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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>NewsGator News and Updates</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com</link><description>NewsGator News and Updates</description><copyright>Copyright (c) 2003-2004 NewsGator Technologies</copyright><managingEditor>support@newsgator.com</managingEditor><webMaster>support@newsgator.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:53:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>NEWSGATOR & GIGYA PARTNER TO BRING NEW CONTENT SYNDICATION AND DISTRIBUTION CAPABILITIES TO MEDIA COMPANIES</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=164</link><description><P><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>Combined Solution Provides Companies With Access to the Industry’s Largest Database of Public RSS Content & the Leading Distribution & Tracking Technology</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Palo Alto, CA – July 22, 2008 </STRONG>- NewsGator Technologies and Gigya, the largest widget distribution network, today announced a partnership to bring new capabilities to media companies looking to grow both the audience and revenue for their content. With this partnership, NewsGator will integrate Gigya’s Wildfire distribution and tracking technology into its industry leading syndication network. The combined offer will provide media clients with a streamlined process for content syndication, the ability to distribute content to audiences on more than 50 platforms, and sophisticated tracking that details where content is being consumed. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“We are excited to work with Gigya to implement their Wildfire technology,” said Jeff Nolan, VP of Consumer and Media Services with NewsGator. “By partnering with Gigya, we enable our top tier media clients to distribute their content to audiences on top social networks, blog platforms, and desktop platforms – and as their audience grows the opportunity for advertising revenue also grows. Together, we will up the ante for widget and social application strategies deployed by mainstream media sites and advertisers.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Major media companies around the world are turning to NewsGator Widget Services to simplify the syndication of content. With NewsGator’s syndication network, media companies have access to the industry’s largest database of public RSS content. The network has an archive of over 2.1 billion individual content items and more than 7 million posts are added daily. NewsGator’s network simplifies content syndication by enabling media companies to integrate publicly available content for an enhanced user experience. With easy access to third party content, media firms can offer audiences far more compelling and comprehensive news and information which drives repeat visits, increases site interaction time, and improves web monetization. NewsGator’s hosted content management application provides widget creators with advanced tools for managing streaming content in widgets, and now with Wildfire the best in class sharing and tracking tools that enhance viral adoption of widget content. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gigya’s technologies have become the industry standard for distributing and tracking content on the social web, reaching 142 Million unique widget users worldwide in May 2008 according to comScore. More than one thousand media companies, advertisers, and widget platforms are currently using Gigya’s tools and technologies to grow the audience for, and engagement with, their content. <BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“NewsGator’s extensive syndication network and Gigya’s Wildfire technology provide media companies with a new syndication model that expands their access to content and helps them reach new audiences in social spaces,” said Rooly Eliezerov, President and Co-Founder of Gigya. “As the largest widget distribution network in the world, we are delighted that NewsGator has selected our Wildfire technology and we look forward to a long-term partnership developing new widget business models for our clients.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.</STRONG><BR>NewsGator Technologies helps enterprises and media companies leverage social computing solutions to deliver real business value. The company’s enterprise social networking and widget services are in use by hundreds of the world’s most recognized brands, including Bank of America, Biogen Idec, CBS, CNN, Discovery, National Geographic, Procter & Gamble and USA Today. NewsGator Social Sites and Enterprise Server give enterprises better ways to collaborate, share content, expand employee knowledge and improve productivity. NewsGator Widget Services enable media and brand companies to better engage their audiences and extend the value of their brands through viral syndication of content. NewsGator also offers free, award-winning RSS aggregators for the Web, desktop, mobile devices and e-mail clients. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgator.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.<BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>About Gigya<BR></STRONG>Gigya is the leading widget and social technologies company, serving brand advertisers, media companies, and widget developers. Gigya’s content sharing and advertising platform helps publishers and advertisers increase reach and engagement, distributing widgets to any platform and providing both user social graphs and powerful social features to any website. Gigya serves the world's largest brands with a full-service widget advertising model covering design, development, hosting, distribution, viral promotion, tracking and optimization. Gigya's Wildfire technology installs hundreds of thousands of widgets per day and tracks billions of impressions per month. Gigya’s partners include EyeWonder, DoubleClick, Eyeblaster, Electronic Arts, RockYou!, Webshots, Snapvine and many others. To learn more or to get started, go to: </FONT><A href="http://www.gigya.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.gigya.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gigya Media Contacts: <BR>Richard L. Tso <BR>Gigya, Inc. <BR>650/353-7246 <BR></FONT><A href="mailto:richard@gigya-inc.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>richard@gigya-inc.com</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dan Gould <BR>SHIFT Communications <BR>415/412-1068 <BR></FONT><A href="mailto:dgould@shiftcomm.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>dgould@shiftcomm.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Media Contacts: <BR>Laura Farrelly<BR>NewsGator<BR>303/552-2046<BR>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jennifer Gazin or Zoe Vandeveer<BR>LaunchSquad<BR>415/625-8555<BR>Newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com<BR></FONT></P></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=164</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:53:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NewsGator Announces Native NetNewsWire Application for iPhone on Apple App Store</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=163</link><description><P><FONT face=Arial size=2><EM>New Free Mobile RSS Reader Syncs with NewsGator’s Full Suite of Products for Easy, On-the-Go Access</EM></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Denver, Colo. — July 10, 2008</STRONG> — NewsGator Technologies Inc. today announced the availability of NetNewsWire for iPhone and iPod touch, a free native application based on the market-leading, critically-acclaimed RSS feed reader for Mac. NetNewsWire for iPhone will sync with NewsGator’s suite of RSS readers, including NetNewsWire for Macintosh, FeedDemon, Inbox, and NewsGator Online - providing users a lightweight, easy application to keep up with feeds on the go.