Topic: RealNetworks Inc.

As Consumers Steer Clear of Mobile Music Downloads, iTunes Continues to Run the Show

New data released last night by ComScore shows that we might be waiting a while for the much speculated about mobile version of iTunes (or else, it'll pop up in Vietnam). Consumers, it seems, are continuing to manage their media ...READ»

Rollingstone.com Relaunches With Exciting Extras, but No Screams

Rolling Stone has rolled out its new Web site today, er, tomorrow. Or something. More importantly, for the first time in a long time, it's in charge of its own online destiny. A deal with RealNetworks, which ran the magazine's online ...READ»

Hollywood Hit: RealDVD Will Copy DVDs No More

Remember RealDVD, that famous piece of paid software that let you simply and easily let you make a fair copy of a DVD onto your PC's harddrive as a "personal" backup? It's been killed by Hollywood's lawyers, very finally indeed. ...READ»

Another example of advertising of future? Part I of Widgetbucks

In another example of how advertising is changing, Widgetbucks is a performance-based ad technology with 26, 000 publishers. Two terabytes of data every day flow through its system. Whew. Matt Hulett, CEO, gives me a tour of his ...READ»

Another example of advertising of future? Part II of Widgetbucks

In another example of how advertising is changing, Widgetbucks is a performance-based ad technology with 26, 000 publishers. Two terabytes of data every day flow through its system. Whew. CEO Matt Hulett gives me a tour of his offices ...READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Company Index

Sponsored by The Top 50 AEG Los Angeles, CA Affymetrix Santa Clara, ...READ»

Most Innovative Companies - All Stars

These companies, featured on our 2008 and 2009 honor rolls, fought a dour economy with renewed creativity and bold initiatives. (Alas, not all fared ...READ»

The changing role of leaders and managers today…are you keeping up?

It is my pleasure to introduce guest blogger, Holly G. Green. Enjoy her post below.  -SethRemember The One Minute Manager? The all time best selling management book was written more than twenty five years ago.  Pause ...READ»

Rwanda Rising: A New Model of Economic Development

Fifteen years after the genocide, the small African country has embraced a new model of economic development. Its strategy: Build a global network of powerful friends to lure private investment -- and market the brand of Rwanda.READ»

• Slideshow: The Rwandan Genocide 15 Years Later

Google Checks Out The PC of Renewable Energy

Imagine you could go to Home Depot and for a few hundred dollars purchase an appliance that plugs in like a blender and generates a chunk of the energy your home needs, renewable and emissions-free. This dream may be just 12-to-18 ...READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Gaming

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Gaming.READ»

Fast 50 Updates

Thirty-three of the companies on last year's Fast Company 50 didn't make the list this time. But that doesn't mean they've lost their luster. Here's what they've been up to.READ»

MTV’s New Digital Forays

Music television no more. MTV is targeting the digital realm of video games and the Web in a dizzying array of new deals.READ»

• MTV's Digital Makeover

MTV Plants Its Flag in the Digital World

The network famously missed its chance to buy MySpace. Lesson learned. Now its president, Van Toffler, is investing in dozens of digital media projects. Its 2006 acquisition of Harmonix Music Systems, the maker of the video game Rock Band, could soon develop into a billion-dollar business. And more digital developments seem to surface almost daily, including the launch earlier in the week of MTVmusic.com, MTV's first serious attempt at a full-fledged music-video site; and today's announcement of a deal that will bring the Beatles' music to the Rock Band format.READ»

• MTV’s New Digital Forays
• The Beatles Join MTV’s Digital Empire
• MTV Finally Returns to the Music Video Business

Can Russell Simmons Unite the Hip-Hop Community on The Web?

Back in 2000 hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons bankrolled the short-lived hip-hop news, entertainment, and community Website 360hiphop.com. Now he and a group of investors are trying again.READ»

What's Behind The Acronyms

In order to participate in the discussion it's helpful to know what people are talking about. I've grabbed some of my favorite acronyms from a number of different online sources. I invite everyone to amend, alter, correct and ...READ»

Fast 50 2008: RealNetworks

While most of us have been busy rebuilding our music collection yet again -- at 99 cents a download -- RealNetworks has been putting together the building blocks of the next revolution in music. Its Rhapsody subscription service ...READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies
• The Faces and Voices of Google

The World's Most Innovative Companies

We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change. We call them the Fast 50.READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The Faces and Voices of Google
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies

Flip Your Competition

Harvard Business School professor David B. Yoffie takes the martial arts into the executive suite. Your rivals will flip over his ideas (if you apply them right).READ»

Think Ahead: Rob Glaser

A dispatch from PC Forum 2001.READ»

Ears Wide Open

Slim Devices is a Silicon Valley startup with hot products for audiophiles. It's also a next-generation open organization where customers imagine and design the products. Is this the company of the future?READ»

What Money Can't Buy

Each year, Microsoft spends more than $6 billion on R&D. And for all that money, it gets...digital toilets and SPOT Watches. Is there a problem here?READ»

Digital Squared: Living in an iTunes World

There's an important lesson in Apple Computer's phenomenal success with iTunes. It's understanding that the digital acquisition of digital products is a new megamarket.READ»

Fast Talk: My Hardest Decision

Like a career, a company is the result of moves made and of opportunities lost. Five high-profile leaders reflect on their most difficult calls.READ»

The Journey

A letter from the founding editorsREAD»