WorldNow Clients are National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners

WorldNow Clients are National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners

WAFF.com wins National Award for Best Small Market TV Web Site

NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldNow, a leading provider of Internet technology, content and revenue solutions for over 320 local media Web sites, announced today that WAFF.com won the National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Small Market TV Web site. WorldNow powers WAFF.com's Web site, video and auto classifieds with their technology platforms. In addition, WorldNow also helps WAFF.com build substantial online revenue with their national ad sales programs.

"WAFF is a truly outstanding station and we enjoy helping them build and maintain the many facets of their online presence," said Melissa Hatter, Senior Vice President, Client Services of WorldNow. "They are dedicated to driving their online business as much as their on-air efforts and we are so happy they have been recognized with the National Murrow Award."

"WorldNow's technology and advertising has helped us build some amazing sites and WAFF.com is clearly one of our best," said Wayne Daugherty, COO of Raycom Media. "We know the value of having a partner in our online efforts and WorldNow has been with us every step of the way."

About WorldNow

WorldNow, a New York based technology and sales company, provides a comprehensive suite of online revenue solutions to over 300 local broadcasters, newspapers and cable providers. WorldNow enables media companies to build new businesses on the Internet through five core products including a proprietary streaming video solution, Web site publishing platform, online automotive classifieds, local ad sales, and a national advertising partnership with the ABC owned Television Stations. Current WorldNow customers include ABC, Cox, Dispatch, Fisher, Gray, LIN Television, Media General, News Press & Gazette, Raycom Media, The New York Times, Time Warner Cable, Tribune, and Young Broadcasting. For more information about our company, please visit, www.WorldNow.com.

About Raycom Media

Raycom Media, Inc. was created in 1996 with the purchase of 12 television stations, two radio stations, and a sports marketing, production, events management, and distribution company. Shortly after this first acquisition, Raycom Media quickly acquired two other companies and began an unheard of growth in the media business. Raycom, an employee-owned company, is now one of the nation's largest broadcasters and currently owns and/or operates 42 television stations in 18 states. Raycom stations cover more than 10.6% of U.S. television households and employ 3500 individuals in full and part-time positions. Raycom Media businesses go beyond just broadcasting and include event management, distribution of syndicated television programming, information systems support, and design and hosting of Alabama's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail website http://www.rtjgolf.com/. The company, through Raycom Sports, owns and operates the Continental Tire Bowl in Charlotte and two LPGA golf tournaments, as well as produces pre-season NFL football games for non-owned stations. In a partnership, it owns all television and marketing rights to the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball. With a strong belief in community, Raycom Media television stations take editorial positions on key community issues. It is the vision of the company that it be involved in the communities its broadcast properties serve. By editorializing on local issues and seeking out divergent points of view, Raycom Media television stations create an atmosphere of community dialog.

Source: WorldNow

CONTACT: Amy Dowden, Director of Marketing of WorldNow,
+1-212-931-1221, adowden@worldnow.com

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Profile: International Entertainment