2010 Press
Mediabistro Launches SportsNewser, Covering Sports Media and Entertainment
(New York, NY - August 25, 2010) Mediabistro.com (a division of WebMediaBrands Inc., Nasdaq: WEBM) has launched SportsNewser, a blog that covers all areas of sports media and sports-related entertainment. SportsNewser will focus on breaking news and analysis of the sports media business. The blog will also feature interviews with prominent broadcasters, athletes, and industry executives.
"SportsNewser is a natural extension of our blog media network," said Alan M. Meckler, Chairman and CEO of WebMediaBrands. "SportsNewser is the first blog devoted exclusively to covering the rapidly growing field of sports media and entertainment."
SportsNewser (www.mediabistro.com/sportsnewser) joins a stellar list of mediabistro.com websites that cover both traditional and digital media, such as TVNewser, AgencySpy, GalleyCat, Ads of the World, Brands of the World, AllFacebook, and SocialTimes.
About WebMediaBrands Inc.
WebMediaBrands Inc. (Nasdaq: WEBM, www.webmediabrands.com) is an Internet media company that provides content, education, trade shows and online job board services to media and business professionals. The Company’s online business includes: (i) mediabistro.com, a leading blog network providing content, career and educational resources about major media markets and industry verticals including new media, TV news, advertising, public relations, publishing, design, mobile and the semantic web; (ii) Socialtimes.com and Allfacebook.com, providing industry leading content about the latest developments in social media, social networks and social gaming; (iii) other leading content websites including AgencySpy, PRNewser, eBookNewser, BrandsoftheWorld, GalleyCat and TVNewser; and (iv) e-commerce websites including FreelanceConnect.com and StockLogos.com. The Company’s LearnNetwork features online and in-person courses, panels, certificate programs and educational video subscription libraries for media and business professionals and presents evening panels on topics including social media, journalism, advertising design, publishing, Web content, video and more. WebMediaBrands’s trade shows include Think Mobile, Smartphone Games Summit, Social Gaming Summit, Virtual Goods Summit, eBook Summit, Semantic Web Summit, Freemium Summit, Social Developer Summit, Mediabistro Circus and Mediabistro Career Circus. The Company’s mediabistro.com business also includes an industry-leading job board for media and business professionals focusing on job categories such as social media, online/new media, publishing, public relations/marketing, advertising, sales, design, television and more.
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Amanda Barrett
Director of Marketing
212-547-7879
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