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The application is extremely easy-to-use and features a simple, clear user interface that complements the iPhone and iPod touch experience. NetNewsWire for iPhone makes it easy for users to cycle through all their news by using the “Next Unread” button, which goes from story to story with a quick tap of a single button. Users can also save items to read or blog about later via clipping, and saved items also sync with the desktop and browser-based RSS readers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“With NetNewsWire for iPhone, we wanted to create a reading experience that goes hand-in-hand with the iPhone’s intuitive ease-of-use,” said Brent Simmons, creator of the NetNewsWire family of products. “People are increasingly realizing that RSS is the fastest, most efficient way to read their favorite news and blogs from wherever they are. The popularity of the iPhone and iPod touch makes it the perfect platform to create an outstanding mobile application that can become a part of people’s everyday experience.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NetNewsWire for iPhone is available for free beginning today from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at </FONT><A href="http://www.itunes.com/appstore/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.itunes.com/appstore/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.</STRONG><BR>NewsGator Technologies helps enterprises and media companies leverage social computing solutions to deliver real business value. The company’s enterprise social networking and widget services are in use by hundreds of the world’s most recognized brands, including Bank of America, Biogen Idec, CBS, CNN, Discovery, National Geographic, Procter & Gamble and USA Today. NewsGator Social Sites and Enterprise Server give enterprises better ways to collaborate, share content, expand employee knowledge and improve productivity. NewsGator Widget Services enable media and brand companies to better engage their audiences and extend the value of their brands through viral syndication of content. NewsGator also offers free, award-winning RSS aggregators for the Web, desktop, mobile devices and e-mail clients. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgator.com</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact Information<BR>Laura Farrelly<BR>NewsGator<BR>303-552-2046<BR>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corey Lewis or Zoe Vandeveer<BR>LaunchSquad<BR>415.625.8555<BR>newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com</FONT></P></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=163</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:01:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Agence France-Presse and NewsGator Partner to Offer Media Companies Free, Co-Branded Sports Widgets</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=162</link><description><FONT size=3>
<P align=center><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>Olympics Widgets Provide Media Companies With Advertising Revenue & Complimentary Premium Content</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Denver, Colo. — July 9, 2008 — </STRONG>NewsGator Technologies Inc. today announced a partnership with Agence France-Presse (AFP) to provide widgets featuring Olympics news and event coverage to media sites at no charge. With this program, media companies receive complimentary access to premium AFP content prepackaged in branded and engaging widgets that they can add to their Web site. The Olympics widgets are supported by advertising and approved distribution partners are eligible to receive a portion of the advertising revenue generated by the widgets. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator-hosted AFP widgets feature popular Olympics content including a countdown to the Games, event news and results, sports animations, videos, photos, quizzes and more. Each widget includes the media company’s logo and links to Olympics-related articles and content. The Olympic content is provided by AFP and actually resides on the media company’s Web site. A media company simply places the widgets on their site. Readers can then view the widgets and port them to their favorite Web location. Every time a reader clicks on one of the widget links they are directed back to the media company’s Web site where the full content is displayed on Web pages that can be monetized with ads.</FONT></P>
<P></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Olympics widgets are available free-of-charge and there are no maintenance or resource requirements. Interested third parties simply visit NewsGator’s </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgatorwidgets.com/Campaigns/Olympics.aspx"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>Web site</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> to provide their logo and Web site information*.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"With NewsGator’s innovative syndication model, we are extending our brand and content not only to social networking sites but also to major media sites," said Gilles Tarot, sales & marketing director for AFP North America. "The result is significantly greater exposure and increased online ad revenue for our media partners."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"AFP is offering media companies a truly unique opportunity with access to premium content that is in high demand," said Jeff Nolan, vice president, NewsGator Consumer and Media Services. "According to Sports Marketing Surveys, 203 million people in North America alone watched the 2004 Athens Games and significant growth in viewership is expected for the 2008 Beijing Games. We are helping our distribution partners generate revenue off this program and that’s a big deal for media companies - premium content in a widget package that features their own branding and we guarantee they generate revenue."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator’s syndication and data services offerings help media companies, content publishers and advertisers engage audiences through the use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies. NewsGator's Web 2.0 syndication products, including personalized RSS readers, Widget Framework and Widget Ads, give companies the tools they need to enable their audiences to create, subscribe and interact with the most relevant content while staying within the company's brand. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgatorwidgets.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.NewsGatorWidgets.com</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>*Please note: This campaign is available for United States and Canadian-based companies only and participation is subject to approval by AFP and NewsGator.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.</FONT></P></B>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Technologies helps enterprises and media companies leverage social computing solutions to deliver real business value. The company’s enterprise social networking and widget services are in use by hundreds of the world’s most recognized brands, including Bank of America, Biogen Idec, CBS, CNN, Discovery, National Geographic, Procter & Gamble and USA Today. NewsGator Social Sites and Enterprise Server give enterprises better ways to collaborate, share content, expand employee knowledge and improve productivity. NewsGator Widget Services enable media and brand companies to better engage their audiences and extend the value of their brands through viral syndication of content. NewsGator also offers free, award-winning RSS aggregators for the Web, desktop, mobile devices and e-mail clients. