Demand Media Q2 Call Liveblog: Spam-a-Not

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.
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Demand Media Beats Wall Street Expectations for Q2, Acquires Two Start-Ups and Re-Ups with Google

Demand Media had a better second quarter and its lackluster stock got a boost from the market rally today, as it bought an ad start-up and renewed its Google deal.
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Wall Street’s Demand for Demand Media Falls Off

Demand Media is expected to have a solid quarter, but that might not matter to its weakened stock.
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Netflix Says Its Price Hike Will Clip Revenues for a Quarter

Just a blip, says Reed Hastings. But it’s enough to freak out shareholders (for now).
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Not-So-Chart-tastic Picture of Yahoo’s Q2 Display Disaster

Paging Ross Levinsohn — leader of Yahoo’s Americas region and its ad efforts — stat!
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Who’s to Blame for Yahoo’s Q2 Revenue Rout? The Line Forms Around Back…

What happened to Yahoo revenue? Display sales in the U.S. gets the blame this quarter. While coming up with a new thing to blame for Q3, Yahoo execs try to explain it all for you.
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Yahoo Revenues Down Again in Q2, With Weakness in Search and U.S. Display Ad Sales

Yahoo turned in another flat performance in the second quarter, with $1.08 billion in revenue, which was slightly below Wall Street expectations. Earnings per share were right on target, though, at 18 cents each, an increase of 18 percent.
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Oracle Beats Q2 Earnings Forecasts

Oracle’s earnings are in. Both revenue and profits beat the expectations of analysts. Shares are up more than 3 percent after hours.

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EA's Loss Narrows, but Forecast Disappoints

In results posted today, videogame giant Electronic Arts managed to cut last year’s Q2 net loss in half this year, and it did so despite a big drop in revenue. However, the company’s profit forecast for the current quarter fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the stock started losing ground in after-hours trading.

Yup, Online Ads Are Coming Back

Online ads grew by 13.9 percent in Q2, says an industry trade group. Which is good to know, but we’re just about to start getting Q3 numbers, starting with Google on Thursday.