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NDN Appoints Former Forbes Executive Kevin Gentzel
as Chief Revenue Officer | Gentzel to Leverage Sales and Marketing Expertise to Expand NDN’s National Footprint

NEW YORK,NY (June 26,2012) – NDN, the online video platform that powers the profitable newsroom, today announced Kevin Gentzel as its new chief revenue officer. Gentzel will leverage over 13 years at Forbes to elevate NDN’s national advertising sales and marketing efforts as NDN expands strategic relationships with leading online news publishers and media websites.

NDN provides premium content, video and ad serving, analytics, and premium monetization to more than 4,500 online news publishers. Online news publishers are able to provide a more engaging experience to their audiences while generating premium ad revenue. Advertisers work with NDN to reach targeted audiences with premium video on premium sites.

Gentzel previously was chief revenue officer at Forbes Media, where he led sales and marketing initiatives in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Latin America. In the position, he built high-performing management, sales and marketing teams, and created Forbes’ CMO practice. Previously, he worked as chief advertising officer at Forbes.com, where his expertise led Forbes.com to win MIN Online Sales Team of the Year and Avenue A/Razorfish Business Publisher of the Year.

“NDN has revolutionized how content producers and publishers distribute and monetize their video content online. This has created an opportunity for advertisers to reach the most valuable audiences consuming online video content on premium publisher sites,” said Kevin Gentzel, chief revenue officer at NDN. “I am excited to join NDN during this high growth stage as NDN enables the profitable transition of the online newsroom.”

Gentzel joins NDN amidst fast growth, both for the company and the online video industry, as advertising dollars move expeditiously from TV to online. NDN reached over 34,000,000 unique viewers in May and was most recently ranked by comScore as the 8th largest video reach property on the web with content viewing uniques. In addition to distributing premium video content to high quality publishers, NDN also offers advertisers a host of targeted opportunities to reach users with pre-roll advertising across high quality, late-breaking video content.

“NDN is rapidly becoming a national rep firm for the largest online media organizations across the country. Kevin brings the experience, relationships, and leadership to rapidly grow monetization for NDN and our partners,” said Greg Peters, chairman and chief executive officer of NDN. “Kevin’s experience at Forbes makes him the right person to lead NDN’s overall sales and marketing efforts and we are very pleased to have him on the team.”

About NDN

News Distribution Network, Inc. offers a unique video content syndication and advertising solution for the online media market with a centralized platform featuring a full array of premium news, finance, travel, entertainment and sports content. NDN's state-of-the-art player suite and content management tools eliminate significant infrastructure and operating costs while creating monetization opportunities for publishers. NDN gives content providers increased brand presence and revenue streams by accessing a broader audience on trusted, established news destinations, and provides marketers with scale efficiency as well as rich targeting options for reaching premium online audiences. For more information, please visit www.newsinc.com.

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Bon Jovi 2011 Tour Adds New Concert Dates By Overwhelming Popular Demand

February 3, 2011 – Due to overwhelming popular demand, Bon Jovi has just added another leg to their 2011 Tour, with newly scheduled concerts in Montreal, Atlanta, Orlando, Houston, Memphis, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Columbus, and more (full itinerary below). Tickets for select dates will go on sale beginning Friday, February 11th.

The 2011 tour is set to kick off on February 9th at Bryce Jordan Center in State College, PA and once again Bon Jovi will utilize the latest in web-based video technology to engage their fans worldwide, as a portion of the show will be broadcast LIVE via a free webcast. Cutting-edge digital video company News Distribution Network (NDN) will deliver the video to hundreds of the world's top online media websites; and Ustream, the leader in live video will provide additional viewing opportunities.

NDN will stream the live concert to their publisher sites, which includes newspaper websites, online media outlets and radio websites, as Bon Jovi opens the digital doors to their State College performance on Wednesday, February 9th starting at 7:30 pm EST/6:30 pm CST/5:30 pm MST/4:30 pm PST. Fans worldwide can tune in and rock out along with the group on the campus of Penn State University. To watch the band rock the Bryce Jordan Center LIVE, click www.BonJovi.com, www.facebook.com/BonJovi, http://ustream.tv/BonJovi, or http://live.newsinc.com/bonjovi/index.html. Viewers can also see the webcast by logging on to the websites of top national newspapers such as San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, New Jersey Star-Ledger, Boston Herald, New York Daily News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and many more.

