Captivate Appoints New Director Of Sales

Captivate Appoints New Director Of Sales

Seasoned Sales Executive Joins New York Office

WESTFORD, Mass., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Captivate Network, the national news and entertainment network known for delivering quality programming and advertising to a highly desirable audience during the workday, today announced the appointment of David Drucker as the Director of Sales for Captivate's New York office. Drucker joins Captivate from Metro Networks/Westwood One Company, a subsidiary of Viacom, where he held the position of Director of Sales. Throughout his seven year tenure at Metro Networks, Dave was promoted several times and recognized for his ability to excel as a strategic seller. Under his leadership, the sales team reached some of the highest revenue goals in company history. Prior to Metro, Dave worked with RH Donnelley/Verizon Yellow Pages for more than six years. During his time there, he was ranked among the top sales representatives in the country. In his last position with RH Donnelley, Dave was Manager of the Health Care Market, one of the company's largest business segments.

"Dave is a talented sales professional who brings an impressive amount of experience to Captivate Network," said Paul Jankauskas, Senior Vice President of Sales at Captivate. "We are confident that his knowledge, ability and experience will successfully help major brands leverage Captivate's unique ability to target affluent consumers."

Captivate's network is viewed on digital-quality flat-panel television screens in the elevators of premier office towers, reaching more than 1.6 million viewers each day in the top DMAs. Captivate is seen in Atlanta, Boston, Calgary, Chicago, Columbia, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, Memphis, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco/San Jose, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, DC.

In addition to advertising, the Captivate Network delivers national and local news, stock updates, weather reports, sports scores and entertainment updates from leading providers including USA Today, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, CNN Money, Citysearch and The Weather Channel, among others. Captivate advertisers include Jeep, Radisson, Travelocity, Ernst & Young, UPS, FedEx, Verizon, Continental Airlines, Audi, Amtrak, Whirlpool and Kodak.

About Captivate Network

Captivate Network (http://www.captivate.com/), is the national news and entertainment network that delivers quality programming and advertising to a highly desirable and targeted audience during the workday, when they are making business and personal buying decisions. Captivate is one of the most effective advertising vehicles available, earning a high 45% average ad recall, according to Nielsen Media Research*. Captivate's network is seen in a distraction-free viewing environment, on wireless flat-panel television screens in the elevators of premier office towers across North America. Currently, Captivate is seen on 5300 screens, delivering more than 30 million impressions per month. Headquartered in Massachusetts with offices throughout North America, Captivate Network is a Gannett company.

Gannett Co., Inc. is a leading international news and information company that publishes 102 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper. The company also owns more than 800 non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom's second largest regional newspaper company. Newsquest publishes more than 300 titles, including 17 daily newspapers, and a network of prize-winning Web sites. Gannett also operates 21 television stations in the United States and is an Internet leader with sites sponsored by its TV stations and newspapers including USATODAY.com, one of the most popular news sites on the Web.

Gannett owns Captivate Network, which provides news, information and advertising on wireless flat-panel television screens in the elevators of premier office towers across North America.

*Nielsen Media Research. Jan/Feb 2002. Full results available upon request.

Media Contacts: John Bigay Aimee Yoon Captivate Network Dotted Line Communications 978-845-5073 617-275-7082 Jbigay@captivate.comaimee@dottedlinecomm.com

Source: Captivate Network

CONTACT: John Bigay of Captivate Network, +1-978-845-5073, Jbigay@captivate.com; or Aimee Yoon of Dotted Line Communications, +1-617-275-7082, aimee@dottedlinecomm.com

Web site: http://www.captivate.ca/

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