The McGraw-Hill Companies Completes Sale of Broadcasting Group to E.W. Scripps

NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The McGraw-Hill Companies NYSE: MHP) today completed the sale of its Broadcasting Group to The E.W. Scripps Company. As previously announced, the purchase price of the nine-station Broadcasting Group was $212 million in cash.

The divestiture of the Broadcasting Group, a non-core asset, was carried out pursuant to the Corporation’s Growth and Value Plan, which will create two focused operating companies, McGraw-Hill Financial and McGraw-Hill Education, and is designed to accelerate growth and enhance shareholder value.

“I thank the talented men and women of these stations for their valuable contributions to McGraw-Hill and know they are joining a respected media organization where they will continue delivering news, insights and entertainment,” said Harold McGraw III, Chairman, President and CEO of The McGraw-Hill Companies. “Completing this transaction demonstrates good progress on our Growth and Value Plan. As we close out 2011, we are excited about the opportunities ahead.”

The Broadcasting Group includes ABC affiliates in Denver, Colorado(KMGH-TV), San Diego, California (KGTV), Bakersfield, California (KERO-TV), Indianapolis, Indiana (WRTV) and Azteca America affiliates in Denver, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, San Diego and Bakersfield.

About The McGraw-Hill Companies:

McGraw-Hill announced on September 12, 2011, its intention to separate into two public companies: McGraw-Hill Financial, a leading provider of content and analytics to global financial markets, and McGraw-Hill Education, a leading education company focused on digital learning and education services worldwide. McGraw-Hill Financial’s leading brands include Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Indices, Platts energy information services and J.D. Power and Associates. With sales of $6.2 billion in 2010, the Corporation has approximately 21,000 employees across more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements:

The forward-looking statements in this news release (identified by the future tense and words like “expects,” “targeted” and “projected”) involve risks and uncertainties, are subject to change, and actual results may differ materially from the Corporation’s expectations, based on various important factors, including worldwide economic, financial, liquidity, political and regulatory conditions; the health of debt (including U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations), equity and commodities markets, including possible future interest rate changes; the health of the economy and in advertising; the level of expenditures and state new adoptions and open territory sales in the education market; the successful marketing of competitive products; and the effect of competitive products and pricing. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in McGraw-Hill’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K which, along with the Corporation’s other filings with the SEC, are available on the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov).

*Double Digit Hiring Gains in Memphis, Tampa, and Miami, Losses in Washington, D.C., Says New CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index *

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CARLSBAD, CA/RICHARDSON, TX (December 29, 2011) – Managerial recruitment activity had a slight loss of 8.4 points in December, according to the new CareerCast.com http://www.careercast.com/JobSerf Employment Index. The December 2011 Index, which measures managerial hiring activity online, fell to 95.1 from November 2011, but is nearly 30 points higher than the December 2008 Index. ****

Washington, D.C., which has been the leader in managerial hiring since the Index launched, fell dramatically in December, with a 16% loss in hiring activity. New York City and Milwaukee each saw an 8% loss. ****

“The prolonged budget discussions by Congress had a direct effect on Federal hiring, and it was negative,” says Tony Lee, publisher, CareerCast.com. “Hopefully, we’ll see that hiring activity return in the first quarter.”****

Although Memphis had high hopes for a speedy economic recovery in 2011, they were tempered by generally modest results, with an upswing in hiring at year-end. ****

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“While the Index had an overall decline, Memphis saw a 19% increase in hiring activity this month,” says Jay Martin, COO, JobSerf. “Florida also saw a rebound in December, with hiring activity increasing 16% in both Miami and Tampa.”****

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New York City’s financial sector downfall had a ripple effect on the entire economy, causing job losses in virtually every other sector of local employment, notes Going Global, a provider of employment, career and culture resources. Even those who held on to their jobs this year earned less money, as the recently unemployed reined in spending. ****

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The CareerCast.com http://www.careercast.com/JobSerf Employment Index per capita hiring levels for U.S. cities in December are:****

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Washington, D.C. – 139****

Boston – 123****

San Francisco – 106****

Seattle – 98****

Baltimore – 82****

Atlanta – 79****

Nashville – 76****

Chicago – 75****

Denver – 67****

New York City – 66****

Cleveland – 65****

Hartford – 64****

Dallas – 62****

Houston – 61****

Philadelphia – 61****

Pittsburgh – 61****

Minneapolis – 56****

Cincinnati – 53****

Indianapolis – 52****

Louisville – 49****

Milwaukee – 49****

St. Louis – 49****

Los Angeles – 46****

Phoenix – 45****

Tampa – 44****

Miami – 44****

San Diego – 44****

Memphis – 44****

Detroit – 37****

Riverside – 19****

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The CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index is an exclusive barometer showing managerial hiring activity based on the number of jobs posted online nationally. The Index reveals the differences in job listings bymonth, and offers valuable trends and forecasts using proprietary employment data hand-counted by a team of researchers.****

