Mediabase and USA TODAY Form Unprecedented Partnership

Mediabase and USA TODAY Form Unprecedented Partnership

USA TODAY Debuts Airplay Charts Tomorrow

LOS ANGELES, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Mediabase and USA TODAY have partnered on an innovative, multi-platform initiative that will bring music charts to consumers nationwide. Debuting tomorrow, the first weekly "USA TODAY Airplay Charts compiled by Mediabase" will run in the LIFE section of the newspaper as well as on its website, USATODAY.com. New charts will be published every Tuesday.

In addition, the weekly USA TODAY Airplay Charts will be used by more than 500 radio stations and music industry websites, as well as nationally syndicated radio shows such as American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest, American Top 10 (and 20) with Casey Kasem and The Jeff Foxworthy Countdown.

Mediabase President Rich Meyer stated, "This partnership is a crowning achievement of Mediabase's growth over the past two decades. To be aligned with such a credible, reliable and well-known source as USA TODAY, underscores our commitment to excellence. The USA TODAY Airplay Charts will quickly establish themselves as the gold standard to the consumer."

"We are excited to partner with Mediabase on these airplay charts. They are a terrific complement to our popular Tuesday music feature Listen Up and we think readers will enjoy this great addition to our music coverage," said Craig Moon, president and publisher of USA TODAY.

ABOUT USA TODAY

USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. It is published via satellite at 34 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad. With a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide. USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI). The USA TODAY brand also includes: USATODAY.com, an award-winning news and information Web site that is updated 24 hours per day; USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a magazine for enthusiasts of college and professional football and baseball; USA TODAY Mobile, offering up-to-the minute news and information on a variety of mobile platforms and devices; and USA TODAY LIVE, the television arm of the USA TODAY brand that brings the spirit and quality of the newspaper to television.

ABOUT MEDIABASE

Mediabase monitors more than 1,800 radio stations in 180 U.S. and Canadian markets, 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. In addition to providing vital airplay and programming information to more than 1,700 affiliate radio stations and every major broadcast group, Mediabase 24/7, a division of Premiere Radio Networks, is the data source for popular countdown and syndicated shows like American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest, American Top 20 with Casey Kasem, After MidNite with Blair Garner, Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton, Jeff Foxworthy Countdown, Country Top 40 Countdown with Bob Kingsley, and others. Mediabase also provides its airplay research to every major record label in North America. Mediabase pioneered the concept of monitored airplay in 1987. Its charts can be found weekly in numerous trade and consumer publications and websites.

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Source: Mediabase

CONTACT: Amir Forester of Mediabase, +1-818-461-5404; or Heidi Zimmerman
of USA TODAY, +1-703-854-5304

Web site:

http://www.usatoday.com/

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