Bon Jovi's 2011 dates come fresh off the heels of the band earning the top-grossing worldwide tour of 2010, according to both Billboard and Pollstar, an honor achieved for the second time in just three years. The band will perform concerts in the U.S., Canada and throughout Europe, presented by AEG Live. Globally, the Grammy® Award-winning band has sold more than 125 million albums, and performed more than 2,700 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 35 million fans. Bon Jovi Greatest Hits (Island Def Jam Music Group) debuted at #1 around the world in November, with the band's three-decade-spanning retrospective charting higher and selling more copies in its first week than their 1994 Cross Road release, which has sold more than 21 million copies to date. Previously, the band's “Lost Highway Tour” was named the #1 tour of 2008. Nearing three decades of an incredible career, Bon Jovi shows no sign of slowing down

For more information on all things Bon Jovi, visit www.BonJovi.com.

Bon Jovi 2011 North American Tour Itinerary

February 9University Park, PABryce Jordan Center
February 11Pittsburgh, PAConsol Energy Center
February 12Pittsburgh, PAConsol Energy Center
February 14Toronto, ONAir Canada Centre
February 15 Toronto, ONAir Canada Centre
February 18Montreal, QBBell Centre
February 19Montreal, QBBell Centre
February 21Raleigh, NCRBC Center
February 24New York, NYMadison Square Garden
February 25New York, NYMadison Square Garden
February 27Washington, DCVerizon Center
March 1Boston, MATD Garden
March 2Philadelphia, PAWells Fargo Center
March 4Uncasville, CTMohegan Sun Arena
March 5New York, NYMadison Square Garden
March 8Chicago, ILUnited Center
March 9 Chicago, ILUnited Center
March 17San Antonio, TXAT&T Center
March 19Las Vegas, NVMGM Grand Garden Arena
March 22Salt Lake City, UTEnergySolutions Arena
March 25Vancouver, BCRogers Arena
March 26Vancouver, BCRogers Arena
May 3Ottawa, ONScotiabank Place – Just Added
May 4Montreal, QBBell Centre – Just Added
May 7Uncasville, CTMohegan Sun – Just Added
May 10Columbus, OHNationwide Arena – Just Added
May 12Des Moines, IAWells Fargo Arena – Just Added
May 14Atlanta, GAPhilips Arena – Just Added
May 15Orlando, FLAmway Center – Just Added
May 17Houston, TXToyota Center – Just Added
May 19Memphis, TNFedEx Forum – Just Added
May 21Milwaukee, WIBradley Center – Just Added
May 22St. Louis, MOScottrade Center – Just Added

About AEG Live

AEG Live, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance. AEG Live is comprised of touring, festival, exhibition, broadcast, merchandise and special event divisions, fifteen regional offices and owns, operates or exclusively books thirty-five state-of-the-art venues. The current and recent concert tour roster includes artists such as Taylor Swift, The Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Daughtry, Justin Bieber, Leonard Cohen, Wisin & Yandel, Kenny Chesney, P!nk and Paul McCartney. The company is also currently producing shows in Las Vegas including Celine Dion at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Supernatural Santana: A Trip Through the Hits at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casinos, and Barry Manilow at Paris. Our exhibition portfolio boasts the most successful exhibition of all time, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoaohs, which has attracted more than 7 million visitors since 2005. AEG Live is also the largest producer of music festivals in North America from the critically acclaimed Coachella Music & Arts Festival to Stagecoach and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

About Ustream

Ustream is the leader in live video and its platform empowers any individual, public figure or brand to stream to a global audience of unlimited size. Ustream offers free broadcasting and viewing platforms for the Web and mobile devices. The interactive functionality within Ustream enables real-time engagement with Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and AIM. Hundreds of high-profile broadcasters have partnered with Ustream to reach millions of people. Ustream (www.ustream.com) is a privately-held company based in San Francisco, Calif. Follow on Twitter (@Ustream) or fan at Facebook.com/Ustream.

About News Distribution Network

12/20/2010
AP Press Release

AP to transition its hosted online video service to News Distribution Network

NEW YORK – The Associated Press is broadening its range of video services as part of a long-term global digital transformation strategy, announcing today the transition of its hosted online video operation in the United States to a digital platform provided by News Distribution Network (NDN).

