Internet Start-up Levels the Playing Field for Investors

Jan. 18, 2006 – Seeking Alpha, the leading network of stock market and personal finance weblogs, announced today that it will offer free earnings conference call transcripts for nearly 400 leading public companies scheduled to report in the coming days and weeks.

Until now, investors had to pay thousands of dollars in annual subscription fees for conference call transcripts. Those able to afford transcripts had superior access to investment information, as financial content is more easily digested from text than from audio and listening to calls is often excessively time consuming. Few companies post transcripts on their public web sites in a timely manner.

“Public companies comply with SEC regulations by making their earnings calls freely accessible, but who has the time or desire to listen to tens of one-hour conference calls each earnings season?”, Seeking Alpha Founder David Jackson explains. “Access to conference calls in text format allows investors to skim the less important information and hone-in on the key material in minutes, before the market opens the next morning, just as professional investors do.”

“Make no mistake: timely access to transcripts of conference calls in practice means access to the calls themselves. By offering conference call transcripts for free, SeekingAlpha.com is dismantling the last bastion of privileged investment information. This is great news for individual investors, financial advisors, VCs, journalists and anyone else who wants to know what companies are saying about their businesses” says Jackson, a former technology equities research analyst.

“Quarterly conference calls are probably the best way of knowing what companies really think”, says Gary Dorsch, who edits investment newsletter Global Money Trends. “In providing free access to transcripts, SeekingAlpha.com has leveled the playing-field between hedge funds and guys like me.”

“I want to know what companies in my portfolio are saying”, says individual investor Judy Marbach. “Now I have access to that information in a usable form.”

“Reviewing conference call transcripts is a fundamental part of our stock research”, says hedge fund manager Spencer Waxman. “Seeking Alpha is now making them available to all investors.”

Seeking Alpha will strive to post transcripts at http://seekingalpha.com within six hours of the end of each conference call. The earnings calendar and list of calls to be transcribed for the upcoming earnings season can be viewed at http://seekingalpha.com/earnings and can also be found below. This roster includes many of the most-followed companies, such as Apple, Intel and Google, as well as lesser-known companies such as Goldcorp and Netease. The most recent transcripts are viewable at http://seekingalpha.com/transcripts.

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SeekingAlpha.com is a new approach to providing financial news and analysis to investors that leverages the phenomenal growth of blogs. The Seeking Alpha Network consists of 22 stock market and finance websites defined by sector and country. Seeking Alpha editors select content from more than 60 contributors (the majority of whom are finance professionals) and edit, ticker-ize and publish the content on the appropriate sector web site. This results in more thorough and timely coverage of stocks and sectors than has previously been available on websites . Among the most popular Seeking Alpha sector sites are The Internet Stock Blog, The China Stock Blog, The Consumer Electronics Stock Blog, The Media Stock Blog and ETF Investor. SeekingAlpha.com is the hub for the network and displays headlines from all 22 sites as well as reviews of other stock market blogs and other resources.

Media Contact:
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List of calls to be transcribed:

