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Why investing in the classmates.com IPO is a bad move and other commentary about the social networking bubble. http://www.classmatessucks.net/?p=3If you thought the Classmates.com IPO was your opportunity to ride the social networking boom to riches (you're not only an idiot, but ...), you're going to http://mashable.com/2007/12/12/classmates-ipo-withdrawn/I think it's fair to say Classmates.com was the first social network is any real sense: launched in 1995, it came 2 years before SixDegrees, 4 years http://mashable.com/2007/08/13/classmates/Classmates.com on Friday set the terms of its initial public offering at 12 million shares, with an estimated price range of $10 to $12 per share in a bid to raise as much as $144 ... http://www.redherring.com/Home/23193Occasional ruminations on the convergence of content and technology. ... Via PaidContent comes news that Classmates.com, an early player in the social networking space, plans a ... http://www.contentmatters.info/content_matters/2007/08/classmatescom-f.htmlOccasional ruminations on the convergence of content and technology. ... Classmates.com, one of the early entrants in the social networking space, has updated its S-1 filing for an ... http://www.contentmatters.info/content_matters/2007/11/classmatescom-f.htmlUnited Online, parent company of Classmates.com announced that they are withdrawing their IPO for the school reunion-focused social networ. Currently Classmates.com is facing a ... http://pulse2.com/2008/02/21/classmatescom-ipo-officially-postponed/United Online, parent company of Classmates.com announced that they are withdrawing their IPO for the school reunion-focused social networ. Currently Classmates.com is facing a ... http://pulse2.com/category/classmatescom/Classmates Media is expected to issue a public offering of its stock this week. The company offers internet social networking and loyalty marketing services under the Classmates ... http://seekingalpha.com/article/56663-internet-ipo-classmates-com-competes-with-myspace-comCiting the standard ?market conditions,? the company now says that such a move wouldn?t be in the interest of stockholders. http://www.nytimes.com/paidcontent/PCORG_317818.htmlThe IPO market is pretty shaky right now, but that's not stopping Classmates.com from trying to capitalize on the social networking mania. The company, which helps people hook up ... http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/11/is-classmatesco.htmlAfter a brutal day in the market yesterday, United Online, parent company of Classmates.com, got some very cold feet and canned its planned IPO for the social networking site. http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/classmatescom-c.htmlWoodland Hills, Calif. - United Online , a provider of consumer Internet and media services, announced on Wednesday that it intends to withdraw its registration for an initial ... http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2007/12/12/united-online-cancels-ipo-classmates.comClassmates.com Proposed IPO Stalls - 12/13/2007 ... Classmates.com Proposed IPO Stalls: by Mark Walsh, Thursday, Dec 13, 2007 7:00 AM ET http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=72630News, blogs and analysis about technology, deals, mergers, acquisitions, venture capital, startups, entrepreneurs and dealmakers published by TheDeal.com http://www.thedeal.com/techconfidential/archives/ipo/classmatescom-to-connect-with.phpUnited Online pulled the public offering of its social networking site. ... In yet another blow to the social networking sector, United Online UNTD says the IPO of its Classmates ... http://www.thestreet.com/story/10394122/1/classmates-ipo-held-back.html?puc=relatedarticleSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- You cannot go anywhere in Silicon Valley these days without encountering chatter or hype about social networking, especially Facebook. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/classmates-ipo-try-ride-social/story.aspx?guid=%7B6E760160%2D1B37%2D4CD6%2DAF25%2D94D4F4E8415F%7DSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The parent company of Classmates Media Corp., which runs the popular Classmates.com site, has pulled the plug on the company's planned IPO, which had ... http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/classmates-ipo-canceled-appetite-tech/story.aspx?guid=%7BE35FA39F%2DCA70%2D4119%2D9B67%2DB7D87AF7FC9D%7D&dist=hplatest&dist=dist_smartbrief&dist=dist_smartbriefThe Motley Fool - Social networking company Classmates Media seeks friends on Wall Street ... As the popularity of social networking Web sites like Facebook Inc. and News Corp.'s ... http://www.fool.com/news/associated-press/2007/12/10/ipo-spotlight-classmates-media.aspxVanceInfo Technologies Inc. shares will begin trading Wednesday after the Chinese offshore software developer's initial public offering priced at $8.50 per American Depositary ... http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/12/12/ipo_roundup_vanceinfo_classmates_mediaOn next-gen Internet, Web 2.0, emerging Web technologies, online business, Blogs, Citizen Journalism, Media, AOL, Digg, Google, IPTV, IP Communication, Net Entrepreneurship ... http://www.internet20.org/entry/classmatescom-files-for-a-125-million-ipo/Everyone is trying to cash in on social networking these days. The latest attempt comes from Classmates Media, which just filed to go ... http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/26/classmates-ipo-tries-to-cash-in-on-social-networking-craze/With the IPO market cooling, United Online has pulled the IPO of its Classmates.com business. No surprise here. I thought the filing smelled ... http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/12/update-classmates-ipo-is-pulled/What do you do if you are the granddaddy of social networks having been around for more than a decade http://valleywag.com/tech/social-networks/classmatescom-hopes-for-an-ipo-boost-289470.phpClassmates.com Cancels IPO. December 13, 2007. The New York Times reports that United Media has withdrawn its proposal to IPO its Classmates.com unit. http://dannythorpe.com/2007/12/13/classmatescom-cancels-ipo/On August 13, 2007, Classmates Media Corporation filed for a potential subsidiary Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmates.comThe Wall Street Journal sees through the upcoming Classmates.com IPO, and so should you. Classmates.com will help you find your high school classmates, for a fee. http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/04/seeing-through-the-classmates-com-ipo/Woodland Hills-based United Online said today that it has withdrawn its S-1 registration for its Classmates unit. According to United Online, the firm is withdrawing its IPO ... http://www.socaltech.com/united_online_cancels_classmates_ipo/s-0012722.htmlWhile there had been some excitement over a social networking pure-play IPO, Classmates.com, with its subscription-driven business model and earth-bound growth rates, couldn?t ... http://www.seattle24x7.com/blog/seattle-e-scene/united-online-cancels-classmates-ipo/United Online is pulling the plug on its proposed initial public offering for its Classmates.com unit, an offering that was expected to generate as much as $125 million. http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/archives/127631.asp |
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