps CFO; REI’s promotions; and more

Robert Wise has been named chief innovation officer at MTN Satellite Communications, charged with building up the company’s product and… Read More