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To read the full report and get more information on the best and worst cities to find a job, visit www.careercast.com/career-guidance/employment-trends.****

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*About JobSerf *JobSerf, Inc. (www.jobserf.com) is a privately held Texas-based corporation that pioneered the job search outsourcing (JSO) industry with its revolutionary ‘Find & Apply’ service. The company’s patent-pending process provides for an affordable means to both ‘find & apply’ for jobs on behalf of clients. For more information, visit the website at www.jobserf.com.****

** ** About CareerCast.com ****

CareerCast.com http://www.careercast.com/, created by Adicio, is a job search portal that offers extensive local, niche and national job listings from across North America, job-hunting, career-management and HR-focused editorial content, videos and blogs, and provides recruiters with the ability to post jobs directly to more than 800 niche career sites. CareerCast.com also compiles the Jobs Rated Report (www.jobsrated.com), where 200 jobs across North America are ranked based on detailed analysis of specific careers factors. ****

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Editor’s Note: Historical hiring data is available upon request. ****

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Move, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Rachel Glaser as Chief Financial Officer

CAMPBELL, Calif., Dec. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), the leader in online real estate, today announces the appointment of Rachel Glaser as Chief Financial Officer, effective January 4, 2011.

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Glaser brings 25 years of senior operations and financial experience to Move, most recently as chief operating officer and chief financial officer of MyLife.com. She previously held senior positions at Yahoo! Inc. and The Walt Disney Company. Glaser will oversee corporate finance, accounting and investor relations. She will report to Move’s chief executive officer, Steve Berkowitz and will be based at Move’s corporate headquarters in Campbell, CA.

“We were impressed with Rachel’s experience in leading financial transformations. She truly understands the complexities of both traditional and online businesses,” said Steve Berkowitz, chief executive officer of Move. “Her dynamic leadership mixed with her strong financial philosophy will be a tremendous asset to Move’s management team.”

During her tenure at MyLife.com, Glaser led the finance and business operations teams to achieve a significant growth in revenue and to help bring the company to profitability. At Yahoo!, Glaser was the senior vice president of finance responsible for the company’s business unit operational finance teams and the Corporate Forecasting, Planning and Analysis group. At The Walt Disney Company, Glaser held finance and operations roles in many divisions of the company, including roles at Walt Disney Studios, Corporate Operations Planning group and in Disney Consumer Products. While in Consumer Products, in addition to finance and planning roles, she focused on technology strategy and implementation, acquisition integration and global business optimization. Glaser also serves on the board of directors for Sport Chalet, Inc.

“Move has assembled a unique and valuable set of assets that are unequalled in the industry,” said Glaser. “I am extremely excited and proud to be joining the fantastic management team that Steve has assembled at Move and working together to drive growth in revenue and enterprise value.”

Glaser holds a master’s degree in finance and strategic planning from the University of Southern California and a bachelor’s degree in organizational behavior and psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.

Glaser succeeds Robert J. Krolik, who left Move earlier this year.

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*ABOUT MOVE, INC*.

Move, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE) is the leader in online real estate with 20.6 million visitors (1) to its online network of websites within the Realtor.com Real Estate Network. Move, Inc. operates: Move.com, a leading destination for information on new homes and rental listings, moving, home and garden and home finance; REALTOR.com®, the official website of the National Association of REALTORS®; Moving.com; SeniorHousingNet; ListHub; and TOP PRODUCER Systems. Move, Inc. is based in Campbell, California.

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*This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including information about management’s view of Move’s future expectations, plans and prospects, within the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the results of Move, its subsidiaries, divisions and concepts to be materially different than those expressed or implied in such statements. These risk factors and others are included from time to time in documents Move files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, its Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs and Form 8-Ks. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on Move’s future results. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof. Move cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Finally, Move expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.*

(1) comScore Media Metrix, Key Measures Report, November 2011

SOURCE Move, Inc.

Redfin Launches iPad App, Featuring Real Estate Industry’s First Swipeable Interface

San Francisco, CA – December 22, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, Redfin launched Redfin for iPad, a home-buying app that combines the best real estate data with an industry-first “swipeable” interface. This app follows on the success of Redfin for Android, the highest-rated real estate app in Android Market.

Redfin for iPad’s unique interface uses the iPad’s large screen size to display area maps, thumbnails of homes for sale, listing details and galleries of full-screen photos, all on one page that customers navigate by swiping, rather than going back and forth between pages. Also, no other iPad application combines Redfin’s rich feature set with listing data directly from the Multiple Listing Services used by brokers. As a result Redfin for iPad shows users all the homes for sale, in more detail than any other application can provide.

