Moontoast.com Launches as First Online Marketplace for Human Knowledge

Moontoast.com Launches as First Online Marketplace for Human Knowledge

Site Dedicated to Sharing, Learning Through "Expert" Knowledge

AUSTIN, Texas, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Nashville-based Moontoast announced today the launch of moontoast.com, the content company's new web-based knowledge marketplace at South by Southwest's Accelerator event in Austin, Texas.

Moontoast is building a global community of experts and enabling them to share their knowledge live, at a scheduled time, via moontoast.com's unique face-to-face video player. Out to disrupt the web and the world by democratizing knowledge and linking those who know with those who want to know, moontoast.com launches as a beta site and is currently enlisting early adopters.

"Moontoast is about building a global community of experts, from a lawn mower repairman to a cellist to a nuclear physicist to a person who feels they have knowledge to share about making a killer guacamole," said Moontoast Founder and music legend, William "Bucky" Baxter, who played pedal-steel guitar with Bob Dylan, REM, The Beastie Boys, among others.

Moontoast is opening a new channel for the world, where anyone who seeks knowledge can find it. Simply search the profiles for an expert of any kind, establish a live connection with that expert and speak directly for a determined price using Moontoast's unique two-way video player. The next evolutionary step in the online space, Moontoast takes us from information and data retrieval to sharing human knowledge and expertise in real time.

The Moontoast technology combines:

-- The Moontoast Session Player: A live video interface designed to
enable people to share their knowledge from anywhere in the world with
a Web browser and a Webcam. The Session Player supports multiple
cameras and microphones, as well as real time file transfer between
people while they are talking live.
-- The Moontoast Calendar: A Rich Internet Application which allows
Moontoast experts to present their availability to the world. Those
seeking knowledge can view a provider's calendar, and choose a
convenient time to request a Moontoast session.
-- The Moontoast Message Center: An email like system that facilitates
all communication and purchases between experts and buyers.

"The idea is both simple and huge. We are working to harness technology to simply connect people and allow them to share their unique brand of knowledge," said Moontoast Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Marcus Whitney.

"We start today. We want to attract experts of every kind, from a former CEO to a video game wizard. We need everybody, because together we know everything," added Moontoast Chief Content Officer, Michael Haje.

Moontoast generates revenue based on a percentage from each transaction. The web site concept and business model have generated great excitement and attracted West Coast and Music Industry investment from luminaries such as Vince Gill, Wynonna Judd and Amy Grant.

About Moontoast

Nashville based Moontoast (http://www.moontoast.com/) is an online destination where the world comes together to share knowledge by actually talking to each other face-to-face. The next generation of social networking and learning, Moontoast is democratizing knowledge with its innovative technology and ability to connect those who know with those who want to know wherever they are in the world.

Editor's note:

Please access www.moontoastmedia.com for complete electronic press kit, including corporate fact sheet, founders' bios, high-resolution headshots, logo, etc.

Karen Ram Samantha DiGennaro (at SxSW)
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Source: Moontoast

CONTACT: Karen Ram, karen@digennaroNY.com; or Samantha DiGennaro (at
SxSW), sam@digennaroNY.com, both for Moontoast, +1-212-361-9170

Web Site: http://www.moontoast.com/

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