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Verizon FiOS TV Service Adds Here Programming

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 11, 2006 - 4:21pm.

New York - Premium gay TV network Here announced on Monday that its programming is now available on Verizon's FiOS TV fiber-optic digital TV service. Verizon's FiOS TV, which offers nearly 400 digital video and music channels, is now available in parts of California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, and Texas.

Times Online: U.K. Soccer Pro Ashley Cole Questions Google on "Gay" Links

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 7, 2006 - 4:26am.

London - According to a report by The Times Online, lawyers representing U.K. soccer player Ashley Cole of the Arsenal Football Club have called on Google to explain why his name has been linked with the word "gay" in its Internet search results. Cole has filed a libel lawsuit against U.K. tabloids News of the World and The Sun over a number of stories speculating on the identities of a number of allegedly bisexual players in the English Premier League. While Cole was not named, a number of websites have claimed he is the person in the stories. When the name "Ashley Cole" is typed into Google, the search engine generates: "see results for: Ashley Cole: gay".

Gay Online Media Firm PlanetOut Delays IPO Plans

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 11, 2004 - 3:07am.

San Francisco -- Gay online media company PlanetOut announced on Wednesday that it has chosen to postpone its planned $75 million IPO until a later date, citing "recent adverse market conditions." The company, which announced IPO plans on April 29, reduced the price range for the offering on Aug. 4 from $12 to $14 per share to between $9 and $11 per share, but said today it has not withdrawn the offering and will continue to evaluate the timing. "Given the current difficult market for initial offerings, we feel the appropriate value of the company would not be realized through an IPO at this time." said PlanetOut chairman and CEO Lowell Selvin.

tags: Internet | IPO | PlanetOut | Gay |

Gay Online Media Firm PlanetOut Files for $74.9 Million IPO

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 16, 2004 - 5:20am.

San Francisco, Calif. -- PlanetOut, an Internet media company focused on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered communities, has set the terms of its upcoming initial public offering (IPO). The company said that it plans to raise about $74.9 million by selling 4.65 million shares at $12-$14 each. The company, which originally filed for the IPO in April, said that it has a community of 3.3 million active members. It operates a network of web sites, including Gay.com, PlanetOut.com, Kleptomaniac.com and Out and About travel.

tags: Internet | IPO | PlanetOut | Gay |