Redfin for iPad is a combination of the features enjoyed on Redfin’s top-rated Android and iPhone apps and the fun and fast interaction of iPad’s high-resolution screen. Additional Redfin for iPad features include:

- Full detail on every listing, with more than 20 fields for each home in the native application, and dozens more a tap away; – Full-screen photos, for luscious detail on every bathroom and kitchen; – Full price history, so users see how a listing’s price has changed since its debut; – Photo upload, so users can add photos taken by the iPad camera to a listing already on Redfin’s site; – Agent Insights, which give iPad users comments from Redfin agents with firsthand experience of a listing; – Price-drop notifications, so users can follow a listing via iPad and get email updates when its price drops or its status changes; – Syncs with Redfin’s website, so that favorite listings, crossed-out listings, private notes and home-tour schedules are the same on the device and on the web.

“We designed this app from the ground up to take advantage of the crisp screen and large size of the iPad’s display,” said Sasha Aickin, Redfin’s Chief Technology Officer. “Customers told us they want one page that shows the map view, a list of homes and details and photos of individual listings. Rather than having to browse back and forth between views, with Redfin for iPad, they’ve seen the map, narrowed their search, viewed the listing and are halfway to talking to a Redfin agent while other applications would still be loading the map for the fourth time.”

The areas of the United States served by the iPad app are the same as those served by Redfin’s website, which include the metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Portland (Oregon), Seattle, Washington DC, New York’s Long Island and Westchester County as well as the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and Palm Springs.

The app continues to deliver on Redfin’s commitment to combine technology and service to make the home-buying process better, from start to finish. Redfin for iPad not only allows buyers to search for homes, but also gives them fast, mobile access to agents who specialize in their search area, and unique insights from agents who have seen the homes. During the next year, Redfin will continue marrying technology and service throughout the home-buying and selling processes.

About Redfin

Redfin (www.redfin.com) is the real estate industry’s first online brokerage, combining a customer-focused team of real estate agents with online tools for making the process of buying or selling a home easy. Redfin’s agents handle every facet of a transaction, including tours, pricing analyses, negotiations, inspections and closings. Redfin is the only major search site to feature listings direct from broker databases as well as for-sale-by-owner and foreclosure properties from across the Internet. The company pays its agents customer-satisfaction bonuses, not commissions, and surveys every client, publishing each survey alongside the agent’s complete deal history. Redfin’s service is available in the metropolitan areas of Atlanta http://www.redfin.com/city/30756/GA/Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore http://www.redfin.com/city/1073/MD/Baltimore, Boston, Chicago http://www.redfin.com/city/29470/IL/Chicago, Dallas, Denver http://www.redfin.com/city/5155/CO/Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix http://www.redfin.com/city/14240/AZ/Phoenix, Portland, OR, Seattle http://www.redfin.com/city/16163/WA/Seattle, Washington DC, New York’s Long Island http://www.redfin.com/county/1996/NY/Suffolk-Countyand Westchester County http://www.redfin.com/county/2004/NY/Westchester-County as well as most of California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento http://www.redfin.com/city/16409/CA/Sacramento, Los Angeles, Orange County http://www.redfin.com/county/332/CA/Orange-County, and San Diego http://www.redfin.com/city/16904/CA/San-Diego. To keep track of our daring exploits, subscribe to blog.redfin.com or our Twitter feed @redfin .

*TidalTV Launches Most Comprehensive, End-to-End Video Advertising Solution and Media Platform for Automotive Marketers*

*Includes Full Integration of Polk’s in-market auto segment information through Datalogix for local, regional and national auto advertisers*

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NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — TidalTV—an online video advertising platform and solutions provider—today announced the launch of the industry’s most comprehensive set of audience targeting products for the automotive industry. The products enable local, regional and national automotive advertisers to leverage Polk market intelligence, via Datalogix, for video targeting at scale against distinct auto consumer segments and links online ad exposure directly to offline automotive purchase activity.

By aligning with Polk—the premier provider of automotive information and marketing solutions—and Datalogix—the leader at integrating database marketing and digital media—TidalTV continues to bridge the gap between targeted online video exposure and real world purchase behaviors.

Integrating Polk data directly and through Datalogix’s technology, TidalTV can now provide auto manufacturers and regional or local dealers an online video advertising solution to reach consumers who are likely to be in the market for a car – by vehicle style and make.

“This product brings auto advertisers a scalable targeting solution for online video and mobile video campaigns that gives manufacturers and dealers the ability to reach the right consumers for their advertising objectives,” said Kevin Haley, Chief Scientist, TidalTV. “Coupled with our complementary products that measure brand metrics and offline purchases, it is a tremendously exciting evolution, and one that could significantly impact the flow of automotive dollars to online video as marketers seek greater addressability and accountability in their media spend.”

“As the exclusive on line targeting provider of Polk data to the digital marketplace, we continue to roll out additional household level automotive segments in response to the growing demand among auto marketers,” said Joe Kyriakoza, General Manager, Automotive, Datalogix. “By working with Polk and TidalTV to pair this robust auto data with the unique targeting capabilities of online video, we’re helping create a truly powerful new platform for automotive marketers in the interactive space.”