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgator.com</FONT></U></FONT></A>.</P><B>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About Agence France-Presse (AFP)</FONT></P></B>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>AFP is a global news agency, delivering fast, accurate, in-depth coverage of the events shaping our world from wars and conflicts to politics, sports, entertainment and the latest breakthroughs in health, science and technology. With 2,900 staff and stringers spread across 165 countries, AFP covers the world 24 hours a day in six languages, delivering the news in video, text, photographs, multimedia and graphics. For more information about AFP, please go to </FONT><A href="http://www.afp.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.afp.com</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact Information</FONT></P></B>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Laura Farrelly</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>303-552-2046</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jennifer Gazin or Zoe Vandeveer</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>LaunchSquad</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>415.625.8555</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com </FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=162</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:55:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NewsGator Announces Widget Partnership with DAC, Japan's Leading Online Advertising Solutions Provider</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=161</link><description><FONT size=3>
<P></FONT><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Denver, Colo. — June 26, 2008 — </FONT></STRONG><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> Technologies Inc. today announced a partnership with Digital Advertising Consortium (DAC), one of Japan's largest online advertising solutions providers, for exclusive rights to offer NewsGator </FONT><A href="http://newsgatorwidgets.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>Widget Services</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> to Japanese media companies and brands. Under this partnership, DAC will market NewsGator Widgets for content syndication.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Major media companies around the world are turning to NewsGator </FONT><A href="http://newsgatorwidgets.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>Widget Services</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> to create widgets that syndicate content to Web sites, blogs, social networks, and start pages and in the process create additional advertising revenue and reach new audiences. Widgets are currently being used by companies like National Geographic, which has a series of viral and interactive puzzle widgets featuring their photography, and Tribune Media Services, which is using NewsGator for ad sponsored mini-applications that provide readers with easy access to their favorite baseball team’s television and radio schedules.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a terrific market opportunity for NewsGator – Japan is the second largest online advertising market in the world, and this partnership will enable NewsGator and DAC to work together in partnership to power widget strategies for Japanese advertisers and marketers," said Jeff Nolan, vice president, NewsGator Consumer and Media Services. "We are honored and privileged to work with DAC, a highly respected and premier company, as we enter the market in Japan."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Partnering with NewsGator will allow us to offer powerful, viral and trackable widgets to our large customer base of media companies and brands," said Akihiko Tokuhisa, the Chief Technology Officer of DAC. "Japanese companies are using widgets to introduce new types of content to their Web pages and add viral functionality – they’re already having great success in reaching and engaging broad audiences."</FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>About NewsGator Software-as-a-Service</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator’s syndication and data services offerings help media companies, content publishers and advertisers engage audiences through the use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies. NewsGator's Web 2.0 syndication products, including personalized </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/Default.aspx"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>RSS readers</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>, Widget Framework, Community Publisher and Widget Ads, give companies the tools they need to enable their audiences to create, subscribe and interact with the most relevant content while staying within the company's brand. NewsGator‘s widget and data services are in use by some of the world's largest media companies and brands, including CNN, Media General, National Geographic, Newsweek, CBS News, Reuters, USA Today and Discovery Communications. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgatorwidgets.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.NewsGatorWidgets.com</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>. <STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Technologies helps enterprises and media companies leverage </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>social computing</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> solutions to deliver real business value. The company’s enterprise </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/Business/SocialSites/Default.aspx"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>social networking</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> and widget services are in use by hundreds of the world’s most recognized brands, including Bank of America, Biogen Idec, CBS, CNN, Discovery, National Geographic, Procter &amp; Gamble and USA Today. NewsGator Social Sites and Enterprise Server give enterprises better ways to collaborate, share content, expand employee knowledge and improve productivity. NewsGator Widget Services enable media and brand companies to better engage their audiences and extend the value of their brands through viral syndication of content. NewsGator also offers free, award-winning RSS aggregators for the Web, desktop, mobile devices and e-mail clients. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgator.com</FONT></U></FONT></A></P><FONT size=3>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>About DAC</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Digital Advertising Consortium (DAC) is a company integrating advertising business, founded by the several biggest advertising agencies in Japan, such as Hakuhodo DY Media Partners Inc., ASATSU-DK Inc. Based on three main services: Media, Operations and Technology, DAC provides high quality service for both buying and selling online advertising through the large network of websites. For internet media buying and selling, DAC plays a role of media rep to bring together publishers and agencies. DAC represents Japan's major websites: Yahoo! Japan, MSN Japan, Infoseek and many more. For more information, visit en.dac.co.jp.</FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact Information</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Laura Farrelly</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>303-552-2046</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jennifer Gazin or Zoe Vandeveer</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>LaunchSquad</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>415.625.8555</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com</FONT></P></FONT></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=161</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:52:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NewsGator Releases Editor’s Desk 2.1</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=160</link><description><P align=center><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Releases Editor’s Desk 2.1</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P align=center><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>New Version Of NewsGator’s Widget Platform Makes It Even Easier for Brand & Media Companies to Build, Deploy, & Track Widgets</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Denver, Colo. — June 19, 2008 </STRONG>— NewsGator Technologies Inc. today announced the general availability of Editor’s Desk 2.1, a new version of the company’s </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>widget platform that makes it even easier for brand and media companies to build, deploy, and track widgets. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Updates to NewsGator’s widget platform include a dramatically redesigned user interface, sophisticated new templates, and an easier, more streamlined </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>workflow for widget creation. Editor’s Desk 2.1 boasts exciting new features including a widget search tool for simple creation of subject-specific content </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>widgets, a duplicating “clone” capability that allows users to easily create similar widgets, and feed monitoring that provides instant feedback on widget </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>performance and feed errors. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“Media and brand companies are embracing widget strategies at a breakneck pace because syndicating content with widgets works,” said Jeff Nolan, vice </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>president, NewsGator Software-as-a-Service. “By simplifying the creation, deployment, and management of widgets, Editor’s Desk 2.1 enables companies to </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>quickly and easily realize positive business results from extended brand reach to increased website monetization.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator’s widget platform is part of NewsGator Software-as-a-Service, which encompasses the company’s syndication and data services offerings and helps </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>media companies, content publishers and advertisers engage audiences through the use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies. NewsGator's Web 2.0 </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>syndication products, including personalized RSS readers, Widget Framework, Community Publisher and Widget Ads, give companies the tools they need to </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>enable their audiences to create, subscribe and interact with the most relevant content while staying within the company's brand. NewsGator‘s widget and </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>data services are in use by some of the world's largest media companies and brands, including CNN, Media General, National Geographic, Newsweek, CBS News, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Reuters, USA Today and Discovery Communications. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.NewsGatorWidgets.com"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>www.NewsGatorWidgets.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.</STRONG><BR>NewsGator Technologies helps enterprises and media companies leverage social computing solutions to deliver real business value. The company’s enterprise </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>social networking and widget services are in use by hundreds of the world’s most recognized brands, including Bank of America, Biogen Idec, CBS, CNN, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Discovery, National Geographic, Procter & Gamble and USA Today. NewsGator Social Sites and Enterprise Server give enterprises better ways to collaborate, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>share content, expand employee knowledge and improve productivity. NewsGator Widget Services enable media and brand companies to better engage their </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>audiences and extend the value of their brands through viral syndication of content. NewsGator also offers free, award-winning RSS aggregators for the Web, </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>desktop, mobile devices and e-mail clients. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>www.newsgator.com</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Contact Information</STRONG><BR>Laura Farrelly<BR>NewsGator<BR>303-552-2046<BR>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jennifer Gazin or Zoe Vandeveer<BR>LaunchSquad<BR>415.625.8555<BR>newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com</FONT></P></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=160</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:28:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NewsGator Adds Value to Enterprise Social Computing Features for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=159</link><description><P><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>Social Sites 2.0 Helps Businesses Improve Productivity with Behind-The-Firewall Social Networks &amp; Communities</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>BOSTON, Enterprise 2.0 Conference — June 9, 2008 —</STRONG> NewsGator Technologies, Inc. today announced the general availability of Social Sites 2.0, a major upgrade for NewsGator’s social computing solution for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.&nbsp; Social Sites 2.0 offers new social capabilities to Office SharePoint Server 2007, allowing users to more easily interact, collaborate and find the people and content they need to do their work better and more efficiently. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“The combined Social Sites and SharePoint Server 2007 solution has evolved our intranet into a social network,” said Joe Toth, assistant vice president for CME Federal Credit Union.&nbsp; “It allows for users to add colleagues into their profile and exchange information across departmental boundaries.&nbsp; These features, along with the other social computing capabilities provided by the solution, have led to improved productivity by saving our employees an average of 30 minutes per day.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Social networking trends in the consumer market have triggered enormous interest by business and IT strategists who believe that similar solutions can be leveraged internally to improve information sharing, collaboration and community-building efforts," said Mike Gotta, principal analyst for Burton Group. "The challenge confronting many decision makers is how to best balance the need to leverage existing infrastructure while not missing out on solutions delivered by many best-of-breed vendors."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Social Sites and Office SharePoint Server 2007 deliver enterprise-class social computing capabilities that enable businesses to build communities and internal social networks while leveraging existing IT investments and maintaining appropriate security.