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Line of Business and Recent Acquistion
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Line of Business and Recent Acquisition
Line of Business and Recent Acquisitions
 
The Company's Line of Business
 
Viggle is a mobile and web-based entertainment marketing platform that uses incentives to make content consumption and discovery more rewarding for media companies, brands and consumers. Viggle helps guide consumers towards various forms of media consumption with television enhancement, music discovery, entertainment content publishing and distributed viewing reminders. Viggle helps consumers decide what to watch and when, broadens the viewing experience with real time games and additional content, and rewards viewers for being loyal to their favorite shows throughout a season, allowing them to earn points. For brands, Viggle provides advertising clients with targeted interactive ads to amplify their TV messaging to verified audiences. For media companies, Viggle delivers promotional benefits by driving viewers to specific shows, engaging them in a richer content experience, and increasing awareness of promoted shows through web, mobile and social channels.
The Company's content website, wetpaint.com, extends its promotional capabilities by reaching potential viewers before a TV show is broadcast and by allowing viewers to continue the conversation with additional show coverage after the broadcast date. The Company also has technology that helps consumers search for media and set reminders to watch their favorite TV shows and movies wherever they are offered.  In addition, the Company recently launched its music service, which allows consumers to check in to songs on Viggle and also earn points. As a media company, Viggle seeks to attract a significant and growing audience in order to sell advertising. The Company believes that making entertainment more rewarding and engaging for consumers will drive them to use Viggle.

U.S. consumers can become Viggle users through a free app that works on multiple types of mobile phones and tablets and is distributed through the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. After a consumer downloads the app, he or she must create an account. Viggle then allows consumers to play along with TV shows, share comments through social media, answer trivia questions or polls, chat with friends, play games, or discover more about the show, all while watching TV. Users can also use the application to discover new music. The app can listen to a song and identify it and allow users to build playlists and purchase the music. All of this activity earns users points they can redeem for real rewards.
 
Through wetpaint, the Company reports original news stories and publishes information content covering top television shows, music, celebrities, entertainment news and fashion. Wetpaint publishes more than 150 new articles, videos and galleries each day. The Company generates revenues through Wetpaint by displaying advertisements to Wetpaint users as they view Wetpaint's content.

The Viggle user experience is simple. While watching TV or listening to music, a user taps the “check in” button, which activates the device’s microphone. Viggle collects an audio sample of the content the user can hear and uses technology to convert that sample into a digital fingerprint. Within seconds, that digital fingerprint is matched against a database of reference fingerprints that are collected from at least 190 English and Spanish television channels within the United States and over 20 million songs.

The Company has purchased and will continue to source rewards from vendors that it will issue to users upon the redemption of their points.  The Company has only generated minimal revenue to date, and there is no guarantee that it will be able to generate sufficient revenue in the future to continue to purchase rewards from vendors or continue its business. 

Acquisition of Dijit

On January 29, 2014, the Company acquired Dijit Media, a San Francisco based maker of award-winning technology that helps consumers search for, find, and set reminders for their favorite TV shows and movies wherever and whenever they are offered. The operations of this acquisition are not material, and thus, pro forma disclosures are not presented.

Acquisition of Wetpaint

On December 16, 2013, the Company and Viggle Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Viggle (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Wetpaint.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Wetpaint”), certain stockholders of Wetpaint and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (solely in its capacity as the Stockholders’ Agent). The acquisition agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby were approved by the Company's Board of Directors, the board of directors of each of Merger Sub and Wetpaint, and a majority of the holders of Wetpaint common stock and Wetpaint preferred stock. On December 16, 2013, Merger Sub merged with and into Wetpaint, with Wetpaint continuing as the surviving corporation and the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary. The Acquisition is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a) of the Code.

