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To: StockDung who wrote (8304)	6/14/2000 7:33:00 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

there was NeoPharm (NEO)last April at $10 "This is of similar magnitude to the Time Warner deal. Sony is another major player in films and video games," said Ray Dirks, an analyst with Dirks & Co. in New York. "The fact that Sony will end up with stock is very positive." Deal with Sony boosts Sonic Foundry shares -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deal with Sony boosts Sonic Foundry shares Price rises 30% on news; Madison firm will provide software, media consulting By LEE HAWKINS JR. of the Journal Sentinel staff Friday, April 7, 2000 Shares of Sonic Foundry Inc. rose 30% Thursday after the company said it would provide software and media consulting services to Sony Corp.'s Internet business. Under the deal with Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, Sony Pictures' Online unit, Sony will buy media software and use Sonic Foundry to help convert audio and video content to a format that can be seen and heard over the Internet. After the announcement, Sonic Foundry shares closed at $98.438, up $22.938. As part of the deal, Sony will receive an undisclosed amount of equity in Sonic Foundry in exchange for agreeing to promote Sonic Foundry products. The agreement is similar to a deal Sonic Foundry announced in March with two Warner Bros. Internet ventures. "This is of similar magnitude to the Time Warner deal. Sony is another major player in films and video games," said Ray Dirks, an analyst with Dirks & Co. in New York. "The fact that Sony will end up with stock is very positive." Phil Leigh, vice president of Internet and multimedia research at Raymond James Financial Inc., in St. Petersburg, Fla., said that Sony's equity stake will be "less than 50,000 shares" but that the deal is still significant because of Sony's size. "Sony is a big company, and this Internet division has a lot of content to stream," Leigh said. "They want this unit to focus on leading Sony Corp. into the digital era, so the fact that they have selected Sonic as their preferred vendor is a very strong endorsement." If Sony owned 50,000 shares, it would be among the company's major shareholders but by no means would have the largest stake. The three largest investors in Sonic Foundry, executives Curtis Palmer and Monty Schmidt, own about 43% of the Madison company, with more than 3.7 million shares. Sony, based in Tokyo, is building its online businesses. The consumer electronics company yesterday said it will be part of a company being formed to distribute music over the Internet. Last week, it said it plans to unite the U.S. operations of three of its entertainment units to broaden the distribution of its music, games and pictures on the Internet. Interest in Sonic Foundry grew earlier this year after the company launched a media services division that helps companies stream audio and video over the Internet. Sonic Foundry, whose shares have risen six-fold over the past 12 months as it has marketed its stock aggressively on Wall Street, stands to benefit as multimedia companies outsource production of Internet content. Despite its run-up on Wall Street, Sonic has yet to turn a profit, and its executives have declined to forecast exactly when they expects the company to do so. For its 1999 fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, Sonic Foundry reported a net loss of $6 million, or $2.11 a share, on sales of $14.8 million, compared with a net loss of $632,000, or 47 cents a share, on sales of $7.5 million during the previous fiscal year. Bloomberg News contributed to this report. (Copyright 2000)

To: StockDung who wrote (8304)	6/14/2000 7:39:00 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

Sonic Foundry (SFO) last July at $8, "The offering is being co-managed by Dirks & Company, Inc. and Security Capital Trading Corp" "A copy of the final prospectus relating to such securities may be obtained from Dirks & Company, Inc., 520 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10022, 212-832-6700. SOURCE Sonic Foundry, Inc." Sonic Foundry, Inc. Announces Initial Public Offering Of Two Million Shares Of -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock and One Million Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants MADISON, Wis., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Amex: SFO) announced today the initial public offering of 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock at a price of $7.50 per share and 1,000,000 redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants at $0.10 per warrant. Trading of Sonic Foundry's Common Stock and Common Stock Purchase Warrants commenced today on the American Stock Exchange under the symbols "SFO" and "SFO.WS," respectively. The offering is being co-managed by Dirks & Company, Inc. and Security Capital Trading Corp. The Company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 300,000 shares of Common Stock and 150,000 Common Stock Purchase Warrants to cover over- allotments, if any. Founded in 1994, Sonic Foundry is a leading provider of PC-based software products that enable users to easily work with and edit digital media. The Company's products are designed to run under the Windows(TM) and Windows NT(TM) operating systems. The Company's current products allow musicians, audio engineers and home users the ability to create, record, edit and design digital audio files and record or master their own audio compact discs. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to their registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state. A copy of the final prospectus relating to such securities may be obtained from Dirks & Company, Inc., 520 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10022, 212-832-6700. SOURCE Sonic Foundry, Inc. Copyright ¸ 1998, PR Newswire, all rights reserved.