&nbsp; Social Sites integrates seamlessly with Office SharePoint Server 2007 to add value to its social computing features with collaboration tools, enhanced tagging, RSS feed subscriptions and management, colleague tracking features and content mash-up capabilities.&nbsp; </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“SharePoint Server 2007 provides businesses with a social computing solution that delivers positive business results today while establishing a platform that can be easily extended to meet future Enterprise 2.0 needs,” said Deb Bannon, senior product manager for Microsoft’s SharePoint Server Partner Group. “Social Sites and SharePoint Server 2007 facilitate collaboration and simplify information discovery by turning intranets and portals into social hubs. This not only makes it easier for workers to do their jobs, but gives businesses a huge competitive advantage by enabling them to become leaner, smarter and more efficient through collaboration.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The 2.0 release of Social Sites will provide enterprises with the following advanced community and social network capabilities (please visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/Business/SocialSites/Default.aspx"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.newsgator.com/Business/SocialSites/Default.aspx</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> for more information):</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Communities<BR>•&nbsp;Allows employees to easily share ideas, information and documents by enabling them to create ad hoc communities around common interests, areas of research, projects, etc.<BR>•&nbsp;Provides for easy discovery of groups via customized recommendations, tag clouds, search, and lists of recently created and popular communities.&nbsp; <BR>•&nbsp;Offers a discussion component that includes rich e-mail integration, which allows users to participate in a community without ever logging in to the site. <BR>•&nbsp;Simplifies content additions by allowing content to be tagged into the community, added via social bookmarks and RSS feeds, or uploaded to a community document store. <BR>•&nbsp;Offers chronological views of community activity from both a single community and consolidated from all communities a user belongs to.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Social Networks<BR>•&nbsp;Provides employees with social network graphs based on both explicit and implied connections, making discovery of content and colleagues easier. <BR>•&nbsp;Shows each user their strongest connections based on common content, interests, and intranet activity.<BR>•&nbsp;Recommends colleagues to a user based on common community membership, tags, and RSS subscriptions.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About NewsGator Social Sites</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Social Sites provides behind-the-firewall social computing and enterprise RSS capabilities that lower IT support costs, improve productivity, and increase knowledge sharing.&nbsp; Social Sites integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to enable enterprises to build communities and internal social networks while leveraging existing investments and maintaining appropriate security.&nbsp; Social Sites drives portal adoption by keeping content fresh and relevant, enhancing usability, simplifying content and expertise discovery and bringing users back through precision notifications. Social Sites features include tacitly built profiles; social network graphs; communities; advanced tagging and tag clouds; RSS feeds, subscriptions and management; notifications; and colleague tracking capabilities. For more information, please visit: </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/Business/SocialSites/Default.aspx"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.newsgator.com/Business/SocialSites/Default.aspx</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Technologies helps enterprises and media companies leverage social computing solutions to deliver real business value. The company’s enterprise social networking and widget services are in use by hundreds of the world’s most recognized brands, including Bank of America, Biogen Idec, CBS, CNN, Discovery, National Geographic, Procter &amp; Gamble and USA Today. NewsGator Social Sites and Enterprise Server give enterprises better ways to collaborate, share content, expand employee knowledge and improve productivity. NewsGator Widget Services enable media and brand companies to better engage their audiences and extend the value of their brands through viral syndication of content. NewsGator also offers free, award-winning RSS aggregators for the Web, desktop, mobile devices and e-mail clients. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgator.com</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>All products and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact Information<BR>Laura Farrelly<BR>NewsGator<BR>303-552-2046<BR>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corey Lewis or Jennifer Gazin<BR>LaunchSquad<BR>415.625.8555<BR>newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com </FONT></P></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=159</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:22:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NewsGator Delivers Corporate Social Computing Platform for Universal McCann</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=158</link><description><P><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>Global Media Agency Deploying NewsGator Social Sites and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to Facilitate Collaboration, Improve Productivity &amp; Lower IT Support Costs</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>BOSTON, Enterprise 2.0 Conference — June 9, 2008 —</STRONG> NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced today that Universal McCann, a global media communications agency, is deploying a full-service internal social computing platform based on NewsGator Social Sites and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The project’s mission is to take advantage of innovative Enterprise 2.0 technologies to greatly improve communication and the flow of information across Universal McCann’s 90 offices in 66 countries. Working jointly with Microsoft and NewsGator, Universal McCann has implemented a secure social networking solution that improves productivity by allowing employees to better communicate and collaborate. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“The fast-changing media environment in which Universal McCann works demands that our employees have a finger on the pulse of what’s going on, not just in their respective markets and account groups, but globally across the industry,” said Quentin George, worldwide officer for digital strategy &amp; market innovation for Universal McCann.&nbsp; “In order to deliver our clients the ‘Next Thing Now’ we must share and learn from our collective knowledge and experience.&nbsp; We found NewsGator and Microsoft’s social networking tools to be the ideal way to facilitate communication and knowledge sharing across geographic and division boundaries – leading to improved productivity and increased innovation.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“We considered a variety of social computing solutions, including consumer-based social networking products, but they fell short on business-specific features, internal systems integration, and security capabilities,” said Jason Harrison, worldwide chief information officer for Universal McCann. “Microsoft and NewsGator offered us an enterprise-class social computing solution that delivers the social networking features we need today while providing us with a platform that can easily evolve as our needs grow and change.