Automotive marketers spend more than $13 billion in measured media annually, with 50-60% of those dollars going toward television. *(Source: Kantar Media, 2010 Spending). *TidalTV’s new product offering enables these marketers to take advantage of the important brand building capabilities associated with traditional television, while leveraging the precise targeting and ROI optimization capabilities of digital video.

“Automotive marketers have come to rely on Polk market intelligence to gain insights into their consumers and achieve better return on their media investments for many years,” said Andrew Price, vice president, sales and client services at Polk. “Our relationships with TidalTV and Datalogix bring this same intelligence to the online video space—a growing medium that we believe will become an increasingly important brand-building tool for automotive advertisers.”

*About TidalTV *TidalTV is a video advertising platform and solutions provider that flawlessly connects some of the world’s most powerful brands with their targeted consumers. Working with over 1,000 premier content creators and publishing partners, TidalTV has access to an online addressable universe of over 80 million unique viewers per month. The network is the largest aggregator of 1:1 addressable audience data from third-party providers, with the ability to target precise consumer segments by demographic, psychographic and behavioral metrics. TidalTV is headquartered in Baltimore, MD, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and London. For more information, visit www.tidaltv.com.

SOURCE TidalTV

December 21, 2011 Yahoo! Socializes More Content Worldwide, Extends Facebook Integration Across 26 Additional Yahoo! Sites

*Launches Notifications feature alerting people to social conversations and activity across Yahoo!*

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), the premier digital media company, today announced it has extended the Facebook integration launched at f8 in September, the news activity feature, to 26 additional Yahoo! sites worldwide, including U.S.-based entertainment experiences omg!, Yahoo! TV, Yahoo! Movies, and Yahoo! Games. A new social feature, Notifications, has also launched in the U.S., alerting people to social conversations and activity across Yahoo!. The extension of these features is designed to bring a deeply personalized, social news experience to more of the content millions of people come to Yahoo! to read each day.

*Connecting Millions to Leading Yahoo! Content*

Since launching the Yahoo! News friends’ activity feature, more than 12 million people have opted in, increasing referrals from Facebook to Yahoo! News and bringing a younger (ages 18—34) audience of socially engaged people 1 to the No. 1 online news destination.2

“As the world’s most popular online news destination, Yahoo! News delivers the most compelling content on the Web through a combination of local editors, advanced technologies, and now, your friends,” said Blake Irving, chief product officer, Yahoo!. “In just three months, we’ve seen traffic from Facebook to Yahoo! News in the U.S. increase by 300%, so we’re excited to extend this social activation to more of our worldwide content sites.”

*Discover and Connect With Friends Around More Yahoo! Content*

The extension of the news activity feature to more Yahoo! sites around the world lets people discover and connect around the news, entertainment, and information they are enjoying on Yahoo! through updates on Facebook. A straightforward opt-in process launches people into the immersive social experience:

- *Control What You Share *— By opting-in to the new feature, people can easily show what they’re reading on Yahoo! with their Facebook friends. People’s activity will be featured on their Facebook profiles as it happens. It’s easy to turn it on and off and delete items. – *View Your Friends’ Activity *— A new “facebar” at the top of integrated Yahoo! pages shows a person’s Facebook friends and what they’re reading on Yahoo!.

*Notifications across Yahoo! (U.S. only)*

A new social feature, Notifications, builds upon the Yahoo! News friends’ activity feature and further encourages social discovery and navigation of content through the lens of people’s friends. The Notifications feature alerts people to social conversations and other activity on Yahoo! that interest them such as feedback on reviews, responses to comments, and stock alerts. Notifications is found on the top of most pages on Yahoo!, such as Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Sports, omg!, Shine, and Yahoo! Travel.

*About Yahoo!*

Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) is the premier digital media company, creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. And Yahoo!’s unique combination of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.com) or the company’s blog, Yodel Anecdotal (yodel.yahoo.com).

Yahoo! is the trademark and/or registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc.

*1** Yahoo! internal data*

*2** comScore Media Metrix, November 2011*

adtivity by appssavvy Platform Infused With Completed $7.1 Million Series A-1 Round to Drive the Activity Advertising Opportunity for Publishers and Advertisers Forward

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*adtivity Embraced by 125+ Publishers and Advertisers, and Delivering Engagement Significantly Above Industry Average; Fresh Venture Capital Round to Fuel Growth and Efforts to Unlock and Create New, Display Advertising Across Web, Social and Mobile* **

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Dec 20, 2011) – appssavvy (www.appssavvy.com), an activity advertising technology company, and its platform*adtivity**™* by appssavvy, since launching in September has been embraced by more than 125 publishers and advertisers. To further *adtivity *by appssavvy’s growth and strong results delivered by the platform, including an engagement rate of 4-to-8 times industry average across unlocked and newly created, center-of-the-experience, activity-based display ads, the company today announced the completion of its Series 1-A $7.1 million venture capital round.