Atlanta-based NDN, a leading-edge digital video and ad solutions company that distributes multimedia content from trusted brands to digital publishers, will provide the 1,500 affiliates of AP’s Online Video Network (OVN) with the same unmatched AP breaking news coverage. In addition, NDN will offer fresh video content from top news brands in more than a dozen categories, enhanced customization and revenue opportunities. By the time the upgrade is completed in the first quarter of 2011, affiliates that opt in will have the broadest offering of video news available anywhere.

Nick Ascheim, general manager of AP Digital, said OVN and NDN are similar in that they both provide a turnkey, or hosted, solution for customers who want video news on their sites, but who may not have their own video player and video content management system.

“Each network works with affiliates to promote its video player, aggregating hundreds of sites into a distributed network supported by the sale of advertising,” Ascheim said. “This agreement between AP and NDN offers the opportunity, in effect, to combine these networks, increasing their reach and scale.” Ascheim added: “Our arrangement with NDN is the next step in the evolution of AP’s online video efforts. Under this new distribution agreement, members will continue to receive AP’s unmatched video coverage of breaking news, and now have the opportunity to reach new audiences with engaging content from other news providers.”

"We look forward to working with the AP in its broad initiative to improve the online video experience with a wide range of products -- from live, raw and unproduced footage to ready-to-publish, polished applications for online news," said NDN's CEO, Greg Peters.

In a separate announcement highlighting AP’s commitment to video storytelling and the needs of its global customers, Associated Press Television News unveiled plans in November for a multimillion-dollar upgrade of its newsgathering infrastructure to provide high-definition images to broadcasters and digital photo clients. For London-based APTN, the world’s leading video news agency, the upgrade is the single biggest investment since 1998, when the AP bought its competitor, Worldwide Television News.

About The AP
The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world’s population sees news from AP. On the Net: www.ap.org.

About News Distribution Network
News Distribution Network, Inc. offers a unique video content syndication and advertising solution for the online media market with a centralized platform featuring a full array of premium news, finance, travel, entertainment and sports content. NDN’s state-of-the-art player suite and content management tools eliminate significant infrastructure and operating costs while creating monetization opportunities for publishers. NDN gives content providers increased brand presence and revenue streams by accessing a broader audience on trusted, established news destinations, and provides marketers with scale efficiency as well as rich targeting options for reaching premium online audiences. For more information, please visit www.newsinc.com.

New Video Solution Offers Competitive Alternative for US Newspapers

Reuters and News Distribution Network team-up to provide revenue sharing opportunity
for online news industry

New York, February 2, 2010 – Reuters and News Distribution Network (NDN) today announced a video solution for newspaper, magazine, and radio outlets, which is built around an advertising-based revenue share model. The product delivers licensed, professional video across top-level categories including news, business, sports, entertainment and lifestyle.

NDN’s cutting-edge platform leverages Reuters editorial strength and other major news and entertainment sources to create a comprehensive video suite. Once aggregated in NDN’s control room, the video is indexed for efficient search capabilities and coded for client’s publishing purposes.

“This collaboration allows us to be at the center of a content distribution play, alongside other premium content owners and adds value to the US media market by providing a competitive alternative with a commercial benefit,” said Christoph Pleitgen, managing director of Reuters news agency for Thomson Reuters.

NDN’s state-of-the-art content distribution platform goes beyond the traditional licensing agreement to offer flexible advertising capabilities, which enable participants to share in and contribute to network revenues. The network also provides sophisticated video metric capabilities to support audience and advertising performance analytics.

“We believe this strategic relationship is a critical step toward bringing online publishers, the content and services needed to revolutionize their product offering,” said Greg Peters, chief executive officer of NDN.

About Reuters
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest international multimedia news provider touching more than 1 billion people a day. Reuters provides unbiased business, financial, national and international news to professionals via Thomson Reuters desktops, the world’s media organizations, as well as directly to affluent business professionals through Reuters.com and other digital platforms.

About Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. We combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, healthcare and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. With headquarters in New York and major operations in London and Eagan, Minnesota, Thomson Reuters employs more than 50,000 people and operates in over 100 countries. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TRI) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TRI). For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.