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RealNetworks CEO Talks About Company's Turnaround Troubles

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 17, 2010 at 9:35 am PT

Robert Kimball, CEO of RealNetworks, is leading the company through a massive turnaround that includes spinning off its Rhapsody division, eventually selling off its game division and figuring out what the company has left of value.

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Dive Tech: RealNetworks Unifi's Media in the Cloud

Drake Martinet, Associate Editor, All Things Digital in News on December 7, 2010 at 11:34 am PT

Many Web 1.0 veterans remember RealNetworks as the company that played all those MP3s we ripped from our CD collection. We distinctly remember listening to some Beastie Boys on a RealPlayer while cruising MySpace and updating our GeoCities site. Today, the Web media staple is releasing, and demoing live on stage, their newest product- named Unifi.

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RealNetworks Shrinks! Shedding Music, Games Will Halve Revenue.

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on February 23, 2010 at 5:12 pm PT

RealNetworks acting CEO Robert Kimball said the decision to spin-off its Rhapsody music business reflects a move to focus the company–and to figure out what the focus of the company ought to be. He says both the music and games businesses are non-core to its decision to focus on technology creation, and not on reselling content created elsewhere.

Real Networks Share Price No Longer *BUFFERING*

John Paczkowski in News on January 14, 2010 at 10:58 am PT

Investors have met the decision of RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser to step down as CEO with a ringing endorsement. At $4.54, the company’s shares are trading over 17 percent higher on the news, which spiked the stock to a 52-week high of $4.59 Wednesday when it was announced.

RealNetworks Wants a Convergence Play–Just Like Everyone Else

Peter Kafka in Media on January 4, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

RealNetworks figures you’re going to want to move your entertainment off the Web and onto whatever device you want, whenever you want. So do a lot of competitors.

Liveblogging From the Google Chrome Launch: Toe Fungus and Pinocchio

Kara Swisher in News on September 2, 2008 at 11:49 am PT

Now, we have two guys (sorry, I will fill in their names later, but they talked fast) who are demoing Google’s new Chrome browser and its features and user interface. “Friendly” tabs, knowing your history better graphically, auto-typing, simplicity, easier downloading with a new window that one guy is calling a real app like “Pinocchio, because I wanted to build a real boy.” Well, Pinocchio was wood for most of that story, but I like the effort!

Real to Apple: From Hell's Heart, I Stab at Thee!

John Paczkowski in News on June 30, 2008 at 9:23 am PT

In a 2004 email to Steve Jobs, RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser asked the Apple CEO to consider a “tactical alliance” with his company. License us your Fairplay digital-rights management system, allow our customers to play their digital music collections on the iPod, wrote Glaser, and we’ll make the iPod our primary device for the RealNetworks store and for RealPlayer software.

Real to Apple: From Hell’s Heart, I Stab at Thee!

John Paczkowski in News on June 30, 2008 at 9:23 am PT

In a 2004 email to Steve Jobs, RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser asked the Apple CEO to consider a “tactical alliance” with his company. License us your Fairplay digital-rights management system, allow our customers to play their digital music collections on the iPod, wrote Glaser, and we’ll make the iPod our primary device for the RealNetworks store and for RealPlayer software.

Saving a Favorite Web Video

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on July 11, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

The newest version of RealPlayer offers a distinctly useful feature: the ability to copy any video from the Internet onto your PC, as long as it isn’t protected by a copyright. The download function is smart, simple and fun to use.