“Activity-based advertising we believe will be the emerging digital advertising category that paid search and behavioral targeting were a few years ago, and which video is today. Today’s Series 1-A venture capital round is further evidence of the activity advertising opportunity for both publishers and advertisers,” said Chris Cunningham, co-founder and CEO of appssavvy. “Following the lead of the social space, especially social games, web publishers have identified the need to make their properties a more active, rather than passive, experience. This will create new activity ad inventory and opportunities for our vision and the *adtivity* by appssavvy platform, but more importantly better display advertising that reaches people when they’re most engaged and as part of what they’re doing.”

appssavvy had previously raised $3.1 million from True Ventures, *The New York Times Company* and individual investors, including Scott Kurnit, founder of About.com and currently founder and CEO of AdKeeper, and Howard Lindzon, co-founder and CEO of StockTwits, among others. Today’s completed Series A-1 round of $7.1 million includes current investors and new investor, AOL Ventures, and brings the total raised by appssavvy, to date, to $10.2 million.

“Behavior on the Internet has changed where people are much more activity-focused. We feel there is a tremendous opportunity for advertising to adjust to this shift, focusing on reaching consumers as they engage in sites versus the current focus on where people are,” said Tony Conrad, founding member and venture partner at True Ventures. “Since its inception four years ago, appssavvy identified people’s activities online as a tremendous opportunity to not only change advertising, but change it for the better, and for all those involved, including publishers, brand advertisers and, most importantly, consumers.”

*adtivity* by appssavvy, prior to launch, was under development for more than a year and built on appssavvy’s vision that the future of advertising is focused on what people are doing, not where they’re doing it. In just a few months, more than 70 publishers and developers have partnered with appssavvy and integrated the *adtivity *platform and *adtivity *Mobile SDK into activities representing millions of daily opportunities for advertisers.

Unlike existing technologies that deliver ads based on a page loading, the * adtivity *API is attached to the event of performing an activity, including updating statuses, collecting, sending and earning virtual goods, polls and contests, and completing a level, visiting a friend or sending a message within a game, and “Like”ing something to name a few.

“The *adtivity *platform is enhancing our ability to monetize our games in the context of our players experiences,” said Dan Hart, chief revenue officer of Arkadium, a premier developer, publisher and distributor of casual, social, and mobile games. “We have found that activity-based advertising delivers a strong additional revenue stream and enhances our profitability.”

Since launching *adtivity *by appssavvy, every partner has expanded their integrations and usage of the platform to include new, additional activities, thus increasing the inventory creating the largest activity network available to brands. More than 50 brand advertisers, including American Express, Chase, Coca-Cola, HP, Sony and State Farm, to name a few, have implemented activity advertising campaigns.

appssavvy will put today’s Series 1-A round to work by continuing to enhance the *adtivity *platform, build partnerships and relationships with publishers and advertisers, and expand internationally. For more information about *adtivity* by appssavvy, visit: www.appssavvy.com .

*About appssavvy *appssavvy (www.appssavvy.com) is an activity advertising technology company. Through its *adtivity*™ platform, appssavvy enables leading web, social and mobile publishers to unlock and create new, display advertising opportunities reaching people as they perform activities.*adtivity* by appssavvy offers scalable, center-of-the-experience, display ads, thus creating the most effective way to deliver and receive advertising. For more information, visit www.appssavvy.com .

Kbb.com Spreads Holiday Happiness With On-site Sweepstakes Five Entrants to Win $200 Shopping Spree from Advance Auto Parts; Enter by December 27, 2011

IRVINE, Calif., Dec.19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car http://www.kbb.com/new-cars/ and used carinformation, today announces a Holiday Happiness sweepstakes in honor of the gift-giving season. Today through December 27, 2011, kbb.com site visitors can enter to win one of five $200 shopping sprees from Advance Auto Parts, a leader in the automotive aftermarket.

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While holiday shopping is typically reserved for friends and family, this year Kelley Blue Book and Advance Auto Parts want to ensure that your car also gets its due. With the help of Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com and Advance Auto Parts, there is no better time to dress up your ride with the latest in automotive accessories, or take care of those key maintenance projects.

“Kelley Blue Book wants to help drivers share in the holiday season by hosting a sweepstakes that honors something that is part of their daily lives: their car,” said Rebekah King, senior consumer communications manager for Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com. “According to a Kelley Blue Book Market Intelligence auto aftermarket study, more than half of visitors to kbb.com are ‘do-it-yourself’ car owners, mechanics or collectors, so the Holiday Happiness sweepstakes seemed like a great opportunity to spread some cheer.”

To enter to win the Holiday Happiness giveaway, visit www.kbb.com/contests/holiday-happiness. Winners will be notified by email and on-site on December 30, 2011. Entrants must be over the age of 18 and a resident of the United States. For more information about the sweepstakes, please visit www.kbb.com/contests/holiday-happiness.

For more information and news from Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com, visit www.kbb.com/media/, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kelleybluebook(or @kelleybluebook), or like our page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kbb.

