Focus Media's China Profit Plummets As It Ceases LCD Ad Business, Sinks Shanghai Ad Boat

Months after announcing that its once-lucrative LCD display advertising business was being sold to Chinese Internet firm Sina.com, Focus Media Holding Limited ahs announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.

On December 22, 2008, Focus Media announced that it entered into a definitive agreement with Sina Corporation to sell substantially all of the assets of Focus Media's digital out-of-home advertising networks, including the LCD display network, poster frame network and certain in-store networks.

Net revenue for continuing operations, which do not include the assets and businesses being sold to Sina.com, was USD66.7 million, declining 24% from USD87.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2008 and declining 14% from USD78.0 million for the first quarter of 2008. Net revenue for discontinued operations, which correspond only to the businesses being sold to Sina.com, was USD64.4 million, a sequential decrease of 39% from USD104.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2008 and decrease of 23% from USD83.6 million for the first quarter of 2008 and slightly below the company's previous guidance of no less than USD65.7 million.

Net loss from continuing operations was USD17.7 million, compared to

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2009-06-29 13:20:51 - SADIF-Investment Analytics has applied its StockMarks™ stock-rating system to Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) and produced a report, rating the company's attractiveness to long-term investors.


Mira, Portugal – 29-06-2009 – SADIF Investment Analytics, today announced the release of a new summary due diligence report covering Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) (fmcn). The report utilizes SADIF's powerful StockMarks™ stock rating system and is required reading for any current or potential Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) investor.

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Sina's acquisition of Focus Media may fail

Jul. 20, 2009 (China Knowledge) - Web portal operator Sina Corpmay be blocked from acquiring Focus Media, a leading outdoor advertising firm, due to anti-monopoly concerns, Reuters reported.

China's Ministry of Commerce is saying the application for the merger is incomplete and that the proposed deal fails to meet the standards set out in China's anti-monopoly act.

In February, Sina submitted an application to the Ministry of Commerce to buy US$1.37 billion worth of the core assets of Focus Media. The two companies later provided supplementary information on four occasions after the initial filing, the ministry said.

Both companies recently said that they would provide more information and are preparing additional documents as the ministry has requested.

The MOC says it is conducting procedures according to the law.

Some industry analysts believe the deal may never be approved as the ministry may be delaying the merger for political reasons rather than economic ones.

On Dec. 22, Sina announced that it would acquire Focus Media's LCD, elevator publicity and supermarket advertising businesses through the issuance of 47 million new shares.


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FMCN: The Olympus of China

Muddy Waters rates Focus Media Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: FMCN) shares a Strong Sell because of significant overstatement of the number of screens in its LCD network and its Olympus-style acquisition overpayments. The $1.1 billion1 in write-downs from its acquisitions exceed one-third of FMCN’s enterprise value, making FMCN’s acquisitive behavior more destructive than Olympus’s to shareholder value. FMCN insiders have sold at least $1.7 billion worth of stock (two-thirds of FMCN’s enterprise value) since FMCN’s IPO. 2 At the same time, the insiders and their business associates further enrich themselves by trading in FMCN assets, while costing FMCN shareholders substantial sums of money.
FMCN has been fraudulently overstating the number of screens in its LCD network by approximately 50%. This is similar to China MediaExpress Holdings, Inc. (OTC: CCME), which we reported is a fraud on February 3, 2011.  We therefore question whether FMCN’s core LCD business is viable.
Like Olympus, FMCN is significantly and deliberately overpaying for acquisitions, writing down $1.1 billion out of $1.6 billion in acquisitions since 2005. These write-downs are equivalent to one-third of FMCN’s present enterprise value.
Our research shows that FMCN has claimed to acquire, write down, and dispose of companies that it never actually purchased.  Investors should be concerned about to where cash actually moved in these transactions, and about the integrity of reported results.
FMCN has written at least 21 acquisitions down to zero and then given them away for no consideration.  We show that many of these write-downs are not justified. There are several possible nefarious reasons FMCN gives acquisitions away, including doing so may put FMCN’s problems beyond the reach of auditors.
Insiders have used FMCN as their counterparty in trading in and out of FMCN subsidiary Allyes, with several individuals earning a total of at least $70.1 million, while shareholders lost $159.6 million.
Sales of FMCN shares by insiders have netted them at least $1.7 billion since FMCN went public in 2005.

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