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accession: "0001046327-22-000079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001046327"
company_name: "REALNETWORKS INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T17:14:58.170212+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RealNetworks auditor BDO resigns; no replacement yet

## Summary
- BDO USA, LLP resigned as independent registered public accounting firm on November 9, 2022.
- No disagreements or reportable events existed during fiscal years 2021 and 2020 or subsequent interim periods.
- The Audit Committee has not yet engaged a new independent registered public accounting firm.
- BDO furnished a letter to the SEC, filed as Exhibit 16.1, agreeing with the Company's disclosures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001046327-22-000079
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001046327
- company_name: REALNETWORKS INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046327/000104632722000079/0001046327-22-000079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046327/000104632722000079/rnwk-20221109.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046327-22-000079
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046327-22-000079.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001046327-22-000079.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  BDO USA, LLP resigned as auditor of REALNETWORKS INC.
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: BDO USA, LLP
  source text: On November 9, 2022, BDO USA, LLP (“BDO”) notified RealNetworks, Inc. (the “Company”) that it resigned as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046327/000104632722000079/0001046327-22-000079-index.htm

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