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Archive for the ‘DMD NYSE’ Category
By Patrick ~ May 06, 2011
How to be a Special Grilled Cheese Chef!
From Market News Video
Online media company Demand Media (NYSE:DMD) posted first quarter earnings after the close of trading yesterday for its first quarter as a public company.
The company lost $5.6 million, or $0.13 per share, compared to a loss of $4.1 million, or $0.94 per share, in last year’s first quarter.
Revenue rose 48%, to $79.5 million.
Adjusted earnings of $0.06 per share beat analyst expectations, as did revenue.
The company also said it is making adjustments to the way it compensates writers.
Hmm. Since us writers don’t really [...]
By Patrick ~ May 04, 2011 Demand Media Taps Crid Yu To Drive Strategic Partnerships [...]
Google’s recent algorithm changes, nicknamed Panda, have impacted Demand Media’s bottom line and the share price of DMD. The company has been accused of playing games with ehow.com and ehow.co.uk to the detriment of writers, and now they are scrambling to institute quality writing in a system poorly designed to deliver it. [...]
Motley Fool analysts see through the Demand Media hype down to the heart of the matter. DMD is just more of the same rich feeding off the poor. [...]
By Patrick ~ Mar 09, 2011
How to Be POD People
Hey kids,
Well, someone didn’t like our Tyra inside info enough to give us some really juicy tidbits. This one comes with footnotes and everything.
Enjoy!
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If you’ve been writing for DM Studios for over a year and a half, and especially if you write home & garden or tech titles, chances are you have some old articles for the publisher “COD” listed. They were very simple and were approved quickly.
That project was for Pluck on Demand (“C”OD may or may not have been a data entry typo for “P”OD). The articles, and videos, were held in [...]
By Patrick ~ Feb 17, 2011
How to Not Know eHow
As a responsible journalist well aware of the Demand Studios (and real world) implications of the pflag, I have to admit that this is totally someone else’s scoop.
Just wanted to throw this up here in the front page because it’s pretty interesting news.
As reported by DSSer Scribble, just a few days ago, Google IN THEIR OFFICIAL BLOG, announced an extension to Chrome to allow users to exclude certain sites from search results.
Scribble goes on to say….
FYI from the Internet rumor mill. Leapforce/Lionbridge employees on forums have stated that they are spending [...]
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley earned their underwriter fees with the IPO of Demand Media [NYSE:DMD], but the distinct trend since the offering is down. Anyone who purchased this DaMneD IPO in the aftermarket is underwater and drowning. [...]
By Patrick ~ Feb 02, 2011
How to Get Away With Murder
SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Demand Media, Inc. (“Demand Media”) (NYSE: DMD) announced today the closing of its initial public offering of 10,235,000 shares of common stock at a price of $17.00 per share. Demand Media’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DMD.”
Demand Media sold 5,175,000 shares of common stock, and the selling stockholders sold 5,060,000 shares of common stock in the offering. Demand Media received net proceeds of approximately $77.2 million from the sale of its shares, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. Demand Media intends to [...]
How will Demand Media writers benefit from the crazed exuberance for shares of DMD after the IPO? Freelancers should actually not expect pay to go up if the scuttlebutt from Goldman is to be believed. [...]
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