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Boston Media Turns On to EveryZing; Helps Local Media Enliven Rich Multimedia Content on Websites

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – September 11, 2007 – EveryZing, the world’s most powerful multimedia search and merchandising platform, announced several partnerships today with leading Boston media firms including Boston.com; Entercom radio stations WEEI, WAAF and WRKO; 890 ESPN and boston.tv. Through these agreements, EveryZing is helping Bostonians, and audiences globally that have an interest in the area, to search and discover the online audio and video content that is of most interest to them, whether it’s local sports, news, arts and entertainment, business and more.

“Entercom New England’s partnership with EveryZing has enhanced and extended our ability to offer our listeners another vehicle to interact with our products, said Ben Kulis, Entercom Boston’s digital director.  ”In this age of on-demand access, the EveryZing system allows us to fulfill our listeners’ needs to have our content available whenever they want.”

For Entercom’s Boston stations WEEI, WAAF and WRKO; Boston.com, 890 ESPN and boston.tv, EveryZing is enhancing the amount of discoverable audio and video content, which in turn, increases the online consumption and value to advertisers. With the ability to search inside of multimedia content rather than just the metadata, EveryZing is enabling consumers to connect directly with the content they are interested in, no matter where it’s located within the file. For instance, if you missed the interview with Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady on WEEI and wanted to skip to the exact part of the broadcast where he discusses Randy Moss and Sunday’s game you can do so without listening to the entire show.

As each site offers unique multimedia content on various topics, these partnerships offer something for everyone. While Boston.com serves as the official site of the Boston Globe, providing audio and video on everything you need to know about New England; boston.tv provides online video entertainment on all of the hottest happenings around the city –including dining out, arts and entertainment, sports, lifestyle and business. The Entercom radio station websites add additional flavors to the mix with WEEI covering Boston sports, WAAF playing around-the-clock rock music and WRKO offering continuous talk, including interviews with Presidential candidates from both parties. 890 ESPN offers Radio Rewind for their listeners to catch up on insights and in-depth analysis of the Boston sports scene.

“Consumer demand for online multimedia content continues to grow at a dramatic pace, and Boston’s tech-savvy population is no exception,” said Tom Wilde, EveryZing’s CEO. “With our unique ability to help consumers find and consume the multimedia content that is of specific interest to them, our Boston partnerships are creating products and services that help them stand out in the market and drive their businesses forward, and we are thrilled with our continued growth in this area.”

EveryZing’s Media Merchandising solutions provide seamless integration of multimedia search into the overall website experience. Built from world class speech-to-text technology that extracts a full text output from audio and video files across the web, EveryZing’s creates a new paradigm in the consumption of multimedia content online. For the first time, consumers can navigate within multimedia files using EveryZing’s patent pending “snippet” navigation. In addition, EveryZing’s solutions help media companies search engine optimize their multimedia content and contextually promote multimedia across websites while preserving control over these multimedia assets and maintaining a branded experience for their users.

About EveryZing
EveryZing is a media merchandising platform that helps content producers and web publishers dynamically increase the volume of consumable online multimedia content while simultaneously enhancing its monetary value.

Unlike other general web search and aggregation services that work only on meta data and tags, EveryZing leverages its unique speech to text, search, and optimization technologies to unlock the content within multimedia and automatically process and organize it to power a compelling ecosystem which easily connects media companies with publishers, consumers, and advertisers.

EveryZing, based in Cambridge, Mass., was recognized as the Best Web 2.0 Application in 2006 by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. EveryZing can be found at www.everyzing.com and through its network of affiliates.

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Annelise Parham Juliana Allen
EveryZing Racepoint Group, Inc.
617-499-4538 781-487-4600
aparham@everyzing.com everyzing@racepointgroup.com  

“Theatre in Chicago” Selects EVERYZING to Power Targeted Multimedia Search for Chicago Area Theatre Scene

Monday, August 13th, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – August 13, 2007 – EveryZing, the world’s most powerful multimedia search and merchandising platform, announced today that it has partnered with “Theatre In Chicago,” the Windy City’s leading online guide to the local live theatre scene, to power multimedia search capabilities for its Web site www.theatreinchicago.com. Through the partnership, Chicago theatre fans everywhere will easily be able to search inside of, and uncover, the specific content that is directly related to their individual theatrical interests.

