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Technology Stocks : THQ,Inc. (THQI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dave who wrote (9297)	1/12/1999 8:49:00 PM
From: Andrew C.R. Biddle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14266

From a story in the street.com : "The Year in Video Games looks Promising" by Catherine Haly: >>THQ Earnings: Mid-February THQ (THQI:Nasdaq) releases its first-quarter earnings. THQ bet heavy on the marketing of games like Rugrats the Movie and A Bug's Life, both released in the thick of the Christmas season. So these earnings will reflect their success -- or lack thereof. THQ has touted its "multimillion-dollar" advertising campaign on already heavily marketed movie products. We'll see about that<< Also: >>THQ's New Wrestling Games: Nov. 16 This marks the date when THQ officially releases its WWF titles to replace the WCW product license it just lost to Electronic Arts. Its license to market WCW titles ends at the end of June. THQ will have to split the profits to this exclusive all-platform license with Jakks Pacific (JAKK:Nasdaq), but there may be mutual payback through Jakk's No. 1-selling action figures. FYI: Jack Friedman, the founder and CEO of Jakks, is the former CEO of THQ. Let's get ready to rrrruuumm ... you know the rest. << Full Story:http://www.thestreet.com/tech/siliconvalley/637820.html Andrew