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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2003

OR

Commission file number: 0-27729

ZAP.COM CORPORATION

REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE
(585) 242-2000

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
None.

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
TITLE OF EACH CLASS: Common Stock, $0.001 par value

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [x] or No [  ].

Indicate by “X” whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes [  ] No [X]

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2003 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was $147,332. For the sole purpose of making this calculation, the term “non-affiliate” has been interpreted to exclude directors, corporate officers and holders of 10% or more of the Company’s common stock. As of July 31, 2003, 2003, the Registrant had outstanding 50,004,474 shares common stock, $0.001 par value.

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements and Notes

ZAP.COM CORPORATION

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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ZAP.COM CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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ZAP.COM CORPORATION

UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

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ZAP.COM CORPORATION

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Summary of Operations and Basis of Presentation

The unaudited condensed financial statements included herein have been prepared by Zap.Com Corporation (“Zap.Com” or the “Company”) without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The financial statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly present such information. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Although Zap.Com believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, certain information and footnote disclosures, including a description of significant accounting policies normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in Zap.Com’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. The results of the operations for the three months and six month periods ended June 30, 2003 are not necessarily indicative of the results for any subsequent quarter or the entire year ending December 31, 2003.

Business Description

Zapata Corporation (“Zapata”) formed Zap.Com for the purpose of creating and operating a global network of independently owned web sites. In April 1999, Zap.Com announced its plan to establish the ZapNetwork by connecting web sites through a proprietary multi-functional, portal-like Internet banner known as the ZapBox. Zap.Com intended to distribute advertising and e-commerce opportunities over this network. From its inception on April 2, 1998 through November 12, 1999, Zap.Com operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Zapata. In November 1999, Zapata and two of its directors invested $10.1 million of equity in Zap.Com. On November 12, 1999, Zapata distributed to its stockholders 477,742 shares of Zap.Com common stock, leaving Zapata as the holder of approximately 98 percent of Zap.Com’s outstanding common stock. On November 30, 1999, Zap.Com’s stock began to trade on NASD’s OTC Electronic Bulletin Board under the symbol “ZPCM,” establishing Zap.Com as a separate public company.

During 1999 and 2000, Zap.Com engaged primarily in the research and investigation of the Internet industry, the development of the Company’s business model, the establishment of strategic relationships to provide Internet connectivity and technology systems to support the ZapNetwork, the development of the ZapBox and the Zap.Com homepage, the filing of patent and trademark applications and the solicitation of web sites to join the ZapNetwork.

On December 15, 2000, the Zap.Com Board of Directors concluded that Zap.Com’s operations were not likely to become profitable in the foreseeable future and therefore, it was in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders to cease all Internet operations. Zap.Com terminated all salaried employees and all third party contractual relationships entered into in connection with its Internet business.

Since ceasing its Internet operations, the Company has had no existing business operations, other than to comply with its reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Currently, Zap.Com’s principal activities are exploring methods to enhance stockholder value. Zap.Com is likely to search for assets or businesses that it can acquire so that it can become an operating company. Zap.Com may also consider developing a new business suitable for its situation.

Management believes that it has sufficient resources to satisfy its existing and contingent liabilities and its anticipated operating expenses for at least the next twelve months.

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Note 2. Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for stock- based compensation according to APB 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” The Company adopted the required disclosure provisions under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 148 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation – Transition and Disclosure, an amendment of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 123” and continues to use the intrinsic value method of accounting for stock-based compensation. Had compensation expense for the Company’s stock option grants been determined based on fair value at the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, the Company’s net loss and net loss per share (basic and diluted) would have been as follows:

Note 3. Related Party Transactions

Since its inception, the Company has utilized the services of the management and staff of its majority stockholder, Zapata Corporation, under a shared services agreement that allocated these costs on a percentage of time basis. Zap. Com also subleases its office space in Rochester, New York from Zapata Corporation. Under the sublease agreement, annual rental payments are allocated on a cost basis. Zapata Corporation has waived its rights under the shared services agreement to be reimbursed for these expenses since May 1, 2000. For the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2003, the Company recorded approximately $3,000 and $6,000, respectively, as contributed capital for services rendered. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company recorded approximately $12,000 as contributed capital for these services.