For Theatre In Chicago, EveryZing is helping to make previously undiscovered multimedia content more searchable, increasing the amount of online content accessible to site visitors. Now, site visitors can enjoy all of the sites’ weekly podcast, which provide the latest Chicago theatre happenings, reviews and news, including interviews with a variety of theatre professionals from award winning Broadway stars, to film and stage stars, to the people making theater happen at the small storefront type theatres in Chicago.

“Since we launched the site, we’ve had numerous requests to make the content from our weekly podcasts searchable,” said Mark Meyer, president of Theatre In Chicago. “Our interviews are timeless, but before we partnered with EveryZing, once they aired, they were just another piece of achieved content. The ability to search our multimedia files will help us to increase our podcast listener base, as well as visitors to our site.”

Ideal for a variety of audiences, including tourists looking for city happenings, locals searching for a night on the town, businesses planning an event for clients, or parents trying to find an appropriate play for their children, Theatre In Chicago offers a little something for anyone who has an interest in theatre. EveryZing is helping this diverse audience connect with the content that is specific to their individual interests.

“The ability to have Theatre In Chicago’s content discoverable is not only servicing the visitors that come to the site but is also helping to increase exposure for local theatres and actors,” said Tom Wilde, EveryZing CEO. “This is a great example of how to leverage technology to enable a smaller, local company to gain exposure on a larger, global scale.”

EveryZing’s world class speech-to-text technology has the unrivaled ability to extract a full text output from audio and video files across the Web. EveryZing’s full-text indexing of multimedia content creates a new paradigm in the consumption of multimedia content online, aiding the discovery of content within major search engines across the Web, bringing the multibillion dollar industry of contextual advertising to the world of multimedia, and for the first time enabling users to navigate within multimedia files using EveryZing’s patent-pending “snippet” navigation interface.

About About Theatre In Chicago
Theatre In Chicago features the most comprehensive listings, news, reviews and pre-theatre dining suggestions for the shows that are currently playing in the Chicago area, as well as future productions of shows.

With more than 100 theatres in the Chicago area and countless Theatre Production companies, Theatre In Chicago makes your search for Chicago plays easy with the use of search features, as well as maps of the theatres. So whether you are looking to go to a large production in the Chicago Theatre District or a small show at a storefront theatre, Theatre In Chicago can help you out. For more information, please email Mark Meyer, Theatre In Chicago president, at Mark@TheatreInChicago.com.

About EveryZing
EveryZing is a media merchandising platform that helps content producers and web publishers dynamically increase the volume of consumable online multimedia content while simultaneously enhancing its monetary value.

Unlike other general web search and aggregation services that work only on meta data and tags, EveryZing leverages its unique speech to text, search, and optimization technologies to unlock the content within multimedia and automatically process and organize it to power a compelling ecosystem which easily connects media companies with publishers, consumers, and advertisers.

EveryZing, based in Cambridge, Mass., was recognized as the Best Web 2.0 Application in 2006 by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. EveryZing can be found at www.everyzing.com and through its network of affiliates.

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Annelise Parham Juliana Allen
EveryZing Racepoint Group, Inc.
617-499-4538 781-487-4600
aparham@everyzing.com everyzing@racepointgroup.com  

Online Search and Media Industry Expert to Join EVERYZING’s Executive Team

Monday, July 30th, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – July 30, 2007 – EveryZing, the world’s most powerful multimedia search and merchandising platform, today announced that Stephen Baker has joined the company as its new chief revenue officer (CRO). At EveryZing, Baker will be responsible for driving successful execution of EveryZing’s business model and overall strategic planning and client strategies, including business development and advertising sales. EveryZing selected Baker and created the new position of CRO with a keen eye on the future of multimedia search for entertainment and media companies.

“This is an exciting period of growth for EveryZing,” said Tom Wilde, EveryZing CEO. “In just the last two months, we have launched our new digital media merchandizing platform, announced our re-branding from PodZinger to EveryZing, closed on Series-B funding, and established several key customer partnerships. With Stephen’s deep experience across online search, media and entertainment, he is an ideal match for us as we continue down this path of strong growth and momentum. In our capacity as a key technology partner for media companies looking to optimize their audio and video content for the search economy, we’re looking forward to bringing his expertise to the table.”

