Rick Rubin Joins MOG Board of Directors

Rick Rubin Joins MOG Board of Directors

BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Rick Rubin, who Time Magazine named as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World," has joined the Board of Directors for MOG, (http://mog.com/), a music blogging platform powered by industry-leading music discovery technology, it was announced today.

The Grammy-winning Rubin has produced albums for some of music's biggest names, including the Dixie Chicks, Neil Diamond, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Tom Petty, the Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, System of a Down, and Run DMC. In May, 2007, Rubin joined Columbia Records in a unique executive and creative partnership with Rob Stringer and Steve Barnett. Rubin is also the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings.

"This is a great validation of what we're building," said David Hyman, founder and CEO of MOG, which was recently named one of the top 10 hottest music websites by WIRED. "Rick has established himself as one of world's top music producers because he has a great sensibility for what music fans want. We're excited to have his expertise help shape the company."

Since its public beta launch in July 2006, MOG has provided the ultimate tools for expressing yourself as a musical human being. The result is a world-class online music destination created by MOG's passionate community of music lovers and comprised of a network of thousands of music blogs.

Completely free, anyone can access the best music content online or contribute to the community by creating their own MOG pages by visiting http://mog.com/.

About MOG

Recently named one of the top 10 hottest music websites by WIRED, MOG (http://mog.com/) is a music blogging platform powered by industry-leading music discovery technology. Cutting edge filters make it ridiculously easy to find the music, videos, news and reviews that match your musical taste. Completely free, MOG was started by David Hyman, former CEO of Gracenote, former SVP-Marketing at MTV Interactive, and self-proclaimed music freak. Founded in June 2005 and headquartered in Berkeley, CA, MOG has raised $6 million in funding to date, including strategic investments from Universal Music Group and Sony BMG. MOG launched its public beta July 2006. For more information go to http://mog.com/.

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CONTACT: Dana Smith of Dadascope Communications, +1-510-524-2066,
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Web site: http://www.mog.com/

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