Note 4. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company has applied the disclosure provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 45 (FIN 45), “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others,”

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to its agreements containing guarantee or indemnification clauses. These disclosure provisions expand those required by SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies,” by requiring a guarantor to disclose certain types of guarantees, even if the likelihood of requiring the guarantor’s performance is remote.

Management continues to assess agreements for potential impacts under the provisions of FIN No. 45. No agreements were entered into or modified during the six months ended June 30, 2003 that required the Company to record a liability pursuant to FIN 45. A description of the arrangements in which the Company is the guarantor is provided within the Company’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Information Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE “SAFE HARBOR” PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995. This document contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and includes this statement for purposes of such safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements, which are based upon certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations of the Company, are generally identifiable by use of the words like “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue” and the negative of such terms or other similar or comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our expectations will be correct. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks are qualified in their entirety by cautionary language and risk factors set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company’s 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements or to update the reasons actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

General

Zap.Com Corporation (“Zap.Com” or the “Company”) was founded by Zapata Corporation (“Zapata”) (NYSE:ZAP) in April 1998 as a Nevada corporation. Zap.Com’s principal corporate offices are located at 100 Meridian Centre, Suite 350, Rochester, New York 14618.

Zapata formed Zap.Com for the purpose of creating and operating a global network of independently owned web sites. In April 1999, Zap.Com announced its plan to establish the ZapNetwork by connecting web sites through a proprietary multi-functional, portal-like Internet banner known as the ZapBox. Zap.Com intended to distribute advertising and e-commerce opportunities over this network. From its inception on April 2, 1998 through November 12, 1999, Zap.Com operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Zapata. In November 1999, Zapata and two of its directors invested $10.1 million of equity in Zap.Com. On November 12, 1999, Zapata distributed to its stockholders 477,742 shares of Zap.Com common stock, leaving Zapata as the holder of approximately 98 percent of Zap.Com’s outstanding common stock. On November 30, 1999, Zap.Com’s stock began to trade on NASD’s OTC Electronic Bulletin Board under the symbol “ZPCM,” establishing Zap.Com as a separate public company.

During 1999 and 2000, Zap.Com engaged primarily in the research and investigation of the Internet industry, the development of the Company’s business model, the establishment of strategic relationships to provide Internet connectivity and technology systems to support the ZapNetwork, the development of the ZapBox and the Zap.Com homepage, the filing of patent and trademark applications and the solicitation of web sites to join the ZapNetwork.

On December 15, 2000, the Zap.Com Board of Directors concluded that Zap.Com’s operations were not likely to become profitable in the foreseeable future and therefore, it was in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders to cease all Internet operations. Zap.Com terminated all salaried employees and all third party contractual relationships entered into in connection with its Internet business.

Since ceasing its Internet operations, the Company has had no existing business operations, other than to comply with its reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Currently, Zap.Com’s principal activities are exploring methods to enhance stockholder value. Zap.Com is likely to search for assets or businesses that it can acquire so that it can become an operating company. Zap.Com may also consider developing a new business suitable for its situation.

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In pursuing acquisitions, the Company will have broad discretion in identifying and selecting both the industries and the possible acquisition candidates within those industries that it will acquire. The Company has not identified a specific industry on which it initially intends to focus and has no present plans, proposals, arrangements or understandings with respect to the acquisition of any specific business. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to identify or successfully complete any acquisitions.

The Company has no preference as a general matter as to whether to issue shares of common stock or cash in making acquisitions and it may use either shares of its common stock or cash, or a combination thereof. The form of the consideration that the Company uses for a particular acquisition will depend upon the form of consideration that the sellers of the business require and the most advantageous way for the Company to account for, or finance the acquisition. To the extent the Company uses common stock for all or a portion of the consideration to be paid for future acquisitions, existing stockholders may experience significant dilution.