Stephen is a veteran of the online search and publishing industry and joins EveryZing from leadership roles at Reed Elsevier, FAST and Yahoo.  Most recently, Stephen was CEO of RB Search, Reed Elsevier’s strategic business unit, tasked with developing Reed’s cross-business global search engine and search marketing platform to support more than 500 RBI and affiliate sites.  At FAST Stephen was VP/general manager, responsible for all of its strategic business development initiatives and customer delivery lifecycle.  Under Stephen’s leadership, FAST’s revenues tripled during a three year period, and he was a key contributor to FAST’s successful $100MM sale of its Web Search business unit to Yahoo. His considerable business experience and vast knowledge about the industry will prove critical elements in broadening EveryZing’s market reach, product offering and overall growth revenue.

“As the media and entertainment industries converge with the Web, brands need strong partners with innovative technology, a strong leadership team and solutions-driven products to help them win in this new paradigm,” said Baker. “EveryZing is the only player in the space with all of those pieces in play - our ability to deliver exactly what media companies need to market their multimedia content to the YouTube generation is unbeatable, and I’m looking forward to joining the team.”

EveryZing’s world class speech-to-text technology unlocks the contents of multimedia files and is uniquely able to drive audience reach, site engagement, and contextual monetization of audio and video content for major media producers across the Internet.

About EveryZing
EveryZing is a media merchandising platform that helps content producers and web publishers dynamically increase the volume of consumable online multimedia content while simultaneously enhancing its monetary value.

Unlike other general web search and aggregation services that work only on meta data and tags, EveryZing leverages its unique speech to text, search, and optimization technologies to unlock the content within multimedia and automatically process and organize it to power a compelling ecosystem which easily connects media companies with publishers, consumers, and advertisers.

EveryZing, based in Cambridge, Mass., was recognized as the Best Web 2.0 Application in 2006 by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. EveryZing can be found at www.everyzing.com and through its network of affiliates.

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Barbara Loonam Juliana Allen
EveryZing Racepoint Group, Inc.
617-873-7655 781-487-4600
bloonam@everyzing.com everyzing@racepointgroup.com  

Leading Sports and Resort Network RSN Selects EVERYZING to Drive Online Advertising and Targeted Search

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –June 27, 2007 – EveryZing, the only multimedia merchandising platform to enhance discovery, consumption and monetization for online content producers and publishers, announced today that it is partnering with Resort Sports Network (RSN) to power search capabilities for its Web site www.rsn.com and support its advertising program. Relevant interactive advertisements will sell around specific content on RSN’s site and affiliate sites, as well as syndicated material on EveryZing’s Web site.

For RSN, EveryZing will support advertisements for some of the company’s top advertising sponsors such as Jeep and Sudafed. Backed by its unique speech recognition technology, EveryZing captures consumers’ intent, classifies searched content and aggregates consumer usage. This information provides the essential elements for designing advertisements specifically tailored to consumers’ individual interests, and in turn, increases revenue for the advertiser and content creator.

“When deciding to move our video content online, the ability to have a consistent revenue stream was a priority,” said Richard Bilodeau, vice president of marketing for RSN. “EveryZing’s unique model allows us to go to our advertisers and prospective advertisers to demonstrate that their advertisements will be tied directly to consumers that are specifically interested in their merchandise. Tying relevant and even niche video content to specific interests provides a vehicle with which consumers are likely to watch more, and in turn, purchase goods. Ultimately, this means higher revenues for the advertiser and the content creator.”

RSN is a leading television network, specializing in creating and distributing outdoor content for premier resorts across the country, including more than 100 beach and mountain locations. Distributing 24-hour programming through an affiliate network of local cable channels, RSN provides information, recreation and entertainment ideas specific to each resort. This programming is now also available via RSN’s Web site.

“Our partnership with RSN exemplifies the growing trend of traditional media outlets moving their content into the online space,” said Tom Wilde, EveryZing CEO. “Because of the increasing amount of content on the Web daily, targeted advertising is one of the only ways to successfully maintain a steady revenue stream. Unlike run-of-site advertising, EveryZing’s unique ability to search and classify the content itself ensures that the advertisers’ brand is matched to both the most relevant and the most appropriate content.”

EveryZing’s world class speech-to-text technology has the unrivaled ability to extract a full text output from audio and video files across the Web. EveryZing’s full-text indexing of multimedia content creates a new paradigm in the consumption of multimedia content online, aiding the discovery of content within major search engines across the Web, bringing the multibillion dollar industry of contextual advertising to the world of multimedia, and for the first time enabling users to navigate within multimedia files using EveryZing’s patent-pending “snippet” navigation interface.

