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MYSPACE, TIME INC AND NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.com SALES EXECUTIVES JOIN BUZZNET

September 25, 2007

Buzznet (www.buzznet.com), the Web's fastest growing social media network that lets users create authentic communities around music and pop culture content, announced today that it has expanded its advertising sales team with three key additions from MySpace, Time Inc. and Warner Bros. to help further Buzznet’s leadership in social media with advertising and sponsorship programs targeted at reaching the highly sought after youth demographic.

Jennifer Balch, Andrea Greifenberger and Dina Bloch join the company’s ad sales team led by former RealAge and Yahoo! executive John Glascott and will be responsible for driving advertising, creating unique brand and sponsorship programs and developing the overall revenue strategy.

Jennifer Balch comes to Buzznet from MySpace where she was one of the company’s first hires and instrumental in its rapid growth, successfully selling million dollar marketing programs and creating its most lucrative ad product – the MySpace Advertiser Profile; Andrea Greifenberger joins from Time Inc. where she consistently exceeded sales goals and broke new accounts; Dina Bloch has held managerial positions at NationalGeographic.com and Warner Bros. Online where she created integrated online campaigns for over 150 entertainment sites.

“Jennifer, Andrea and Dina will play a key role in helping us take Buzznet to the next level,” said Glascott. “Buzznet’s high quality communities and position as a top social media and entertainment site, along with our ability to create unique highly customized campaigns, make it the perfect destination for advertisers seeking to reach a young, engaged and influential audience.”

According to recent reports from Hitwise, comScore Media Matrix and Nielsen/Netratings, Buzznet is a top 10 social networking site and is among the fastest growing sites on the web.

About Buzznet

Buzznet.com is the fastest growing social media community for music on the Internet with more than eight million users. Buzznet is the leader in the rapidly emerging social media category where users build and program communities and networks around content they create, find, and remix. Already, Buzznet.com is the home for communities created by top bands and social trendsetters and it has established itself as the premiere site to discover what’s new and "cool" in the world of music and pop culture. For more information visit www.buzznet.com