To: StockDung who wrote (8304)	6/14/2000 7:53:00 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

A blurb from meatloafs post on FUSA By: meatloaf Reply To: 2503 by sailbad43 Saturday, 4 Mar 2000 at 1:24 AM EST Post # of 4572 "As to the FUSA reference in your message, we actually first wrote that up at $4. By the way, earnings and sales came in at precisely our estimates...at a time when no one else was even making forecasts " ====================================================== SECURITY CAPITAL TRADING, INC. UPDATES RECENT ANALYST REPORT AFTER FOTOBALL USA ISSUES THIRD QUARTER RESULTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story Filed: Monday, November 08, 1999 2:33 PM EST NEW YORK, Nov 8, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The following is being issued by Security Capital Trading, Inc., a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, CRD Number 35909: Fotoball recently reported third quarter operating results that were considerably better than expected. Relative to the year ago third quarter, sales advanced 110% to $9.8 million, while operating profit margins increased to 41%. Operating expenses declined to 31% of sales (versus 36%) reflecting the on-going benefits to shareholders from expense control initiatives begun in 1998. Accordingly, EPS almost quadrupled to $0.18 in the third quarter versus $0.05 in the prior year's comparable quarter. Based upon these results, we are increasing our 1999 EPS estimate to $0.50 (up from $0.45). Fotoball has now reported seven consecutive quarters of sequentially increasing Sales, Pretax Income and EPS. Nine month results show Sales increasing 75%, with Pretax Income and EPS tripling over the comparable nine month results in 1998. As illustrated in the table on the next page, we expect full year sales for 1999 of $31 million (up 62%) and increases in Pretax Income and EPS of approximately 2.5 times. We believe the impressive string of triple digit gains since mid-1998 suggests that FUSA has now back-filled in recovering from prior period weaknesses, and that longer term growth rates will come in at the 40% level ... still a robust outlook. We look for EPS of $0.70 in 2000, then $1.00 in 2001. We have also revised upward our short term target price to $12 - $15 (up from a $10 - $12 target range). This target range translates into a multiple of 25 times EPS in 2000, a time frame which the market will begin to assess in just a few more months. The numbers follow: Fotoball USA (Nasdaq: FUSA) Recent Price: $6.50 52 Week High: 8.00 52 Week Low: 2.00 Shares Outstanding: 3.4 million (fully diluted) Market Capitalization: $22.1 million Insiders Own: 21.5% (732,000 shares) Pretax Earnings Sales Income Mgn Per Share P/E (MM) (MM) 1997 $12.2 ($2.8) n.c. ($1.04) n.c. 1998 19.1 1.0 5% 0.22 30 x 1999 (e) 31.0 2.6 8% 0.50 13 x 2000 (e) 43.0 4.0 10% 0.70 9 x 2001 (e) 60.0 6.0 10% 1.00 7 x Contributing Analysts: Leo Murphy and Tom Heysek For a copy of the report, contact Raymond L. Dirks of Security Capital Trading, Inc., 520 Madison Avenue, 10th floor, New York, New York 10022-4213, 212-339-2000 or 888-305-0050, or fax, 212-339-2020. SOURCE Security Capital Trading, Inc. (C) 1999 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. prnewswire.com CONTACT: Raymond L. Dirks of Security Capital Trading, Inc., 212-339-2000 or 888-305-0050, fax, 212-339-2020