About RSN
RSN is a national television network that specializes in creating and distributing outdoor content for America’s premier resorts. RSN serves more than 100 resort destinations across the US and is known for its unique ability to localize content to meet the specific needs of resort communities. RSN works with Nielsen Media Research to collect ratings data and Management Science Associates, Inc. of Pittsburgh, PA, to report ad impression delivery. RSN is also a member of the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB). For more information regarding RSN go to www.rsn.com or call 800-653-0697.

About EveryZing
EveryZing is a media merchandising platform that helps content producers and web publishers dynamically increase the volume of consumable online multimedia content while simultaneously enhancing its monetary value.

Unlike other general web search and aggregation services that work only on meta data and tags, EveryZing leverages its unique speech to text, search, and optimization technologies to unlock the content within multimedia and automatically process and organize it to power a compelling ecosystem which easily connects media companies with publishers, consumers, and advertisers.

EveryZing, based in Cambridge, Mass., was recognized as the Best Web 2.0 Application in 2006 by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. EveryZing can be found at www.everyzing.com and through its network of affiliates.

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Annelise Parham Juliana Allen  
EveryZing Racepoint Group, Inc.  
617-499-4500 781-487-4600  
aparham@everyzing.com everyzing@racepointgroup.com  

EveryZing To Power Search and Discovery of Online Content for Entercom Communications

Monday, June 18th, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –June 18, 2007 – EveryZing, whose Digital Media Merchandising Platform drives multimedia discovery for the search economy, today announced that Entercom Communications is integrating EveryZing into several of its official radio station web sites to offer improved search and navigation of its premium online content.

Entercom will use EveryZing’s powerful speech-to-text, search and optimization technologies to provide their loyal audience with enhanced online access to programming and overall, a superior user experience. Employing search terms and topic categorization, Entercom’s audiences can now navigate across and into specific shows, allowing users to dig further into content that is most relevant for them. Additionally, EveryZing enriches contextual advertising and increases revenue opportunities through robust ad targeting.

In September 2006, Entercom launched EveryZing’s search and navigation on WEEI-AM Boston, the top-ranked sports radio station in the country. This roll-out was hugely successful with a significant increase in traffic and listener interaction over a six-month span, prompting Entercom to begin to roll out this service to additional stations.

“Integrating EveryZing into our online offering will enable our loyal listeners to explore a new dynamic of Entercom content,” says Sandy Smallens, Senior VP Digital with Entercom. “Empowering our listeners to search and replay certain programs if they missed them during the day or find online-exclusive programming is a key component of our digital strategy to further engage our audience.”

“Entercom is a visionary in the radio market, building premium content offerings and best in class navigation capabilities into their online experience,” says Tom Wilde, CEO, EveryZing. “With EveryZing, Entercom now has the unique opportunity to monetize their content on the Web and retain their loyal consumers by increasing the volume of consumable multimedia content and letting users unlock that content to see what’s most relevant for them.”

EveryZing’s full-text indexing of multimedia content allows media companies to improve on-site navigation, enable users to navigate within multimedia files, and search engine optimize content pages. The results are dramatically improved organic traffic levels and an overall enhanced user experience.

About EveryZing
EveryZing is a media merchandising platform that helps content producers and web publishers dynamically increase the volume of consumable online multimedia content while simultaneously enhancing its monetary value.

Unlike other general web search and aggregation services that work only on meta data and tags, EveryZing leverages its unique speech to text, search, and optimization technologies to unlock the content within multimedia and automatically process and organize it to power a compelling ecosystem which easily connects media companies with publishers, consumers, and advertisers.

EveryZing, based in Cambridge, Mass., was recognized as the Best Web 2.0 Application in 2006 by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. EveryZing can be found at www.everyzing.com and through its network of affiliates.

AboutEntercom Communications
Entercom is one of the nation’s largest radio broadcasters, with operations in San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Sacramento, Portland, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Austin, Norfolk, Buffalo, New Orleans, Providence, Memphis, Greensboro, Rochester, Greenville/Spartanburg, Madison, Wichita, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Springfield and Gainesville/Ocala.

