Raycom Renews with WorldNow

Raycom Renews with WorldNow

Cites Industry-Leading Flexibility, Technology and Revenue-Generating Products in Contract Renewal

NEW YORK, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldNow, the leading provider of Internet technology, revenue and content solutions for local media companies, today announced it has renewed its multi-year agreement with Raycom Media to provide web publishing and streaming video technology and services to 41 Raycom sites. Covering approximately 13% of the country, the sites are visited by over three million unique visitors each month. The agreement includes the Liberty stations and sites that were purchased by Raycom in January 2006.

"No one has the depth of knowledge, leadership and experience in this space like WorldNow," said Paul McTear, CEO of Raycom. "WorldNow gives us best-of-breed technology, and they assist our stations with services and support that establish them as leading web businesses in their markets."

As the local media online business has just begun to realize its potential, WorldNow has emerged as the industry-leading provider of a wide range of products and services that allow media companies to uniquely build new digital and Internet businesses. WorldNow is also known for its advanced technology and revenue development programs to help stations achieve leadership positions in their markets.

"Raycom Media continues to be an exceptional WorldNow partner," said Gary Gannaway, Chairman, President and CEO of WorldNow. "The Raycom team was at the forefront of the convergence of television and the Internet and has built a substantial online presence generating a significant, continually growing ROI and audience matched by few other broadcast groups."

About WorldNow

New York based WorldNow is the leading provider of Internet technology, revenue and content solutions for more than 250 local media sites, including broadcast TV, newspapers and cable. WorldNow's products include a website platform and publishing toolset, a streaming video solution, an automotive classifieds solution, local sales programs, and a national ad network. For additional information on WorldNow and the Local Media Network, visit http://www.worldnow.com/ and http://www.localmedianetwork.com/.

Source: WorldNow

CONTACT: Sandhi Kozsuch of WorldNow, +1-212-931-1260,
skozsuch@worldnow.com

Web site: http://www.worldnow.com/
http://www.localmedianetwork.com/

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