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What Answers Will Investors Be Demand-ing in the Q3 Call Today?

Kara Swisher in Media on November 7, 2011 at 6:13 am PT

With its stock reeling and some traffic issues, it’s been a tough quarter for the social content company.

Demand Media Q2 Call Liveblog: Spam-a-Not

Kara Swisher in News on August 9, 2011 at 2:20 pm PT

Rachael Ray might dole out spam recipes on Demand Media, but the company said on its Q2 conference call that its business was not hurt by the spam-killers of Google.

Liveblogging Demand Media's Q1 Earnings: Perky Perfecting!

Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 2:13 pm PT

Today, after Demand Media beat Wall Street expectations, its cheerful execs got on the horn with investors to explain how it plans to beat the Panda. That would be the beastly name for Google’s rejiggering of its search algorithm, in order to rid search results of poor quality content. BoomTown liveblogged the event, of course.

Demand Media Beats the Street in Q1 Earnings and Promises to Clean Up Its Content Act

Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

Demand Media handily beat Wall Street expectations in its first quarter results today, released after the market closed. The company reported revenue of $79.5 million and six cents a share in adjusted net income. Investors were expecting the company to report about $69.6 million in revenue for the three months, with four cents a share in profits. On a GAAP basis, net loss per share was 13 cents compared to 94 cents a year ago.

Kung Fu Panda Too? Demand Media Q1 Earnings All About Battling the Bears

Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 6:06 am PT

Later today, Demand Media will report its first-quarter earnings, its second outing after its IPO earlier this year. But what most will be paying more mind to will be what the content company’s top execs have to say about the impact of search algorithm updates at Google–codenamed “Panda”–to its various Web offerings.

Demand Media About Latest Google Algo Impact: Move on, Nothing to See Here

Kara Swisher in News on April 17, 2011 at 11:29 pm PT

Tonight, Demand Media–in reaction to a new study showing that its flagship eHow site had now gotten much more negatively impacted by Google’s rejiggering of its search algorithm than previously–released a statement and blog post about the tempest. The content maker’s unsurprising verdict on itself: We’re okay, thanks for asking!

Liveblogging Demand Media's (and Richard Rosenblatt's) First Earnings Call: The Avocado Difference!

Kara Swisher in News on February 22, 2011 at 2:08 pm PT

BoomTown always enjoys the maiden voyage of a newly public company, so liveblogging Demand Media’s first quarterly earnings seems like a must-do. It’s also the first public outing for CEO Richard Rosenblatt, who has sold off his previous entrepreneurial efforts. His first point: Where else can you find out how to ripen an avocado?

Demand Media's IPO Is On Deck, With Amended Filing

Kara Swisher in News on October 29, 2010 at 8:18 am PT

Demand Media, which posted its regulatory S-1 filing in August, filed an amended version today that is likely to allow it to move quickly to an initial public offering. It now must now wait for the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve the filing, after the which the execs of the Santa Monica, Calif.-based Demand will immediately to go on a road show for several weeks to try to convince investors to jump on board. Then, if there’s enough interest, the IPO is likely to come before the holidays.

The Lesson of Demand Media (And AOL): The Online Content Business Is a Looooong March to the Big Time

Kara Swisher in News on August 9, 2010 at 2:56 pm PT

After news of the Demand Media IPO filing came out late last week, I was not that surprised to get an email from someone deeply involved in building an online content business. “If they are worth over a billion with those financials, I can’t wait to find out what we are worth. What am I missing?” Well, nothing actually, as Demand’s filing to raise $125 million in an initial public offering at a reported $1.5 billion valuation showed that making it big in the online content business was still slow going. It is a lesson investors can also learn from AOL’s recent travails.