NEW HOPE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MeetMe, Inc. (NYSE MKT: MEET), the public market leader for social discovery, today announced that it expects fourth quarter revenue of approximately $13 million, up approximately 12% on a year-over-year basis and 29% sequentially. Mobile revenue in the fourth quarter is expected to be approximately $5 million, a new quarterly record, and an increase of 127% year-over-year and 72% sequentially. The company previously indicated that it expected fourth quarter 2013 revenue of $11.25 to $11.75 million.
“We are excited by the prospect of returning to year-over-year revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2013,” said Geoff Cook, Chief Executive Officer of MeetMe. “The fourth quarter represents an important inflection point for MeetMe, as the combination of mobile growth and web stabilization is now generating overall revenue growth. We believe the mobile monetization infrastructure we built in 2013 will serve us well in 2014 and beyond.”
David Clark, Chief Financial Officer of MeetMe, added, “We are pleased to see mobile emerge as our primary driver of revenue growth. Our expected year-over-year revenue growth is driven primarily by the success of our mobile advertising strategy. In addition, we have now gathered two years of buying and usage data for our virtual currency products, which we expect constitutes sufficient history to recognize as revenue approximately $600,000 of virtual currency sales previously collected but deferred, which is included in our fourth quarter 2013 revenue estimate.”
MeetMe expects to announce full year fiscal 2013 results in early March at which point it will also furnish all additional revenue and profitability related metrics.
About MeetMe, Inc.
MeetMe® is the leading social network for meeting new people in the US and the public market leader for social discovery (NYSE MKT: MEET). MeetMe makes meeting new people fun through social games and apps, monetized by both advertising and virtual currency. With 60% of traffic coming from mobile, MeetMe is fast becoming the social gathering place for the mobile generation. The company operates MeetMe.com and MeetMe apps on iPhone, iPad, and Android in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Russian, Japanese, Dutch, Turkish and Korean.
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