coComment Powers Virgin Radio

coComment Powers Virgin Radio

SAN FRANCISCO, May 27/PRNewswire/ --

- Virgin Radio selects coComment to power conversations, host all online
comments

coComment, the leading platform for managing, powering and researching,
discovering, tracking and sharing great conversations online, announced a
partnership with the UK's favourite national rock and pop station Virgin
Radio (http://www.virginradio.co.uk), a part of Scottish Media Group: SMG.L.
coCommment will power conversations on Virgin Radio's award-winning site
enabeling the station's 4.5 million monthly listeners to bring radio
discussions online and keep these conversations alive, well after the
broadcast has ended.

"User comment and opinion allows us to interact with our listeners on an
ongoing basis and this partnership with coComment will help us to do so in
the most effective way," said Andy Grumbridge, Virgin Radio's Digital Media
Director. "With this partnership we aim to offer the comments and opinions of
Virgin Radio audiences to a wider audience and, in encouraging responses,
attract new visitors to virginradio.co.uk."

Matt Colebourne, CEO of coComment commented: "With over 14 million
conversations and 3.5 million uniques, coComment is driving online
conversation. This partnership with Virgin Radio further extends our market
share and brings together two market leaders who want to make it as easy as
possible for consumers to participate in great conversations online."

About coComment:

Founded in 2007, coComment is the leading provider of comment and blog
access, aggregation and tracking technology. The company enables better
conversations on the web by providing users the ability to centralize, track
and share comments anywhere online. Through integration with major media
companies and publishing platforms, coComment increases the visibility and
exposure of comments to a greater user base of active commenters, bloggers
and the public -- creating more interesting user experiences, driving users
to the commenting sites and linking conversations with a community. coComment
is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. More information can be found at:
http://www.coComment.com

ABOUT VIRGIN RADIO:

Tune into Virgin Radio on 105.8FM in London, 1215AM nationwide, on Virgin
TV -- channel 915, Freeview, DAB digital radio and via the internet at
http://www.virginradio.co.uk to hear the best music from the biggest acts in
the world, such as Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, The Fratellis,
classics from music legends such as Queen, Oasis, The Rolling Stones and
David Bowie, as well as new music from artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Hard
Fi, Plain White T's and Amy Macdonald.

Media Contact
Heddi Cundle
Consort Partners
cocomment@consortpartners.com
Tel: +1-415-626-6638

Web site: http://www.coComment.com

http://www.virginradio.co.uk

Source: coComment

Heddi Cundle of Consort Partners, +1-415-626-6638, cocomment@consortpartners.com, for coComment

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