CityVoter Extends Hearst-Argyle Partnership, Welcoming Omaha, Kansas City and Louisville as A-List Cities

CityVoter Extends Hearst-Argyle Partnership, Welcoming Omaha, Kansas City and Louisville as A-List Cities

BOSTON, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- CityVoter.com, the leading social media platform for the insider's scoop, today announced an extension of its partnership with Hearst-Argyle Television. Already working with KCRA Sacramento, WPBF West Palm Beach, WESH Orlando, WISN Milwaukee, and WAPT Jackson, CityVoter.com will provide KETV Omaha, KMBC Kansas City, and WLKY Louisville with the CityVoter social platform, allowing insiders who know a city best to share their insight with information, ratings, and reviews on the everyday decisions that affect people's daily lives. Omaha launched June 16, 2008. Kansas City and Louisville will launch in August 2008.

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CityVoter.com works with traditional media companies-television, radio and newspapers-to help them successfully converge with digital media, engage and monetize local audiences, and immerse their brands into the local social experience. Each partner launches with a contest inviting consumers to browse, vote for, comment on, and nominate their favorite local businesses, providing the insider's scoop on everyday decisions, eliminating the guesswork from daily life.

"We are looking forward to extending our partnership with CityVoter," commented Felix Banuchi, Hearst-Argyle's director of business development. "We've been very happy with the results to date and the potential of local search. CityVoter's platform has provided a compelling way for local businesses to connect with people around their passions and interests."

"Hearst-Argyle has been a terrific partner," said Josh Walker, CityVoter CEO and founder. "They are extremely forward-thinking and innovative, while maintaining their high standard of excellence. On a local level, the communities turn to Hearst-Argyle television stations as the trusted source of news, entertainment, and information."

About CityVoter, Inc.

CityVoter.com is the leading social platform for the insider's scoop. It allows insiders who know a city best to share their insight with information, ratings, and reviews on everyday decisions. By eliminating the guesswork from daily life, CityVoter.com helps people make the best decisions in all aspects of their lives, not just around the big events. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, CityVoter.com helps leading media companies like FOX, Gazette Communications, Hearst-Argyle, McGraw-Hill, and Post-Newsweek to engage and monetize their local audience, successfully converge with digital media, and immerse their brands into the local social experience. For more information, visit www.CityVoter.com.

   Contact:   Caralyn Quigley Stern   CityVoter.com   617-741-3100 ext 150   cstern@cityvoter.com  

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Source: CityVoter.com

CONTACT: Caralyn Quigley Stern of CityVoter.com, +1-617-741-3100
ext. 150, cstern@cityvoter.com

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

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