&nbsp; In addition, their solution integrates seamlessly with our technology infrastructure and security protocols, helping to lower our support costs.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The combined Social Sites and Office SharePoint Server 2007 solution provides Universal McCann with an online destination that facilitates collaboration and content sharing across the global Universal McCann network.&nbsp; The social computing platform integrates Web 2.0 concepts such as social networking, communities, RSS, and blogging in an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.&nbsp; With the interface, Universal McCann employees can now quickly browse through the company’s intranet and find the latest content headlines, view the most relevant/popular portal content and easily learn about other employees at any office in the world. The social computing platform also enables employees to discover colleagues and subject matter experts, form social networks, and build communities based on areas of interest, rather than geography or project teams.&nbsp; Universal McCann’s social computing platform enhances each person’s effectiveness with the collective wisdom of the worldwide organization – driving innovation and improved client service.&nbsp; </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“Businesses are experiencing firsthand the value of social computing in the enterprise,” said Deb Bannon, senior product manager for Microsoft’s SharePoint Server Partner Group. “As Universal McCann shows, SharePoint Server 2007 lets companies turn their portal into a customizable social computing hub that can change the way the company works. The combination of Social Sites and SharePoint is an example of what enterprise social networking is all about – delivering positive business results with a behind-the-firewall, flexible, and extensible platform.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“More and more companies are looking for ways to connect their employees, using Web 2.0, social networking and information as a bridge,” said J.B. Holston, NewsGator CEO. “Social Sites and SharePoint Server 2007 give companies a way to introduce global social networking strategies that offer the ease-of-use of tools like Facebook or MySpace, but with enterprise-strength security and business-specific features. Social Sites allows companies to roll out a dynamic platform that makes information and knowledge a common currency among its employees and collaboration a common companywide practice.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About Social Sites</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Social Sites provides behind-the-firewall social computing and enterprise RSS capabilities that lower IT support costs, improve productivity, and increase knowledge sharing.&nbsp; Social Sites integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to enable enterprises to build communities and internal social networks while leveraging existing investments and maintaining appropriate security.&nbsp; Social Sites drives portal adoption by keeping content fresh and relevant, enhancing usability, simplifying content and expertise discovery and bringing users back through precision notifications. Social Sites features include tacitly built profiles; social network graphs; communities; advanced tagging and tag clouds; RSS feeds, subscriptions and management; notifications; and colleague tracking capabilities. For more information, please visit: </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com/Business/SocialSites/Default.aspx"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgator.com/Business/SocialSites/Default.aspx</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Technologies helps enterprises and media companies leverage social computing solutions to deliver real business value. The company’s enterprise social networking and widget services are in use by hundreds of the world’s most recognized brands, including Bank of America, Biogen Idec, CBS, CNN, Discovery, National Geographic, Procter &amp; Gamble and USA Today. NewsGator Social Sites and Enterprise Server give enterprises better ways to collaborate, share content, expand employee knowledge and improve productivity. NewsGator Widget Services enable media and brand companies to better engage their audiences and extend the value of their brands through viral syndication of content. NewsGator also offers free, award-winning RSS aggregators for the Web, desktop, mobile devices and e-mail clients. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgator.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About Universal McCann</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Universal McCann (UM) is a global media communications agency providing Next Thing Now solutions for the world’s leading marketers and strategic thinkers including Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Johnson &amp; Johnson, Mastercard, Microsoft, Sony, Bacardi, L’oreal and UPS. Part of the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), UM has 90 offices in 66 countries and over 2,800 employees with headquarters in New York.&nbsp; UM provides a full spectrum of media services including media and communications planning, digital strategy consultation, analytics and economic modeling and research and consumer insight. The company’s mission is to deliver marketing innovation through media excellence.&nbsp; For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.universalmccann.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.universalmccann.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>All products and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact Information<BR>Laura Farrelly<BR>NewsGator<BR>303-552-2046<BR>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kris Sharbaugh<BR>Universal McCann<BR>646-865-5000<BR>Kris.Sharbaugh(at)umww(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corey Lewis or Jennifer Gazin<BR>LaunchSquad<BR>415.625.8555<BR>newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com </FONT></P></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=158</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:52:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RivalSoft Announces RivalMap™ 2.0 and Partnership with NewsGator </title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=157</link><description><P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><EM>New Web-Based Service Dramatically Improves how Companies Maintain Market Awareness</EM></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Palo Alto, CA, June 4, 2008 –</STRONG> RivalSoft Inc. today unveiled a major new release of RivalMap, the first web-based application that combines a unique set of features specifically designed to help companies of all sizes track and share information about their competitors and market. The new version of the application makes it easier for businesses to organize and address breaking news and important industry-related information.