In order to effect an acquisition, Zap.Com may need additional financing. There is no assurance that any such financing will be available, or available on terms favorable or acceptable to the Company. In particular, potential third party equity investors may be unwilling to invest in Zap.Com due to Zapata’s voting control over Zap.Com and the significant potential for dilution of a potential investor’s ownership in the Company’s common stock. Zapata’s voting control may be unattractive because it makes it more difficult for a third party to acquire the Company even if a change of control could benefit the Company’s stockholders by providing them with a premium over the then current market price for their shares. If the Company raises additional funds through the issuance of equity, equity-related or debt securities, these securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of the rights of Zap.Com’s common stockholders, who would then experience dilution.

In general, any new business development is difficult, and the Company’s particular realities impose significant constraints that make such an undertaking even more difficult. These constraints include the following: the need to acquire or develop the business without paying substantial cash or taking on significant debt, unless it can be serviced by cash flow from the new business; the handicap of not having actively traded stock to use to procure this business; the requirement that, after launch, the new business should not need a significant capital investment to fund its initial operations unless this can be accomplished through cash flow from the new business; and the requirement that the new business should produce a positive cash flow in the near term.

Results of Operations

For the three months ended June 30, 2003, Zap.Com recorded a net loss of $27,000 as compared to a net loss of $50,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2002. Since inception (which commenced on April 2, 1998), Zap.Com has incurred a cumulative net loss of $8.9 million, including $743,000 in non-cash charges associated with warrants issued to American Internetwork Sports and all of the costs associated with the public registration of Zap.Com’s common stock and the development and wind-down of Internet operations.

For the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2003 as compared to the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2002, operations consisted of the following:

Revenues. Zap.Com did not generate any revenue for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, nor does it presently have any business from which it may generate revenue in the future.

Cost of revenues. For the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, the Company incurred no costs of revenue as a result of ceasing all Internet operations.

General and administrative. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of legal and accounting services, insurance premiums, printing and filing costs, salaries and wages (including costs allocated by Zapata pursuant to a services agreement), and various other costs. General and administrative expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 decreased $26,000 or 44% as compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2002. For the six months ended June 30, 2003, general and administrative expenses decreased $45,000 or 42% as compared with the six months ended June 30, 2002. These decreases relate primarily to a decrease in sales and use taxes paid and accruals for the annual mailing and meeting.

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Interest Income. Interest income is generated on cash reserves which are invested in short-term U.S. Government Agency securities. Interest earned for quarters ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 was $6,000 and $9,000, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, interest income was $11,000 and $18,000, respectively. The decreased interest income for 2003 was primarily a result of sustained lower interest rates on short-term U.S. Government Agency securities as compared to rates in 2002, as well as declining cash reserves available for investment.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Zap.Com has not generated any significant revenue since its inception. As a result, the Company’s primary source of liquidity has been its initial capitalization from Zapata Corporation and two Zapata directors, and thereafter, the interest income generated on cash reserves invested in short-term US Government Agency securities.

Since its inception, the Company has utilized services of the management and staff and office space of its majority stockholder, Zapata Corporation, under a shared services agreement that allocated these costs. Effective May 1, 2000, Zapata has waived its rights under the service agreement to be reimbursed these costs. For the three months and six month periods ended June 30, 2003, the Company recorded approximately $3,000 and $6,000, respectively, as contributed capital for services rendered. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company recorded approximately $12,000 as contributed capital for these services. Should Zapata not renew its waiver, Zap.Com may incur future cash payments under the shared services agreement.

Zap.Com believes that is has sufficient resources to satisfy its existing and contingent liabilities and its anticipated operating expenses for the next twelve months. Until such time as a business combination is consummated, Zap.Com expects these expenses to consist mainly of legal and audit fees and expenses incurred in connection with its filing obligations as a publicly traded company. The Company has no commitments for capital expenditures and foresees none, except for possible future acquisitions. In order to effect an acquisition, however, Zap.Com may need additional financing. There is no assurance that any such financing will be available or available on the terms favorable or acceptable to the Company.