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Annelise Parham Juliana Allen  
EveryZing Racepoint Group, Inc.  
617-499-4500 781-487-4600  
aparham@everyzing.com everyzing@racepointgroup.com

EveryZing Secures $10 Million Capital Investment

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –June 12, 2007 – EveryZing, the only multimedia merchandising platform to enhance discovery, consumption and monetization for online content producers and publishers, today announced it has closed on $10 million in Series B funding. Fairhaven Capital led the round, with Accel and General Catalyst also contributing. EveryZing will use the investment to bolster its aggressive growth plans to help media companies merchandise their multimedia content through unparalleled content discovery, higher user consumption and ultimately greater monetization opportunities.

“This funding will enable EveryZing to continue its assertive growth strategy to be the preeminent digital merchandising platform for media companies,” said Tom Wilde, CEO, EveryZing. “There is a tremendous opportunity for media companies to make their content discoverable by creating a rich text output that enhances the user experience, but until now, media companies have not had the means to do it.”

“Search is the second most utilized function online behind email, so it presents numerous opportunities for growth,” said Dan Keshian, Managing Director, Fairhaven Capital. “EveryZing is unique in that it is the only company offering a true, comprehensive media merchandising platform based on search and navigation – complete with full-text audio and video search, and targeted advertising. In today’s digital world, media companies’ success depends on the ability of users to find and consume their content, which is what EveryZing is enabling.”

EveryZing’s world class speech-to-text technology has the unrivaled ability to extract a full text output from audio and video files across the Web. EveryZing’s full-text indexing of multimedia content creates a new paradigm in the consumption of multimedia content online, aiding the discovery of content within major search engines across the web, bringing the multibillion dollar industry of contextual advertising to the world of multimedia, and for the first time enabling users to navigate within multimedia files using EveryZing’s patent-pending “snippet” navigation interface.

About EveryZing
EveryZing is a media merchandising platform that helps content producers and web publishers dynamically increase the volume of consumable online multimedia content while simultaneously enhancing its monetary value.

Unlike other general web search and aggregation services that work only on meta data and tags, EveryZing leverages its unique speech to text, search, and optimization technologies to unlock the content within multimedia and automatically process and organize it to power a compelling ecosystem which easily connects media companies with publishers, consumers, and advertisers.

EveryZing, based in Cambridge, Mass., was recognized as the Best Web 2.0 Application in 2006 by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. EveryZing can be found at www.everyzing.com and through its network of affiliates.

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Annelise Parham Tom Bain/Juliana Allen  
EveryZing Racepoint Group, Inc.  
617-499-4500 781-487-4600  
aparham@everyzing.com everyzing@racepointgroup.com  

PodZinger Relaunches as EveryZing

Monday, June 11th, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –June 11, 2007 – PodZinger, the world’s most powerful multimedia search and advertising platform, today announced that it is launching a major expansion of its services with its breakthrough Digital Media Merchandising Platform, as well as re-branding the company as EveryZing. The company’s new name speaks to its expansion beyond Podcasts to include all forms of online multimedia content, and more accurately reflects its ability to help major media companies drive multimedia discovery and plug directly into the increasingly important search economy. With EveryZing, media companies can significantly enhance their online multimedia offerings and better merchandise their branded digital content across the Web.

EveryZing’s world class speech-to-text technology has the unrivaled ability to extract a full text output from audio and video files across the Web. EveryZing’s full-text indexing of multimedia content creates a new paradigm in the consumption of multimedia content online, aiding the discovery of content within major search engines across the web, bringing the multibillion dollar industry of contextual advertising to the world of multimedia, and for the first time enabling users to navigate within multimedia files using EveryZing’s patent-pending “snippet” navigation interface.

“By unlocking the contents of multimedia files, EveryZing is powering a shift in how multimedia content will be organized, accessed, and monetized into the future,” said Tom Wilde, CEO of EveryZing. “Search has become the Internet’s operating system, and EveryZing’s solution uniquely bridges the gap between multimedia and search to drive consumption. For our partners, higher consumption translates to an increase in advertising inventory and monetization at a higher value. In addition, with EveryZing’s web-based services platform, media companies can quickly integrate it into their existing content management, ad serving and search infrastructure.”

“The popularity exhibited by sites like YouTube and MySpace has indicated consumers’ craving for digital content,” said Josh Martin, analyst for Yankee Group.  ”Media companies are quickly jumping on the bandwagon, making more and more of their own content available for consumer consumption. The desire for broadband distribution must be matched with compelling new models to maximize the content’s value, while creating flexible models of consumption and monetization.”

About EveryZing
EveryZing is a media merchandising platform that helps content producers and web publishers dynamically increase the volume of consumable online multimedia content while simultaneously enhancing its monetary value.