<BR>&nbsp;<BR>“RivalMap now offers key tools to help companies stay on top of important market changes and take advantage of emerging developments in their industry”, said Andrew Holt, Co-founder of RivalSoft. “Before RivalMap, information that companies had on competitors and market events was scattered through files, e-mails, and in the minds of colleagues. With RivalMap, companies have a single hub for industry information, providing a better way to discover important information and leverage it internally with less work. News, information, and discussions are easily centralized, organized, and made available to everyone inside a company. Competitor and market insights are crucial to a company's ability to make informed business decisions – RivalMap delivers a total solution for that need.” </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“The addition of an automated news service, which makes use of NewsGator technologies, adds a new level of functionality to RivalMap,” said Kris Rasmussen, fellow Co-founder of RivalSoft. “RivalMap now brings together relevant news and feeds in one place where they can be harnessed collaboratively. RivalMap is tremendously valuable for companies that need to monitor their market and identify important updates and trends.” </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“We are very excited about the integration of a news engine into RivalMap. In addition to providing the APIs, we use RivalMap internally and have seen the leap in value that integrated content provides,” said Jeff Nolan, VP of the SaaS group at NewsGator. “Our Smart Feeds are pulling in not only traditional content via RSS but also aggregating Twitter updates, LinkedIn messages, and many more sources all based on keywords.” </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>RivalMap is a web-based hosted application, with no set-up time or up-front fees. To get started, companies only have to create an account at </FONT><A href="http://www.rivalmap.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.rivalmap.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> (it takes less than a minute). After adding profiles for competitors and adding feeds or news keywords to track, any user with access can start clipping important news and posting updates, concerns, files, and other content. From that point forward, the company has one place for workers to access and discuss information on competitors, industry updates, collateral the company has (like sales assets), and more. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pricing &amp; Information </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>RivalMap is free for up to 3 users, with access to the news feature for the first 30 days. For only $24/month companies get 3 users, unlimited news management, and file sharing. For $49/month companies get 5 users, $99/month allows 10 users, and $199/month allows 25 users, all with the addition of SSL encryption. Enterprise plans for accounts larger than 25 users are available. All paying plans include a 30-day free trial. Companies can start using RivalMap immediately at </FONT><A href="http://www.rivalmap.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.rivalmap.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About RivalSoft </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Palo Alto-based RivalSoft provides innovative web-based applications to companies of all sizes, helping them stay more informed, make better decisions, and improve communication. RivalSoft's mission is to make easy-to-use software that empowers companies and their employees, improving the work-flow of individuals while providing collective results for the entire company. Their products have been featured in TechCrunch, InformationWeek, InfoWorld, Financial Times, and numerous other publications. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact Information </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andrew Holt <BR>RivalSoft Inc. <BR>(650) 488-8286 <BR>andrew(at)rivalsoftinc(dot)com </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About NewsGator Software-As-A-Service </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Software-as-a-Service encompasses NewsGator Technologies’ syndication and data services offerings and helps media companies, content publishers and advertisers engage audiences through the use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies. NewsGator Software-as-a-Service is in use by some of the world's largest media companies and brands, including CNN, Media General, National Geographic, Newsweek, CBS News, the San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today and Discovery Communications. For more information, please visit: </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgatorwidgets.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgatorwidgets.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact Information</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Laura Farrelly<BR>NewsGator<BR>303-552-2046<BR>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com <BR>Jennifer Gazin or Corey Lewis<BR>LaunchSquad<BR>415.625.8555<BR>newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com</FONT></P></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=157</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:41:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>washingtonpost.com, Newsweek Partner with NewsGator and Microsoft to Create Free Windows Mobile Application for 2008 Elections</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=156</link><description><P><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>Campaign Tracker Provides Individuals With Convenient, Mobile Access To Breaking News Featuring Their Favorite Presidential Candidates</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Denver, Colo. — May 28, 2008 —</STRONG> NewsGator Technologies, Inc., along with washingtonpost.com and Newsweek, today unveiled <A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/wireless/campaigntracker.htm">Campaign Tracker, a free application for Microsoft Windows Mobile phones</A>. The Microsoft-sponsored mobile application will enhance washingtonpost.com’s and Newsweek’s up-to-the-minute, portable coverage on the 2008 candidates and elections.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Harnessing the breadth of syndication solutions of NewsGator’s Mobile Reader, washingtonpost.com and Newsweek will aggregate political content from across their media properties, extending the reach of their brands and letting their readers access the most recent and popular news on any given candidate, right from their mobile phones. Campaign Tracker will also utilize NewsGator’s Editor’s Desk for full editorial control, enabling washingtonpost.com and Newsweek to create an optimal RSS feed reading experience and present the news in ways that will provide the most value to their readers.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Campaign Tracker was developed in conjunction with Microsoft through Mobile2Market and runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile phones. Since the mobile application is not built on a Web site, readers can access the latest candidate news from wherever they are, even when they’re out of wireless range or on an airplane. Campaign Tracker makes for an enjoyable and fast mobile reading experience, as each post contains the entire article so there’s no need to click through to the source.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“Developing innovative ways to distribute our content off our sites has been a top priority for us this year,” said Jennifer Moyer, COO, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. “We’re excited to utilize NewsGator’s aggregation service to more effectively provide mobile users with Microsoft Windows access to washingtonpost.com’s and Newsweek.com’s campaign and political news in real time.