Zap.Com filed a Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1 on June 4, 2003 deregistering 30,000,000 shares of Zap.Com common stock which had been registered for sale by Zap.Com in connection with potential acquisitions and other transactions. The Securities & Exchange Commission had originally declared the registration effective on March 3, 2000. Zap.Com did not issue any shares under the registration statement.

Cash Flows

Cash used in operating activities was $71,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003 as compared to cash used of $59,000 for the comparable period of the prior year. The increase in cash used in operating activities resulted in timing of payments made for accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

For the six months ended June 30, 2003 and 2002, the Company had no cash flows from investing or financing activities.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45, “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others” (FIN No. 45), which expands previously issued accounting guidance and disclosure requirements for certain guarantees. The Interpretation requires an entity to recognize an initial liability for the fair value of an obligation assumed by issuing a guarantee. The provision for initial recognition and measurement of the liability will be applied on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The adoption of FIN No. 45 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In December 2002, FASB issued SFAS No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 123.” SFAS No. 148 amends SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” to provide alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value-

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based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. It also amends the disclosure provisions of that Statement to require prominent disclosure about the effects on reported net income of an entity’s accounting policy decisions with respect to stock-based employee compensation. Finally, this Statement amends APB Opinion No. 28, “Interim Financial Reporting”, to require disclosure about those effects in interim financial information. Although the Company continues to account for stock- based compensation according to APB 25, the Company has adopted the required disclosure provisions for interim financial reporting under SFAS No. 148. As a result of the Company’s continued use of the intrinsic value method of accounting for stock-based compensation, the transition provisions did not have an effect of the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows upon adoption of SFAS 148.

Critical Accounting Policies

The discussion and analysis of Zap.Com’s financial condition and results of operations are based upon financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported therein. The estimates that require management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments are described below. The Company believes that the critical judgments impacting the financial statements include:

Valuation allowances for deferred income taxes. The Company reduces its deferred tax assets to an amount that it believes is more likely than not to be realized. In so doing, the Company estimates future taxable income in determining if any valuation allowance is necessary. As a result, the Company had a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets as of June 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002.

Impairment of long-lived assets. Zap.Com reviews the recoverability of its long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. The assessment of possible impairment is based on Zap.Com’s ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the expected future cash flows. If these cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between estimated fair value and carrying value. The measurement requires management to estimate future cash flows and the fair value of long-lived assets. As of June 30, 2003, Zap.Com held approximately $2,000 in long-lived assets.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Market risks relating to Zap.Com’s operations result primarily from changes in interest rates. Zap.Com invests its cash and cash equivalents in short-term US Government Agency securities with maturities generally not more than 90 days. Due to the short duration and conservative nature of these instruments, the Company does not believe that the value of these instruments have a material exposure to interest rate risk. However, changes in interest rates do affect the investment income the Company earns on its cash equivalents and marketable securities and, therefore, impacts its cash flows and results of operations. Accordingly, there is inherent roll-over risk for the Company’s investment grade securities as they mature and are renewed at current market rates. Using the investment grade security balance of $2.0 million at June 30, 2003 as a hypothetical constant cash balance, an adverse change of 1% in interest rates would decrease interest income by approximately $5,000 and $10,000 during a three-month and six-month period, respectively.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

An evaluation was performed under the supervision of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) Rules 13a-14(c) and 15-d-14(c)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were

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effective to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.

Changes in internal controls

Further, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect our disclosure controls subsequent to the evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Part II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 2. Changes in Securities

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Zap.Com held an annual meeting of shareholders on June 12, 2003. Avram A. Glazer, sole director of Zap.Com was re-elected to that position at the meeting. Mr. Glazer received 48,972,258 votes for his election, none against and no abstentions. The other matter voted on at the meeting was the ratification of the Board of Directors’ selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Zap.Com’s independent public accountants. That matter was ratified with 48,972,258 votes for, none against and no abstentions.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)

Exhibits:

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	(b)		Reports on Form 8-K:
			None.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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