*About Kelley Blue Book (**www.kbb.com* http://www.kbb.com/*) *

Founded in 1926, Kelley Blue Book, The Trusted Resource®, is the only vehicle valuation and information source trusted and relied upon by both consumers and the industry. Each week the company provides the most market-reflective values in the industry on its top-rated website www.kbb.com, including its famous Blue Book® Trade-In and Retail Values and Fair Purchase Price, which reports what others are paying for new cars this week. The company also provides vehicle pricing and values through various products and services available to car dealers, auto manufacturers, finance and insurance companies as well as governmental agencies. Kbb.com provides consumer pricing and information on minivans, pickup-trucks http://www.kbb.com/new-cars/pickup-truck/, sedan, hybrids http://www.kbb.com/new-cars/hybrid/, electric cars, and SUVs http://www.kbb.com/new-cars/suv/. Kelley Blue Book Co. Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AutoTrader.com.

SOURCE Kelley Blue Book

*The New York Times Company Confirms It Is in Discussions to Sell Its Regional Media Group*

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 19, 2011– The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today that it is in advanced discussions to sell its Regional Media Group, consisting of 16 regional newspapers, other print publications and related businesses, to Halifax Media Holdings LLC.

The Regional Media Group comprises the following publications:

- Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Sarasota, Fla.; – The Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, Calif.; – The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla.; – Star-News in Wilmington, N.C.; – Herald-Journal in Spartanburg, S.C.; – Star-Banner in Ocala, Fla.; – The Gainesville Sun in Gainesville, Fla.; – The Tuscaloosa News in Tuscaloosa, Ala.; – The Gadsden Times in Gadsden, Ala.; – The Courier in Houma, La.; – Times-News in Hendersonville, N.C.; – Daily Comet in Thibodaux, La.; – The Dispatch in Lexington, N.C.; – Petaluma Argus-Courier in Petaluma, Calif.; – News Chief in Winter Haven, Fla.; and – North Bay Business Journal in Santa Rosa, Calif.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include national and local conditions, as well as competition, that could influence the levels (rate and volume) of retail, national and classified advertising and circulation generated by the various markets, material increases in newsprint prices and the development of digital businesses. They also include risk factors detailed from time to time in The New York Times Company’s publicly filed documents, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 26, 2010. The New York Times Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

*About The New York Times Company*

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2010 revenues of $2.4 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

Source: The New York Times Company

Zillow Mortgage Marketplace Launches on AOL Real Estate and DailyFinance

SEATTLE, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Zillow® (NASDAQ: Z), the leading real estate information marketplace, today launched the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace shopping experience on AOL® Real Estate and DailyFinance™, providing tools to research, shop for and compare mortgages.

AOL Real Estate and DailyFinance visitors now have easy access to important home financial information, such as mortgage calculators, real-time mortgage rates, and Zillow’s innovative mortgage shopping experience, which allows users to compare personalized loan quotes and lender reviews, and connect directly with lenders. Already this year, consumers have submitted nearly 5 million loan requests in Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, receiving an average of 18 customized loan quotes per loan request.

Home and mortgage shoppers can find the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace shopping experience on AOL by visiting:

- AOL Real Estate home page (http://realestate.aol.com/) – AOL Real Estate listing pages (http://realestate.aol.com/homes-for-sale)

- AOL Real Estate home finance center ( http://realestate.aol.com/blog/real-estate-finance/) – DailyFinance articles (http://www.dailyfinance.com/)

In October, AOL and Zillow announced the partnership to add the Zillow Mortgage Marketplace shopping experience on AOL Real Estate and DailyFinance in 2012.

“We planned to launch this integration next year, but as mortgage rates remain at historic lows consumers are clamoring for quick and useful mortgage information. In less than two months, Zillow and AOL’s development teams worked closely together to launch Zillow Mortgage Marketplace on AOL Real Estate and DailyFinance,” said Spencer Rascoff, Zillow CEO. “Expanding Zillow Mortgage Marketplace to AOL is an important milestone, and will expose our unique mortgage offering to many more millions of mortgage shoppers.”

“Our goal is to provide a suite of best in class financial tools and resources to support our users as they make personal finance and real estate decisions through their life stages,” said Jay Kirsch, SVP & GM, AOL Marketplace. “We are thrilled to have Zillow join our team of outstanding partners. Collectively, we are bringing the best of the Web to our AOL users in one comprehensive online destination.”

*About Zillow, Inc.*

Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) is the leading real estateinformation marketplace, providing vital information about homes, real estate listings and mortgagesthrough its website and mobile applications, enabling homeowners, buyers, sellers and renters to connect with real estate and mortgage professionals best suited to meet their needs. Nearly 22.5 million unique users visited Zillow’s websites and mobile applications in November 2011. Zillow, Inc. operates Zillow.com®, Zillow Mortgage Marketplace, Zillow Mobile, Postlets® and Diverse Solutions™. The company is headquartered in Seattle.

The Zillow logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=10012

Zillow.com, Zillow and Postlets are registered trademarks of Zillow, Inc. Diverse Solutions is a trademark of Zillow, Inc.