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“Working with washingtonpost.com, Newsweek and Microsoft is terrific validation for NewsGator’s leadership in syndicating content and developing unique widgets and readers catered to today’s consumer tastes,” said Jeff Nolan, vice president, NewsGator’s Software-as-a-Service group. “NewsGator’s Mobile Reader gives media companies cutting-edge capabilities to deliver a wide range of content directly to a user, whether they’re commuting on a bus or flying across the country.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator’s mobile reader is part of NewsGator Software-as-a-Service, which encompasses the company’s syndication and data services offerings and helps media companies, content publishers and advertisers engage audiences through the use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies. NewsGator's Web 2.0 syndication products, including personalized RSS readers, Widget Framework, Community Publisher and Widget Ads, give companies the tools they need to enable their audiences to create, subscribe and interact with the most relevant content while staying within the company's brand. NewsGator Software-as-a-Service is in use by some of the world's largest media companies and brands, including CNN, Media General, National Geographic, Newsweek, CBS News, the San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today and Discovery Communications. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.NewsgatorWidgets.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.NewsgatorWidgets.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Technologies is a pioneer in RSS and Enterprise 2.0 technologies. Headquartered in Denver, Colo., NewsGator develops and markets RSS aggregation solutions for individual end users, enterprises and online content providers. Using NewsGator products and solutions, businesses and consumers can subscribe to news, information, podcasts and other relevant content more efficiently and effectively than with traditional channels. With NewsGator, users have access to RSS information via the Web, Microsoft Outlook, mobile devices and both Windows- and Mac-based desktop clients. All NewsGator products synchronize seamlessly, enabling users to read their RSS feeds anywhere, anytime, with any device. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgator.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact Information<BR>Laura Farrelly<BR>NewsGator<BR>303-552-2046<BR>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jennifer Gazin or Zoe Vandeveer<BR>LaunchSquad<BR>415.625.8555<BR>newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com</FONT></P></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=156</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 20:07:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NewsGator Delivers Recommended RSS Articles via Collaborative Filtering</title><link>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=155</link><description><P><EM><FONT face=Arial size=2>Addition of Recommendations from SenseArray™ in NewsGator Online Reader Provides Users With the Best Stories From More Than 2.7 Million Feeds</FONT></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Denver, Colo. — May 22, 2008 —</STRONG> NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has integrated Uprizer Labs’ SenseArray collaborative filtering capabilities into its NewsGator Online RSS Reader to provide recommended stories to users. The unique combination of relevance data gathered from NewsGator’s users and SenseArray’s powerful filtering delivers an innovative recommendation system giving users great stories from feeds they’ve never seen.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>The recommended stories feature works by sending to SenseArray the relevance data collected when users click links, tag, save or forward articles.&nbsp; Users can also give direct feedback on the recommended articles with simple “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” controls.&nbsp; All users get a set of recommended recent stories chosen from the seven million new daily articles NewsGator retrieves.&nbsp; Users can also display recommendations within Top News, Entertainment, Sports, Fun Stuff, Science and Technology categories.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“Added to NewsGator Online, SenseArray will recommend stories to a person based on their normal interactions with their favorite NewsGator RSS Reader,” said Ian Clarke, CEO of Uprizer Labs. “In early tests, the system is proving to be extremely accurate in its ability to predict users’ tastes and interests.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>“Collaborative filtering has been extremely successful in helping users find products on services like Amazon.com and Netflix,” said Brian Kellner, vice president of products for NewsGator. “NewsGator is using our huge stream of relevance actions in a truly innovative way with the SenseArray collaborative filter to provide the same kind of recommendation capabilities with RSS articles.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator’s award-winning RSS products for PC (FeedDemon), Mac (NetNewsWire), Microsoft Outlook (Inbox), mobile (NewsGator Go!) and online (NewsGator Online) deliver a best-of-breed RSS reading experience that synchronizes through NewsGator’s online platform. All of NewsGator’s client RSS reader products are available free of charge and include free synchronization along with other services. Users can enjoy the great features and performance of all of NewsGator’s Web, desktop and mobile readers for iPhone, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry (powered by FreeRange), all synchronized to provide the same view of their RSS content no matter when or where they read it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>NewsGator Technologies is a pioneer in RSS and Enterprise 2.0 technologies. Headquartered in Denver, Colo., NewsGator develops and markets RSS aggregation solutions for individual end users, enterprises and online content providers. Using NewsGator products and solutions, businesses and consumers can subscribe to news, information, podcasts and other relevant content more efficiently and effectively than with traditional channels. With NewsGator, users have access to RSS information via the Web, Microsoft Outlook, mobile devices and both Windows- and Mac-based desktop clients. All NewsGator products synchronize seamlessly, enabling users to read their RSS feeds anywhere, anytime, with any device. For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.newsgator.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.newsgator.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>About Uprizer Labs, LLC</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Uprizer Labs is a software development company, specializing in machine learning and peer-to-peer technologies. SenseArray, the company’s flagship product, provides extremely accurate predictions through the combination of proprietary algorithms and optional tag-based filtering.&nbsp; For more information, visit </FONT><A href="http://www.sensearray.com"><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.sensearray.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact Information<BR>Laura Farrelly<BR>NewsGator<BR>303-552-2046<BR>lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ian Clarke<BR>Uprizer Labs, LLC<BR>512.422.3588<BR>ian(at)sensearray(dot)com</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jennifer Gazin or Corey Lewis<BR>LaunchSquad<BR>415.625.8555<BR>newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com</FONT></P></description><guid>http://www.newsgator.com/CompanyInfo/Press/Archive.aspx?post=155</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 18:55:28 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
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