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National Lampoon Expands Drunk University Network

Posted on: Thursday, 24 April 2008, 15:00 CDT

LOS ANGELES, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Drunk University Network, a wholly owned online network of National Lampoon, Inc. , the most widely recognized brand in comedy, today announced the launch of a satirical, guy oriented, entertainment site, WhoreDiamonds.com (http://www.whorediamonds.com/). The site was developed as a "hot or not" type voting site to allow the site visitors to participate in the new "diamond" rating system, brought to the forefront by the now infamous Emperors Club. WhoreDiamonds.com will expand into a forum for breaking news and daily biting commentary on the underground world of politics, pop culture, and entertainment.

"We don't feel that only politicians and Emperors Club members should have an exclusive on rating today's generation of working girls, this opens up the process to the masses," said Sam Elhag, Drunk University Network's head of strategy. "Who knows, a 'five diamond' girl to a Spitzer may only be a 'three diamond' to the rest of the world."

The launch of WhoreDiamonds.com continues the expansion of Drunk University's online properties. It follows last year's acquisition of DrunkUniversity.com and then the launch of the Drunk University Network, a college focused online network of affiliate websites. WhoreDiamonds.com is a throwback to the early days of National Lampoon, where any part of current culture can be skewered and looked at from all angles, and where anything and everything is fair game. The company's growth through the acquisition and launch of new properties is part of National Lampoon's continued efforts to expand their online presence, which will prove to capture more advertising revenue targeted at additional demographics.

About National Lampoon

National Lampoon, Inc. has been a dominant force in the US comedy world for almost 40 years, and is currently active in a broad array of media and entertainment segments. These include feature films, television programming, online and interactive entertainment, home video, audio, and book publishing. The Company also owns interests in all major National Lampoon properties, including National Lampoon's Animal House, the National Lampoon Vacation series and National Lampoon's Van Wilder. National Lampoon reaches nearly one in four of all 18 to 24 year old college students in America today. The Company has three core operating divisions: National Lampoon Films, which includes production along with theatrical and video distribution of feature films; College Marketing Division; and National Lampoon Networks, providing humor content through a number of platforms. These include its National Lampoon College TV network, the National Lampoon Humor Network -- the most trafficked humor sites on the web, Toga TV.com -- the company's broadband channel, the Drunk University Network, and the National Lampoon Video Network, which includes channels on YouTube, AOL, Yahoo, Joost, and a number of digital video platforms across the Internet. These are all anchored by the award winning comedy website http://www.nationallampoon.com/

National Lampoon, Inc.

CONTACT: Press, Alastair Duncan, +1-310-300-0950, ext. 223,aduncan@LCOonline.com, or Dawn Miller, +1-310-300-0950, ext. 231,dmiller@LCOonline.com, both of National Lampoon, Inc.; or IR, Howard Gostfrandor David Sasso, +1-305-918-7000, info@amcapventures.com, for National Lampoon,Inc.

Web site: http://www.nationallampoon.com/http://www.whorediamonds.com/http://www.amcapventures.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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