AOL is a registered trademark of AOL, Inc. DailyFinance is a trademark of AOL, Inc.

SOURCE Zillow

*The New York Times Company Announces Management Changes*

*CEO Janet Robinson to Retire at Year-End;*

*Board Appoints Arthur Sulzberger Jr. as Interim CEO*

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 15, 2011– The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today that Janet L. Robinson, 61, president and chief executive officer since 2004, will retire on December 31, 2011. Arthur Sulzberger Jr., currently chairman of the Company and publisher of The New York Times, will serve as chief executive officer on an interim basis. Ms. Robinson also will step down as a director of the Company on December 31, 2011. She has agreed to serve as a consultant to the Company for one year.

“On behalf of the Board and the entire New York Times Company I want to thank Janet for her significant contributions during her career, especially during the challenging years we most recently faced,” said Mr. Sulzberger Jr. “Among her accomplishments, she has led our continuing transition to a multi-platform company and directed steps that resulted in an improved liquidity position and significant cost reductions. This was achieved during an uneven economic recovery and challenging advertising environment.”

Ms. Robinson said: “The New York Times Company has been my home for 28 years and I leave with mixed emotions. I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked with so many outstanding people over the years, and I am particularly proud of my role in helping to navigate through one of the most difficult periods in publishing history as we transitioned from traditional print journalism to the digital world. At the same time, the Company’s course is set and I am excited by new opportunities that await me.”

Ellen R. Marram, presiding director of The New York Times Company’s Board of Directors, said, “The entire Board is extremely appreciative of Janet’s significant accomplishments during her tenure as CEO. As we turn to the future, we are fortunate in the strength of our management team under the leadership of Arthur Sulzberger Jr. While we initiate the search and assess the characteristics for The New York Times Company’s next CEO, the Company will continue to execute on the strategy to transform our business via a combination of prudent fiscal management, a strong focus on ongoing digital initiatives and pursuit of new growth opportunities.”

The Company is initiating a search for a new CEO and it will seek qualified candidates both internally and externally.

About Ms. Robinson

Janet L. Robinson became president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company on December 27, 2004. As chief executive, Ms. Robinson had primary responsibility for overseeing and coordinating all of the Company’s operations and business units and for working closely with the chairman to chart the future direction of the Company. Previously, she had served as chief operating officer and executive vice president since February 2004. From February 2001 until January 2004, she served as senior vice president, newspaper operations for The New York Times Company. In this role, she led the operations of all of the Company’s newspaper properties, which include The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune and the regional newspapers. She also held the position of president and general manager of The New York Times newspaper from 1996 until 2004. Ms. Robinson was elected a director of the Company in December 2004.

*About The New York Times Company*

The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2010 revenues of $2.4 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, BostonGlobe.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

Source: The New York Times Company

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*AppFolio**™** **Announces Collaboration with Experian**®** RentBureau**®**Offering Clients Access to Rental Payment History Data to Enable Smarter Leasing Decisions*

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*Collaboration leverages the power of AppFolio’s web-based property management software helping reduce risk and identify high-quality residents* *. *

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*Santa Barbara, Calif. – Dec. 15, 2011 *– AppFolio, providers of web-based property management software http://www.appfolio.com/ that enables property managers to run a more successful business, today announced collaboration with Experian® RentBureau®, the leading provider of rental payment history data http://www.experian.com/rentbureau/renter-credit.html to the multifamily industry. ****

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This collaboration maximizes the web-based nature of AppFolio’s property management software by enabling its clients to contribute and access Experian RentBureau industry data. The automated reporting of resident rental payment history to Experian RentBureau reduces human intervention and offers AppFolio’s clients a faster, easier set-up process and access to the most current rental history data. This seamless method of acquiring data, from multiple property managers at once through web-based software, is a first-of-its-kind for Experian RentBureau. ****

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Existing and future AppFolio clients using AppFolio’s Resident Screening service http://www.appfolio.com/property-management/tenant-screening will have the option to easily contribute resident payment history data to Experian RentBureau via the AppFolio software. AppFolio clients who choose to participate will also gain access to the Experian RentBureau rental payment history data, including on-time rent payments, late payments as well as information regarding skipped leases and any outstanding debts and/or collections, which is updated every 24 hours. With this information AppFolio customers are better equipped to identify the highest quality residents, effectively reducing the risk of bad debt and improving leasing decisions.****

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Experian RentBureau’s parent company, Experian, the leading global information services company is the first and only major credit reporting agency http://www.experian.com/ to include rental payment data in its credit reports http://www.experian.com/consumer-products/personal-credit.html. * ***

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“The collaboration between AppFolio and Experian RentBureau creates a streamlined approach for AppFolio customers to contribute their data and use the Experian RentBureau file in their screening process. This is a big win for these customers, the industry at large and, especially, the residents who will now be able to establish and rebuild credit through on-time rental payments,” said Brannan Johnston, vice president and managing director for Experian RentBureau. ****

