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Matthew Schulte Joins Glam Media As Vice President of Eastern Region Sales

Posted on: Monday, 14 April 2008, 12:00 CDT

BRISBANE, Calif. and NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Glam Media, Inc., (http://www.glammedia.com/), the category leader in women online, today announced that Matthew Schulte has joined the company as Vice President of Sales for the Eastern Region. Schulte previously led national sales for NBC Universal's iVillage property. Schulte will oversee sales in the Eastern Region, based out of Glam Media's New York City offices. This hire marks the further expansion of Glam Media's sales force, as the distributed media company continues its growth as the fastest-growing Web property in the comScore Media Metrix Top 50 list.

Glam Media's sales team expansion follows on increasing demand in display advertising from advertisers hungry for unique and diverse brand engagement with their target audiences. With fragmentation increasing on the Web, Glam Media's proven distributed media network model and audience of over 34 million unique visitors in the U.S. according to comScore, is gaining traction as the ideal way to bring premium brand display advertisers online.

While at iVillage, Schulte managed both the East and West sales teams driving significant ad revenue for the company. Prior to joining iVillage, Schulte spent six years rising through the ranks of the sales team at Dow Jones property MarketWatch.com, Excite@Home, and before that held media planning roles at global advertising agencies McCann-Erickson and Ogilvy & Mather. He has also served as Advisory Board member for iMedia Summit. Schulte holds a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

"We are excited to welcome Matthew Schulte, who comes to us with a strong background of more than 12 years experience in media sales, most recently at iVillage," said Jack Rotolo, Vice President National Sales, Glam Style. "Matthew joins Glam Media's sales team with tremendous market knowledge and success and as a well-established member of the New York digital media community."

Glam Media's distributed media network continues to enjoy success and experience significant growth both in traffic to Glam-owned-and-operated properties and via the reach of its publisher network of 450+ lifestyle websites and blogs. Glam Media offers superior brand engagement and targeting opportunities through display and video advertising, content syndication, advertorials, search and other application services. Glam Media's highly select network of publishers benefit from premium advertising rates, brand awareness and visibility.

About Glam Media

Glam Media's distributed media network model is in part changing the very definition of what a media company is in the 21st Century. With more than 53 million unique monthly visitors (comScore MediaMetrix) Glam Media provides a compelling mix of fresh, original content created in-house with a carefully curated Glam Publishing Network of more than 450 popular and influential lifestyle Web sites, blogs and magazines. For premium national brand advertisers, Glam Media offers an unprecedented array of targeted options that are singularly attractive to both upscale and aspirational consumers. Glam Media is backed by Hubert Burda Media, GLG Partners, Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Walden Venture Capital and Information Capital. Glam Media is based in New York City and Brisbane, California.

Contact info: Caroline Hacker Glam Media 650-270-2183 caroline@glammmedia.com Lane Buschel The Morris + King Company for Glam Media 212-561-7454 lane.buschel@morris-king.com

Glam Media, Inc.

CONTACT: Caroline Hacker of Glam Media, +1-650-270-2183,caroline@glammmedia.com; or Lane Buschel of The Morris + King Company for GlamMedia, +1-212-561-7454, lane.buschel@morris-king.com

Web site: http://www.glammedia.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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