Scripps Selects WANTED Technologies as Recruitment Advertising Intelligence Provider for Next Three Years

Scripps Selects WANTED Technologies as Recruitment Advertising Intelligence Provider for Next Three Years

NEW YORK, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WANTED Technologies Corporation (TSX: WAN) announces today a 36-month agreement has been signed with The E. W. Scripps company and their affiliate newspapers for sales tools to be used by their classified advertising teams.

Scripps-owned newspapers including the Knoxville News Sentinel (Knoxville, TN), the Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN), the Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, TX) and Treasure Coast Publishing (Stuart, FL) are among the affiliates that will have access to WANTED's recruitment advertising tools.

"These are excellent tools that we believe will make it possible for our newspapers to have up-to-the-minute information regarding their advertisers and online competitors in the lucrative recruitment category," says Linda Sease, director of newspaper marketing for Scripps.

The agreement includes real-time access to WANTED Analytics, an employer- specific dashboard of recruitment advertising statistics, as well as weekly business leads and market share reporting for each affiliate.

About Scripps

The E. W. Scripps Company is a diverse and growing media enterprise with interests in national cable networks, newspaper publishing, broadcast television stations, interactive media, and licensing and syndication.

The company's portfolio of media properties includes: Scripps Networks, with such brands as HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Fine Living and Great American Country; daily and community newspapers in 17 markets and the Washington-based Scripps Media Center, home to the Scripps Howard News Service; 10 broadcast TV stations, including six ABC-affiliated stations, three NBC affiliates and one independent; Scripps Interactive Media, including leading online search and comparison shopping services, Shopzilla and uSwitch; and United Media, a leading worldwide licensing and syndication company that is the home of PEANUTS, DILBERT and approximately 150 other features and comics.

About WANTED Technologies Corporation

WANTED is a leading supplier of real-time sales and business intelligence solutions for the media classified and recruitment industries. Using its proprietary On-Demand data mining, lead generation and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) integrated technologies, WANTED aggregates real-time data from thousands of online job boards, real estate and newspaper sites, as well as corporate Web sites on a daily basis.

WANTED's data is used to optimize sales and to implement marketing strategies within the classified ad departments of major media organizations, as well as by staffing firms, advertising agencies and human resources specialists.

WANTED is also the exclusive data provider for the United States Conference Board's Help-Wanted Online Data Series(TM), a monthly economic indicator of job availability in the United States.

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Any statement that appears prospective shall not be interpreted as such.

Source: WANTED Technologies Corp.

CONTACT: David Tanguay, President and CEO, +1-418-523-6663 ext. 222, or
Philippe Freniere, CA, Vice President Finance & CFO, +1-800-530-0818 ext. 232,
both of WANTED Technologies Corp.

Web site:

http://www.wantedtech.com/

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