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AppFolio customers who choose to participate by contributing data to Experian RentBureau via AppFolio’s web-based software gain a competitive advantage by helping residents rebuild or establish credit through on-time monthly rent payments. Leveraging rental payment history data also helps prevent prospective residents from signing a lease before their past debt is settled, helping debt recovery for fellow property managers. This additional information will be provided at no additional charge to AppFolio customers using the built-in resident screening feature.****

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*ABOUT APPFOLIO*

Headquartered in Santa Barbara, AppFolio was started by a team of technology leaders with proven experience creating software that businesses love to use. AppFolio creates complete, easy-to-use, web-based solutions for multiple markets and the first AppFolio SaaS service (AppFolio Property Manager) was specifically created for residential property managers. AppFolio also provides RentApp the first free, online rental application solution. With investors including Cisco Systems, BV Capital and the Investment Group of Santa Barbara, AppFolio’s rapid growth is being fueled by very happy and loyal customers. For more information, please visit http://www.AppFolio.com.****

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*ABOUT EXPERIAN RENTBUREAU*

Experian RentBureau is a subsidiary of Experian, the leading global information services company. RentBureau was acquired by Experian in 2010 and is now the leading provider of rental payment history data, with information on more than 8 million residents. Currently, more than 3,000 apartment communities contribute data every 24 hours to Experian RentBureau. Its data is utilized by property managers through their existing resident screening companies and is now incorporated into Experian credit reports. For more information, please visit www.experian.com/rentbureau.

*MediaBrix** Closes $4 Million B Round* *Edison Ventures Funds Innovator in Social Media Advertising* ** * **New York (December 15, 2011)* MediaBrix (www.mediabrix.com), the leading social media advertising platform offering the most powerful way to simplify and optimize brand advertising across the social web, today announced that Edison Ventures has made a $4 million B round investment. In conjunction with the round, Ryan Ziegler, Principal of Edison Ventures and Mike Leo the CEO of Operative will join the MediaBrix Board of Directors.*** *

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“Since MediaBrix launched in May with Ari Brandt as its Chief Executive Officer, the company has gained significant traction with its focus on a scalable technology platform supporting innovative social video products as well as integrating with the APIs of major social media companies,” saysMr. Ziegler. “MediaBrix is in the right place with the right products and services to capitalize on the surge in social media advertising. It is a company with an extraordinarily bright future.”

** ** “We are thrilled to partner with Edison Ventures as we enter our next stage of growth,” said Mr. Brandt, “Bolstered by this additional funding, we plan to expand the sales force and continue to build out our social media platform with proprietary products such as our high-performing SocialFlex.” ****

** Mr. Ziegler and Mr. Leo will join existing Board members: Joe Apprendi, CEO of Collective; Charlie Kemper, Managing Partner, Revel Partners; Bob Carrigan, CEO of IDG Communications; and Mr. Brandt.****

** MediaBrix previously raised a $1.5 million A round, led by Revel Partners, which closed in May of this year.****

Established in 1986, *Edison Ventures* (www.edisonventures.com) partners with entrepreneurs, service providers and other financing sources to build successful companies. Edison provides capital and value-added services to late stage ($5 to 20 million revenue), information technology businesses. Initial investments range from $5 to 10 million. Edison typically serves as sole or lead investor. In addition to providing expansion capital, Edison funds management buyouts, recapitalizations, spinouts and secondary stock purchases.

Edison’s investment professionals are based in Lawrenceville, NJ, New York, NY, McLean, VA, Needham, MA, and Cleveland, OH. Industry specialties include Interactive Marketing and eCommerce, Financial Technology, Healthcare IT, and Enterprise 2.0. Edison’s successes include Cambridgesoft, Dendrite, Gain Capital, Liberty Tax, Marcam, M5, Mathsoft, Neat, Octagon, Operative, PlumChoice, Tangoe, Virtual Edge, Visual Networks, Vocus and many other information technology leaders, which have a combined market value exceeding $5 billion. Edison Ventures currently manages over $700 million and actively making new investments.****

*MediaBrix* (www.mediabrix.com) simplifies the creation, buying, optimization and measurement of social media advertising. It provides agencies and advertisers a single solution for all of their social advertising objectives to an audience of over 500 million both online and via mobile devices. MediaBrix’s effective and comprehensive suite of social media advertising products, including Social Flex, Social Views and Social Pulse enables marketers to deploy, monitor and optimize campaigns across apps, games and major social venues including Facebook and LinkedIn. **** For application and game developers, wanting to monetize the majority of users who do not purchase virtual goods, MediaBrix has built Social Flex as an easy to use monetization platform that can be delivered through any browser based application and giving developers access to growing agency and advertiser social media spend.

MediaBrix is based in New York and backed by funding from Revel Partners, an early-expansion stage investment group focused on financing disruptive innovation in the areas of digital media & internet technology and Edison Ventures.****

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