To: StockDung who wrote (8304)	6/14/2000 8:04:00 PM
From: StockDung	Respond to of 10354

sailbad43 is a Ray Dirks/Tom Heysek SCAMBUSTER. A REAL HERO "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. -George Washington" By: sailbad43 Reply To: None Friday, 3 Mar 2000 at 6:07 PM EST Post # of 6386 Weekend Bucket of Water Hello NewTelTubbies What a dynamic duo that Leo Murphy and Tom Heysek of Dirks Research/Sercurity Capital Trading. Didn?t they also recommend FUSA with a short term target of $12 - $15? biz.yahoo.com It?s fallen from $6.50 when they recommended it to less than $5.50 without ever reaching the $12 target. Maybe somebody profited from the short spike though. quote.ragingbull.com Mr. Heysek also issues a strong buy on Jaws. stockhouse.com Scroll down near the bottom. Now this is a company that everyone must have been happy that they jumped in after the strong buy recommendation. NOT. From $2.25 down to $0.10. Is that what?s called a plugged nickel? quote.ragingbull.com Have a read of the messages on the JAWS board as this strong buy recommendation takes off. Why would they say such terrible things about Mr. Dirks? ragingbull.com Is there somewhere that I can sign up for daily recommendations from these analysts? Now on to your questions. Why am I here? Take two quotes and call me in the morning. The world is a dangerous place to live-not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it. -Albert Einstein If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. -George Washington I?m hoping to get a job working for the SEC investigating online fraud. I have identified 4 people on this board, two of whom possibly live outside the United States, that I suspect to be committing fraudulent activity. If I am wrong, then the SEC will never hire me, and I will have to continue in my dead-end job as a rocket scientist. Here is a news clipping that you may have seen. news.excite.com Davidjohn, haven?t seen you since you were the first person to post the Dirks Research report. Can we do lunch sometime? Have no fear. You are not considered one of the 4. Although you might know one of them quite well. ragingbull.com --------------------------------------------- "And finally, isn't this supposed to be a New Tel Message Board. If not, then let me remind you that there was NeoPharm (NEO)last April at $10, Sonic Foundry (SFO) last July at $8, and ZiaSun (ZSUN) last November at $7." Regards, meatloaf By: meatloaf Reply To: 2503 by sailbad43 Saturday, 4 Mar 2000 at 1:24 AM EST Post # of 4572 Reply to sailbad43: I read with interest your posting #2503. Permit me to lead off with some relavant facts, which I bring to your attention due to the sense of regulatory-finesse that seems to pervade throughout your message. At the moment, industry observers estimate that 35% of all trading is done online by individuals. These are generally with discount brokers who...unbeknownst to most of the investing public...obtained unqualified exemptions to meeting suitability requirements the regulators otherwise impose upon full-service brokers. In addition, the fourth market (ECN's) represent another 30% of trading volume...also beyond technical regulatory purview. Putting on my analyst's hat, what do these facts tell us. They tell us that the universe of what the regulators used to get involved with has shrunk by about two-thirds. So you have thousands of regulatory "pipple" looking for stuff to do. Hint: Think overstaffing, Sailbad. I can only assume that your reference to employment opportunities means that you must be graduating this summer...so permit me to assist in your job search by guiding you to the fact that the FBI and various State's Attorney's General Offices are furtile ground to recent graduates. Let me know how you make out. Now onto your message. Sometime in March of last year, the meatloaf crowd was quite keen on JAWS. Bought alot of stock around $2. The bloody company emerged as some sort of cult...never saw anything like it, except at a "Trekkie" convention my third wife lampooned me into. Then, one day, I decided to "drop" in in JAWS headquraters in Waco, Texas. That day was July 23, 1999...a Thursday as I recall. The Chairman of JAWS wasn't in, however, his son was. I attended that meeting with another independent analyst. After the requisite 45 minits of Texas horse-feathers, I asked this kid to see a copy of the company's last bank statement (JAWS was supposed to have $6 mil in da' bank at the time). One hour goes by (calling his Dad, I suspect). He says here's the March Statement...but nothing more current. We ask for April or May...nothing. Basically, we conclude, the Company is broke. That's when the stock was at $2.50. Anybody that was part of that cult bailed out...and why in the world you would still be owning that stock at 10 cents is a mystery. As to the FUSA reference in your message, we actually first wrote that up at $4. By the way, earnings and sales came in at precisely our estimates...at a time when no one else was even making forecasts. And finally, isn't this supposed to be a New Tel Message Board. If not, then let me remind you that there was NeoPharm (NEO)last April at $10, Sonic Foundry (SFO) last July at $8, and ZiaSun (ZSUN) last November at $7. Regards, meatloaf