1-800Flowers.com
24/7 Media
3com
51Job
Abercrombie & Fitch
Activision
ADC Telecom
Adobe
Advanced Semiconductor
Affymetrix
Agere
Akamai
Alcatel
Alloy
Alltel
Altera
Alvarion
Amazon
AMD
Amdocs
Amereda Hess
America Movil
American Eagle
American Electric Power
Ameritrade
Amgen
Analog Devices
Anglogold
Apollo Group
Apple
Applied Materials
aQuantive
AsiaInfo
ASML
AT&T
Atheros
ATI Technologies
Au Optronics
Audible
Auidovox
Autobytel
Autodesk
Automatic Data Processing
Autozone
Avanex
Avaya
Avon
BabyUniverse.com
Baidu.com
Bank of Internet
Bankrate
Barrick Gold
BEA Systems
BellSouth
Best Buy
Biogen
Biosite
Blockbuster
Blue Nile
BMC Software
Broadcom
Brocade
BT Group
Cablevision
Cadence
Cannon
Canon
CarMax
Carmike Cinemas
CDC
CDW
Celgene
Cendant
Cephalon
Checkpoint Software
China Finance Online
China Medical Technologies
China Techfaith
Chiron
Ciena
Circuit City
Cirrus Logic
Cisco
Citadel Broadcasting
Citrix
Clear Channel Comms
CNET
Coach
Cognizant
Colgate
Comcast
Compania de Minas Buenaventura
Computer Associates
Compuware
Comverse Technology
ConocoPhillips
Corning
Costco
Cox Radio
Creative Technology
Ctrip
CVS
Darden
Dassault Systems
Dell
Deutsche Telekom
Digital River
Digital Theater Systems
DirecTV
Disney
Dolby
Dominion Resources Inc
Dow Jones
Dreamworks
Drugstore.com
DST Systems
E*Trade
Earthlink
Eastman Kodak
eBay
EchoStar Comms
eCost
eDiets
Electronic Arts
e-Loan
e-Long
EMC
Emmis Comms
Entergy Corporation
Ericsson
ESS Technology
Estee Lauder
Exelon
Expedia
Extreme Networks
ExxonMobil
Family Dollar
Federated
FindWhat
First Data
FirstEnergy
Fiserv
Flextronics
Focus Enhancements
Focus Media
Foundry Networks
FPL Group, Inc.
France Telecom
Freescale
FTD
Gamestop
Gannet
Gap
Garmin
Gateway
Gemstar- TV Guide
Genentech
General Electric
Genesis Microchip
Genesis Microchip
Gen-Probe
Genzyme
Getty Images
Gilead
Glamis Gold
Global Sources
Gold Fields
Goldcorp
Google
Greenfield Online
GSI Commerce
GTECH
Halliburton
Harman
Harmony Gold
Healtheon
Hewlett Packard
Hollywood Media
Home Depot
Homestore.com
Hurray
IAC
IBM
IMAX
IMS Health
Infineon Technologies
Infinion
Infospace
Infosys
Intel
Interchange
Interland
Internet Capital Group
Intersil
InterVideo
Intuit
Invitrogen
iVillage
Jabil Circuit
JC Penney
JDSU
Journal Comms
Juniper Networks
Jupiter Media
Keynote Systems
KL-A Tencor
Knight Ridder
KongZhong
KOS Pharm
Kroger
Lam Research
Las Vegas Sands
Lattice Semiconductor
Lexar
Lexmark
LG Philips LCD
Liberty Media
Limited
Linear Technology
Linktone
Lions Gate Entertainment
Logitech
Lucent
Manugistics
Marchex
Martha Stewart Living
Marvel Enterprises
Marvell Technology
Maxim
Maxtor
McAfee
McDonalds
McGraw Hill
MCI
Medimmune
Mercury Interactive
Microchip Technology
Micron Technology
Microsoft
Millennium Pharm
Miva
Mobile Telesystems
Molex
Monster
Motorola
Movie Gallery
M-Systems
Napster
National Semiconductor
NAVTEQ
NCR
NDS Group
Net2Phone
Netbank
Netease
Netflix
Network Appliance
New Frontier Media
New York Times
Newmont Mining
News Corp
Nike
Ninetowns
Nokia
Nordstrom
Nortel
Novell
Novellus
Nvidia
Odimo
Omnicom Group
OmniVision
Openwave
Oracle
Overstock
Palm
Pan American Silver
PG&E Corp
Philips Electronics
Pixar
Pixelworks
Placer Dome
PlanetOut
Plantronics
Playboy Enterprises
Portal Player
Priceline
Primedia
Proctor and Gamble
Protein Design Labs
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorp
Qlogic
Qualcomm
Qwest
Radio Shack
RealNetworks
Red Envelope
Red Hat
Rediff.com
Reebok
Regal Entertainment
Regent Communications
Rimm
Rio Tinto
Rite Aid
Saifun
Salem Communications
Salesforce.com
Sandisk
SAP
Satyam
Schwab
Seagate
Semiconductor Mftring
Sepracor
Shanda Interactive
Siebel Systems
Sierra Wireless
Sify
Sigmatel
Silicon Image
Sina
Sirius
Sohu.com
Sonic Solutions
Sony
Spansion
Sprint Nextel
Stamps.com
Staples
Starbucks
STMicroelectronics
Sun
Suntech Power
Symantec
Synaptics
Synopsys
Taiwan Semiconductor
Take-Two Interactive
Target
Telecom Italia
Telefonica
Telefonica Moviles
Tellabs
TELUS
Teva
Texas Instruments
The Sabre Group
The Southern Company
The9
TheKnot.com
TheStreet.com
Think Interactive
Thomson Multimedia
THQ
Tiffany
Time Warner
Tivo
Tom Online
Total System Services
Travelzoo
Trend Micro
Tribune Company
Turkcell
TXU Corp
United Microelectronics
United Online
Univision
UTStarcom
VA Software
ValueClick
Verisign
Verizon
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Viacom
Vivendi Universal
Vodafone
Wal Mart
Warner Music Group
WebMD
WebSideStory
Wendy’s
williams
Wipro
Xcel Energy
Xerox
Xilinx
XM Satellite Radio
Yahoo
Yum Brands
Zales
Zoran