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Friday, June 7, 11:07 AM Sina (SINA +3%) and Youku (YOKU +1.7%) continue their alliance-forming ways by partnering with each other. Youku's videos will be embedded within Sina Weibo (appearing in video search results), and will be pushed to Weibo users through a "personalized recommendation section." The companies talk up the mobile implications of the deal, noting 76% of Weibo daily users access via mobile devices, and that Youku's daily video views have soared to 170M. The deal follows Sina's partnership with Alibaba, Youku's tie-up with Renren, and Baidu's purchase of video site PPS. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Wednesday, June 5, 1:32 PM Sina's (SINA +1.7%) partnership with Alibaba will lead to better targeted Weibo ads and improved conversion rates for Weibo's Promoted Post ads, argues Jefferies' Cynthia Meng in a note that's lifting shares. Meng sees Weibo generating $164M in 2013 revenue, before "heavy lifting from Alibaba" begins in late 2014 or early 2015. Sina has promised the partnership, which features product development efforts and user data sharing, will produce $380M in revenue over the next 3 years. (yesterday) Comment! [Tech, Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, June 4, 6:20 PM Sina (SINA) has begun pitching daily deals to its 40M+ active Weibo users, as it increasingly turns to e-commerce to monetize the popular microblogging service. Deals can be created by Sina's corporate Weibo clients, and appear both on user feeds and a daily deals portal. Alibaba's recent $586M investment in Sina is widely expected to produce a surge in e-commerce-related Weibo revenue, especially given Sina's revenue promises. Comment! [Tech]
Wednesday, May 29, 2:37 PM Mobile now makes up 15% of Web traffic, up from 10% a year ago, notes Mary Meeker in her latest Internet Trends Report. Also mentioned: China (BIDU, SINA, SOHU, YOKU) has 564M Web users (42% penetration), with 75% accessing the Web from their phones (71% use PCs); India's Web penetration is only at 11% (137M users); mobile now makes up 12% of U.S. media viewing time (it's 22% in China) and 3% of ad spend, up from 10% and 1% before; YouTube's (GOOG) per-minute video uploads are up 5x since '09; 60% of Facebook (FB) users log in daily, and the site receives 350M daily photo uploads; global smartphone penetration is still only at 21%. (Meeker in 2012) 4 Comments [Tech]
Monday, May 20, 10:15 AM Chinese Internet stocks jump in response to Qihoo's Q1 beat and very strong Q2 guidance, highlighted by ramping search ad sales and soaring online game revenue. YY +6.5%. RENN +6.8%. NTES +5.5%. BIDU +2.4%. PWRD +3.2%. SOHU +3%. SINA +2.3%. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Thursday, May 16, 5:41 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: SINA +4.7%. EA +2.7%. NBG +2.5%. AKAM +2.4%. DYAX +2.4%.
After-hours top losers: ARUN -13.7%. ADSK -5.2%. BRCD -4.9%. JWN -3.5%. EGLE -2.4%. Comment! [On the Move]
Thursday, May 16, 5:08 PM Sina (SINA): Q1 EPS of $0.02 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $126M (+19% Y/Y) beats by $8.5M. Expects Q2 revenue of $143M-$147M, above $142.7M consensus. Shares +4.6% AH. (PR) Comment! [Tech, Earnings, On the Move, Breaking News]
Thursday, May 16, 12:10 AM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: ADSK, AMAT, ARUN, BRCD, DELL, JCP, JWN, SINA, VNET Comment! [Earnings]
Wednesday, May 15, 5:35 PM Notable earnings after Thursday’s close: ADSK, AMAT, ARUN, BRCD, DELL, JCP, JWN, SINA, VNET Comment! [Earnings]
Friday, May 10, 9:48 AM An upgrade to Buy from Goldman's Piyush Mubayi helps Sina (SINA +2.6%) open higher. Mubayi expects the Alibaba deal to "enable Alibaba to direct [e-commerce] demand to Weibo," thereby improving monetization. Talking more broadly about the Chinese Web services space, he declares Alibaba, Baidu (BIDU), and Tencent (TCEHY.PK) to be in a 3-way leadership battle that "will likely shape the industry landscape over the next 5-10 years." Other recent deals (I, II) also seem to bear that out. Will Baidu make a deal or two to strengthen its social networking hand in this battle? (Jefferies Sina upgrade) Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Tuesday, May 7, 1:37 PM Sina (SINA -2.5%) gives back yesterday's gains after Tencent (TCEHY.PK) says it has reached "preliminary solutions" with Chinese mobile carriers (CHL, CHU, CHA) regarding its very popular WeChat mobile IM platform, which both generates heavy traffic and eats into text-messaging revenue (China Mobile's text revenue fell 4.8% last year). That's likely raising fears Sina might have to pay carriers for the traffic produced by Weibo, arguably WeChat's top rival. Tencent has said it's unlikely to charge WeChat users. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Monday, May 6, 2:30 PM Chinese Internet stocks are surging after equities rallied in Shanghai and Hong Kong in spite of a major drop in China's services PMI. In addition to Qihoo (previous), winners include Renren (RENN +12.2%), YY (YY +13.3%), Baidu (BIDU +3.8%), Sina (SINA +2.8%), Sohu (SOHU +3.4%), Changyou (CYOU +4.3%), and Perfect World (PWRD +5%). YY is now up 20% since posting a strong Q1 report on Thursday afternoon; revenue rose 130.5% Y/Y to RMB315M ($50.7M), and EPS of $0.23 beat consensus by $0.06. Revenue is expected to hit RMB330M-340M in Q2. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 30, 10:31 AM Sina (SINA +1.9%) adds to yesterday's Alibaba-fueled gains after receiving an upgrade to Buy from Jefferies; the firm is raising its PT to $75. Wedge Partners notes the Alibaba deal, which gives the Chinese e-commerce giant the potential to raise its stake to 30% from an initial 18% in time, values Sina at ~$54/share, a little below its current trading price. But many on the Street are betting the monetization opportunities the deal opens up for Weibo will justify a higher valuation. (yesterday: I, II) Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Monday, April 29, 9:24 AM Sina's (SINA) partnership with Alibaba, long rumored, is aimed at Tencent (TCEHY.PK): the company's WeChat mobile IM platform has become a serious rival to Weibo, and its e-commerce sales rose 49% Y/Y in Q4 to $273M. Last month, Tencent announced plans to merge its QQ Mall and QQ Buy e-commerce sites to better take on Alibaba, and 2 weeks ago, it announced e-commerce integration for WeChat. Tencent has also launched an online payments service that competes with Alibaba's dominant Alipay and Sina's WeiboPay; the latter might now get shuttered. Alibaba's investment gives Yahoo (YHOO) an indirect 4.3% stake in Sina, which promises the deal will produce $380M in revenue over the next 3 years. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Monday, April 29, 9:15 AM Premarket gainers: SINA +22%. CPTS +20%. PPHM +8%. NIHD +8%. THC +7%. PBR +6%. HCA +9%. HMA +5%. MCO +5%. RDN +5%.
Losers: NTE -27%. GORO -9%. NBG -8%. RVLT -5%. Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, April 29, 8:39 AM Sina (SINA) rockets 17% higher premarket after announcing a strategic alliance with AliBaba to "jointly explore social commerce and develop innovative marketing solutions" aimed at connecting merchants using Alibaba's e-commerce platform with Weibo users. Additionally, SINA says Alibaba has purchased an 18% stake in Weibo for $586M. (PR) Comment! [Tech, On the Move]

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