Unlike other general web search and aggregation services that work only on meta data and tags, EveryZing leverages its unique speech to text, search, and optimization technologies to unlock the content within multimedia and automatically process and organize it to power a compelling ecosystem which easily connects media companies with publishers, consumers, and advertisers.

EveryZing, based in Cambridge, Mass., was recognized as the Best Web 2.0 Application in 2006 by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. EveryZing can be found at www.everyzing.com and through its network of affiliates.

Dow Jones Adds Multimedia Content to Its Factiva Products

Monday, June 4th, 2007

NEW YORK, (June 4, 2007) – Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) today announced a partnership with PodZinger, the only multimedia platform that allows users to find audio and video content using keyword searches, to integrate multimedia content into Factiva.com and Factiva iWorks, the leading news and business information solutions for the global corporate market. Beginning August 2007, Factiva customers can easily access highly relevant video and audio information including business news, CEO interviews, executive speeches, shareholders meetings, product reviews and other meaningful business content.

According to eMarketer, there were more than 7.2 billion video streams viewed by 123 million consumers in January 2007 alone, and AccuStream iMedia revealed that 30% growth in multimedia viewers is expected annually.

“Multimedia is proliferating exponentially and companies are paying attention,” said Clare Hart, executive vice president of Dow Jones and president, Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group. “However, finding relevant and meaningful content can be time-consuming as most multimedia sites apply only limited metadata and offer rudimentary search capabilities for audio and video content, resulting in voluminous and often irrelevant results.”

Hart added, “For companies that want a comprehensive view of their business, video and audio content is playing an increasingly significant role in their news monitoring and research activities. Our commitment to helping companies capture the power of emerging content and Web 2.0 technologies is reinforced in our partnership with PodZinger.”

Factiva’s multimedia offering leverages PodZinger’s exclusive speech-to-text and natural language processing technologies, giving users highly relevant results around their search. It also uses the patented Factiva Intelligent Indexing ™ and displays results in charts and graphs so that users can immediately extract value and understanding from their search. According to a 2006 study by PodZinger, viewers listen to or watch only 15% of an entire audio or video file. Dow Jones is combining the strengths of both Factiva and PodZinger to deliver a unique and powerful multimedia search experience that enables users to surface short, targeted clips around specific search terms where they can subsequently view only relevant sections or the entire episode.

Tom Wilde, CEO of PodZinger said, “As multimedia content becomes a larger share of online news and information, users need a way to pinpoint just what they want inside these video and audio files. PodZinger’s unique search capability saves valuable time for Factiva customers by giving them the means to skim over extraneous content and quickly find and view highly relevant material.”

The Factiva multimedia content offering includes:

  • Continuously updating content from more than 4,000 news and business sources (or series) and more than 300,000 individual episodes
  • 90-day content archive from a business news and information collection that includes The Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNN, BBC Radio and more
  • Language interfaces in English, Spanish, French, German and Russian

For more information about Factiva products, visit www.factiva.com. For more information about Dow Jones, visit www.dj.com. About Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones is co-owner with Hearst of SmartMoney. Dow Jones provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.
Media Contacts:

Shannon Sullivan
Dow Jones
Public Relations Manager, Americas & APAC
Tel: +1 609.627.2312
shannon.sullivan@dowjones.com

Melanie Surplice
Dow Jones
Public Relations Manager – UKI, CEMA,
Tel: +44 207 542 8837
melanie.surplice@dowjones.com

PodZinger Appoints Online Search and Advertising Industry Leader Tom Wilde As CEO

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – (May 2nd, 2007) – PodZinger (www.podzinger.com), the world’s most powerful audio and video search engine and online advertising network, today announced that Tom Wilde has joined the company as its chief executive officer (CEO). Given his rich background and expertise with major media, search and advertising networks, Wilde is ideally positioned to lead PodZinger as the company embarks on its next phase of growth and development, including continued product development and the creation of key business and media partnerships.

PodZinger launched in January 2006 as the first commercial offering out of BBN Technologies’ Delta Division in Cambridge, Mass. BBN is an advanced technology solutions firm known for its networking expertise, including the development of ARPANET, the forerunner of the Internet. Led by PodZinger’s founder and board member, Alex Laats, BBN’s Delta Division was created to commercialize BBN technologies and push them out as new and innovative market offerings.