Wetpaint is a Seattle, Washington-based Internet company, founded in 2005, that publishes the website Wetpaint.com, focused on entertainment news, and develops a proprietary technology platform, the Social Distribution System, that is used to provide analytics for its own website as well as other online publishers.
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In connection with the Acquisition, all outstanding shares of Wetpaint Capital Stock were converted into the right to receive an aggregate amount of cash and shares of Viggle common stock (the “Stock Consideration”) payable as described below.  At the completion of the Acquisition, (i) $1,634 in cash (subject to certain adjustments for payment of certain transaction expenses by Viggle and bonus and premium payments to certain Wetpaint employees and stockholders), $22,923 in shares of Viggle common stock (subject to certain adjustments as described below) and $3,860 in restricted stock units were delivered to the holders of Wetpaint Capital Stock in accordance with the allocation set forth in the Merger Agreement, and (ii) $4,771 in shares of Viggle common stock (the “Escrow Shares”) were delivered to an escrow agent to satisfy potential indemnification claims.  There are no known indemnification claims, and the escrow was established to cover claims in the event that any indemnification claims arise or are discovered. The shares will be held in escrow for a period of twelve months after closing to satisfy any indemnification claims that might arise during that twelve month period, and if no claims arise, these shares will be distributed to the former shareholders of Wetpaint.  In addition, in February of 2014, Viggle paid an aggregate amount of approximately $3,367 in cash (subject to certain adjustments for changes in Wetpaint’s net working capital, payment of certain transaction expenses by Viggle and bonus and premium payments to certain Wetpaint employees and stockholders) to the holders of Wetpaint capital stock in accordance with the allocation set forth in the acquisition agreement. The values of shares of Viggle common stock and restricted stock units noted above were based on the average closing market price of the Company's common stock during the 10 days prior to completion of the Acquisition, in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, if the Company completes a recapitalization on or before December 31, 2015, the stock consideration paid in the Acquisition shall be adjusted such that (i) if upon giving effect to the Recapitalization, the shares constituting such stock consideration collectively represent less than 13.17% of the total outstanding shares of the Company's common stock on a fully-diluted basis (subject to certain adjustments set forth in the merger agreement), the Company will issue to its stockholders that are former stockholders of Wetpaint (the “Wetpaint/Viggle Holders”) the additional number of shares of the Company's common stock as is necessary such that the shares constituting the stock consideration, as so adjusted, represent 13.17% of the total outstanding shares of the Company's common stock on a fully-diluted basis (subject to certain adjustments set forth in the merger agreement) as of such time, and (ii) if upon giving effect to the Recapitalization, the shares constituting the stock consideration collectively represent greater than 17.55% of the total outstanding shares of the Company's common stock on a fully-diluted basis (subject to certain adjustments set forth in the merger agreement), then the Company will cancel such number of shares of our common stock constituting the stock consideration as is necessary such that the stock consideration, as so adjusted, collectively represent 17.55% of the total outstanding shares of the Company's common stock on a fully-diluted basis (subject to certain adjustments set forth in the merger agreement) as of such time. The Company determined a fair value of $6,100 for this contingent consideration and have added such amount to the total acquisition price. At December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014, the fair value was $5,400 and $5,000, respectively. This amount is included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The change in fair value of $400 and $1,100 has been included in other income, net for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2014, respectively in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The Acquisition has been accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. Under the acquisition method, the consideration transferred is measured at the acquisition closing date. The assets of Wetpaint have been measured based on various preliminary estimates using assumptions that the Company’s management believes are reasonable utilizing information currently available. Use of different estimates and judgments could yield different results. The Company has performed a preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the underlying net assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date, with any excess of the purchase price allocated to goodwill. The Company has not completed the analysis of certain acquired assets and assumed liabilities, including, but not limited to, other identifiable intangible assets such as customer contracts and technology. However, the Company is continuing its review of these items during the measurement period, and further changes to the preliminary allocation will be recognized as the valuations are finalized.

A summary of the fair value of consideration transferred for the Acquisition and the estimated fair value of the assets and liabilities at the date of acquisition is as follows (amounts in thousands):
Consideration transferred:

Shares of Viggle common stock and restricted stock units based on closing market price prior to the Acquisition
$
31,554

Payable to sellers
1,619

Contingent consideration (a)
6,100

Total consideration transferred
39,273

 
 
Preliminary allocation:
 
Goodwill
24,836

Intangible assets
17,984

Other assets
1,723

Total liabilities, including acquired accrued expenses
(5,270
)
 
$
39,273




(a) As noted above, the contingent consideration is the estimated fair value of additional stock consideration if the Company completes a recapitalization prior to December 15, 2015. The Company cannot estimate a range of potential adjustment to the fair value of contingent consideration as such amount will be based on the market price of the Company's stock at the time of the Recapitalization. However, if the Company's stock price were to change by 10%, the value of the contingent consideration would change by approximately $600.
 
The results of operations of Wetpaint were combined with the Company's consolidated results from the date of acquisition of December 16, 2013. The amortization period period of intangible assets acquired is approximately 7 years. The goodwill recorded in connection with this acquisition reflects the strategic fit and revenue and earnings growth potential of this business. Goodwill related to the acquisition is expected to be non-deductible for income tax purposes.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial results of operations for the nine months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 are presented as if the acquisition had been completed at the beginning of fiscal year 2013:

  

 
Nine Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2014
2013
Revenues
 
$
15,604

$
13,966

Operating loss
 
(51,647
)
(81,954
)
Net loss
 
(52,877
)
(78,794
)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted
 
$
(34.32
)
$
(51.88
)


These pro forma condensed consolidated financial results have been prepared for comparative purposes only. No adjustment has been made to reflect the impact of of synergies and integration costs that would result from integration of this acquisition.