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NewsGator???s Widget Services Allow Colorado???s Largest Newspaper to Engage Readers With Portable Interactive News Orlando Fla. ??? February 25 2008 ??? NewsGator Technologies Inc. today announced that the Denver Post has selected NewsGator???s widget services to virally distribute its sports political and breaking news across the web. With these widgets Denver Post will extend its brand and drive ad revenue by engaging readers with social interaction features and enabling readers to port news to their favorite Web sites. The Denver Post has deployed three widgets using NewsGator???s services: All Things Broncos dedicated to news and information about the Denver Broncos football team; Politics West for political updates from Colorado; and Breaking News providing constantly updated news from Denver and the rest of Colorado. Each widget contains the latest relevant stories continuously updated from the Denver Post and other sources as well as social interaction features like rating commenting and e-mailing to friends. Additionally with one click readers can add these widgets to their favorite networking and personalized web sites such as NetVibes Facebook iGoogle and PageFlakes. With its widgets Denver Post can syndicate branded content across the Web and increase readers??? engagement with its content. This expanded reach and greater user interaction can be tracked using NewsGator???s extensive reporting capabilities enabling Denver Post to drive additional ad revenue through higher click-through rates and increased page views. ???We are always looking for ways to use the Web to increase our readership and get our content in front of as many people as possible ??? said Mark Cardwell managing editor digital media & strategic development of the Denver Post. ???NewsGator???s widget services help us spread our content virally by giving people a useful fun tool that encourages interaction and drives traffic to our site. The end result is an increase in traffic a more engaged and interested readership and ultimately better ad revenue.??? ???The way audiences are interacting with print and online media companies is changing and as a consequence the requirement to deliver portable viral content so that as many people as possible will see the content and the brand in places other than that company???s Web site is critical ??? said Jeff Nolan vice president NewsGator Software-as-a-Service. ???The Denver Post is doing just that giving its most popular content legs so that readers can see it interact around it and take it with them creating a user-driven experience around its news. This portability drives not only readership but gives the Denver Post extended reach and better monetization of its Web properties.??? NewsGator widget services are 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 please visit: About NewsGator Technologies Inc. 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 . Contact Information Laura Farrelly NewsGator 303-552-2046 lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com Jennifer Gazin or Corey Lewis LaunchSquad 415.625.8555 newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com

NewsGator Widgets Deliver Viral Distribution Collaboration and New Advertising Opportunities to One of the Nation???s Leading Media Companies Orlando Fla. ??? February 25 2008 ??? NewsGator Technologies Inc. today announced that Cox Newspapers will use NewsGator???s widget services to build and track a series of viral widgets for a number of its flagship newspapers including The Atlanta Journal Constitution Austin American-Statesman The Palm Beach Post and Dayton Daily News. The first deployment of Cox???s widgets will be the debut of its viral political widgets. Available now these widgets feature breaking news and videos about each of the presidential primary candidates and offer readers the ability to access the latest news on their favorite candidates aggregated from across all of Cox???s newspaper properties. With one click readers can add these widgets to their favorite networking and personalized web sites such as MySpace Facebook and iGoogle. NewsGator widget services offer Cox extended brand reach insight into user interaction with content reporting capabilities that provide clear metrics on click-through rates and additional monetization opportunities through ad serving and increased page views. With NewsGator Cox can syndicate content across its newspaper properties which include 17 daily and 25 non-daily newspapers providing an easy way to share articles and breaking news stories with a number of Web sites. ???Cox Newspapers needed a way to tap into the resources of all of our newspaper properties and let everyone virally share and aggregate content for our online readers ??? said Tonya Echols Executive Director COXnet ??? Cox Newspapers. ???We were also looking for new ways to increase the opportunities for ad revenue and customer interaction and NewsGator gave us an innovative way to drive new traffic increase page views and better engage our audience.??? "Cox Newspapers is the latest in a long list of newspaper companies that are seeing big benefits from putting their content out in widget form " said Jeff Nolan vice president NewsGator Software-as-a-Service. "Widgets bring content to readers in the start pages and social networks they are increasingly using and the result is a powerful experience driven by the user with measurable adoption and interaction rates that translate into extended reach and better monetization for newspapers. A cornerstone of next generation media is viral adoption of content through widgets and we're proud to count more than 100 companies using NewsGator services to stay ahead of their competition in this fast changing market." NewsGator widget services are 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. About NewsGator Technologies Inc. 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 . Contact Information Laura Farrelly NewsGator 303-552-2046 lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com Corey Lewis or Jennifer Gazin LaunchSquad 415.625.8555 newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com

Candidate Tracker Provides Individuals With Convenient Mobile Access To Breaking News Featuring Their Favorite Presidential Candidates Orlando Fla. ??? February 25 2008 ??? NewsGator Technologies Inc. along with washingtonpost.com and Newsweek today unveiled Candidate Tracker a free application for Microsoft Windows Mobile phones. The Microsoft-sponsored mobile application will enhance washingtonpost.com and Newsweek???s up-to-the-minute portable coverage on the 2008 candidates and elections. Harnessing the breadth of syndication solutions of NewsGator???s Mobile Reader and widget services 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. Candidate 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. Candidate Tracker was developed in conjunction with Microsoft through Mobile2Market and runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices as well as Microsoft Pocket PC devices. 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. Candidate 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. ???Developing innovative ways to distribute our content off our sites has been a top priority for us this year ??? said Caroline Little CEO and publisher Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. ???We are excited to utilize NewsGator???s aggregation service to more effectively provide mobile users with Microsoft Windows access to washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com???s campaign and political news in real time.??? ???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 and Widget Services give 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.??? NewsGator???s mobile reader and widget services are 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. About NewsGator Technologies Inc. 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 . Contact Information Laura Farrelly NewsGator 303-552-2046 lauraf(at)newsgator(dot)com Jennifer Gazin or Zoe Vandeveer LaunchSquad 415.625.8555 newsgator(at)launchsquad(dot)com