“PodZinger is a great success story for BBN and Delta Division. We productized BBN’s world class speech-to-text technology and applied it to the rapidly emerging market for online audio and video content in order to create a consumer venture start-up that’s now one of the most recognized Web 2.0 companies in the marketplace,” said Alex Laats, president, Delta Division; co-founder and board member, PodZinger. “With Tom now on board, we’re looking forward to more great successes as he takes the company to the next level. Tom’s extensive background in search and advertising is just the ticket to make that happen,” said Laats.

Wilde brings more than 15 years of search, online advertising and consumer Web business experience to PodZinger. Serving in senior management roles at top Internet technology firms including MIVA, Lycos, FAST and NameMedia, Wilde has developed an extensive reputation for building and growing consumer online businesses. At FAST, Wilde drove the creation of FAST’s flagship search product, FDS; at Lycos, he created Lycos Insite, pioneering the Internet’s first private-label pay per click network; and, at MIVA, Wilde managed the company’s North American business unit, adding $20mm in revenue in his first year. Wilde’s deep knowledge of and experience with the online industry will serve as a vital enhancement of PodZinger’s offerings to consumers, advertisers and media companies.

“Search is the operating system of the Internet – and by leveraging superior search technologies such as PodZinger, media companies can now maximize both the volume and the value of their digital assets,” said Wilde. “As the consumer appetite for digital content grows, PodZinger’s offer has become ever more powerful for content owners and publishers alike so they can realize ROI from their audience and content assets. Given PodZinger’s rich pipeline of product development and world class technology, I’m thrilled to be joining the company at this exciting time.”

About PodZinger
PodZinger is the leading audio and video search engine and advertising network for brands, content providers and consumers.  With PodZinger, consumers are able to find the most relevant content, content creators can monetize their online audio and video assets and advertisers can more effectively deliver their brand messages.

PodZinger, based in Cambridge, Mass., was recognized as the Best Web 2.0 Application in 2006 by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. PodZinger can be found at www.podzinger.com and through its network of affiliates.

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Barbara Loonam Juliana Allen
PodZinger Racepoint Group, Inc.
617-873-7655 781-487-4637
bloonam@bbn.com jallen@racepointgroup.com

PodZinger Appoints New VP of Advertising Sales

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – February 21, 2007 – PodZinger (www.podzinger.com), the world’s most powerful audio and video search engine and online advertising network, today announced that it has selected Joseph (Duke) Barnett as vice president of advertising sales. Barnett will lead PodZinger’s advertising initiatives, developing key business partnerships with leaders in the media industry to further drive the company’s growth.

“Our premier technology enables media companies to derive maximum value from their digital content and advertisers to deliver relevant messages to consumers inside that content, “said Alex Laats, CEO, PodZinger. “Given his previous leadership role with CBS, Duke is ideally suited to drive PodZinger’s sales strategy by helping our customers find new ways to monetize their content and drive premium advertising.”

Barnett brings more than nine years of advertising and sales experience with CBS Digital Media managing various properties including PGATour.com, NFL.com, CBSNews.com and NCAASports.com. His sports advertising knowledge will serve as a critical asset as PodZinger continues to expand as a premier content and advertising solutions provider for the online broadcast and radio industries.

Barnett most recently was director of sports and Eastern advertising sales at CBS Digital Media, where he managed the sales assets for CBS Sportsline and directed the East coast sales team, generating $36 million in 2006. During his work with CBS, he additionally developed key business partners and maintained strategic relationships with the NFL, NCAA and PGA Tour, acting as a liaison between the entities and managing millions of dollars in business.

“PodZinger’s search technology opens up online content for advertisers and provides an innovative solution to target consumers,” said Barnett, vice president of advertising sales, PodZinger. “I’m excited to be part of one of the most dynamic teams in the online space with PodZinger, and I am looking forward to building on and adding to their already impressive growth.”

About PodZinger
PodZinger is the leading audio and video search engine and advertising network for brands, content providers and consumers.  With PodZinger, consumers are able to find the most relevant content, content creators can monetize their online audio and video assets and advertisers can more effectively deliver their brand messages.

PodZinger, based in Cambridge, Mass., was recognized as the Best Web 2.0 Application in 2006 by the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. PodZinger can be found at www.podzinger.com and through its network of affiliates.

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Barbara Loonam Juliana Allen
PodZinger Racepoint Group, Inc.
617-873-7655 781-487-4637
bloonam@bbn.com jallen@racepointgroup.com