As an IPO looms, Skype is looking for new revenue streams that will help continue its growth and improve its financial prospects. And today it unveiled the next big revenue generator: ads on its Skype Windows desktop client, which should lessen its reliance on SkypeOut. Read more »
Skype told potential investors in its first IPO filing today that it plans to grow its business by adding users, offering premium features like group video chat, increasing the number of business users that log in to its service, and adding new monetization models, such as ads. Read more »
It was in a conversation with Skype CEO Josh Silverman last fall that I raised the question: When will eBay spin off the mammoth Internet calling service via a public offering? Of course, he didn’t answer the question. The answer to that question came today, when […] Read more »
