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VNU eMEDIA AND CLICKABILITY FORM ONLINE
PARTNERSHIP
International Publishing Company to Integrate Clickability’s Complete
Suite of Tools Across Its Network of Web Sites
San Francisco, Feb. 20, 2001 – Clickability Inc. and VNU eMedia
Inc. today announced a partnership agreement to launch Clickability’s
SAVE THIS, EMAIL THIS and PRINT THIS tools for online
publishers across VNU eMedia’s Web sites. Editor & Publisher (www.editorandpublisher.com)
will be the first VNU eMedia site to feature Clickability’s complete
suite of Web-based tools, which will replace existing in-house content
sharing and printing products.
Under the terms of the agreement, the Editor & Publisher launch
will be followed by successive rollouts on Adweek (adweek.com),
Mediaweek (mediaweek.com), Billboard (billboard.com) and The Hollywood
Reporter (hollywoodreporter.com). In addition, VNU eMedia plans
to integrate Clickability’s tools across its network of 90-plus
Web sites.
“The decision to replace our own in-house products with Clickability’s
suite of tools was an easy one because of Clickability’s ability
to provide in-depth reporting packages, create new opportunities
for our advertisers and develop powerful viral marketing functionality,”
said Sam Bell, Director of Business Development for VNU eMedia.
“Clickability is providing us with the technology and the products
we need to successfully integrate these services into our group
of Web sites, which allows us to focus our internal resources on
other matters.”
Designed specifically for online publishers, Clickability’s complete
suite of brand-transparent, Web-based tools will be displayed on
content pages throughout the VNU eMedia family of sites. SAVE THIS
allows users to save article links and organize them into personalized,
Web-based folders. Saved articles are also accessible in a wireless-appropriate
format via any Web-enabled wireless device using Clickability’s
SAVE THIS Wireless feature.
As part of the agreement, VNU eMedia also will receive tracking
reports identifying the content that is being saved, shared and
printed on its sites. Clickability compiles the aggregate viewing
habits of readers and delivers that information to its online publishing
partners in the form of customized reporting packages. VNU eMedia
will be able to identify exactly how its online content is being
interacted with by the online publisher’s readership.
“Online publishers are constantly looking for new ways to extend
the life and reach of their online content and our tools provide
a valuable solution based in viral marketing and behavior measurement,”
said John Girard, Clickability’s co-founder and CEO. “With Clickability’s
tools, VNU eMedia now can see exactly what users are doing with
its content and what content they are doing it with. This type of
information will provide VNU eMedia with valuable insight into the
editorial effectiveness of its online content.”
About Clickability’s Suite of Tools Clickability’s core
suite of brand-transparent tools includes SAVE THISTM,
EMAIL THISTM and PRINT THISTM.
Integrated directly into an online publisher’s Web site, SAVE THIS
provides users with the best way to save, organize and share online
content in easily accessible Web-based folders. Through SAVE THIS
Wireless, Clickability automatically converts Web publishers’ online
content into a wireless appropriate format, allowing registered
SAVE THIS users to access their saved content through any Web-enabled
wireless device. EMAIL THIS allows users to quickly share articles
and Web content by clicking on the EMAIL THIS button on a publishing
partner’s Web site. PRINT THIS automatically converts Web pages
into a printer-friendly format by removing extraneous text and graphics,
providing users with reformatted content that is easier to read
in print. Clickability's Most Popular feature allows users to search
and view listings of the most e-mailed, saved and printed articles
across partners’ Web sites. The listings are organized by the most
popular articles for the day, week and month.
About VNU eMedia VNU eMedia, Inc. (www.vnuemedia.com) manages
the web sites, electronic products and digital assets of VNU Business
Media. VNU Business Media also includes: Bill Communications (BCI),
a prominent and rapidly growing publisher of over 60 leading business
magazines (including Sales & Marketing Management, Training,
Progressive Grocer, Display & Design Ideas, Convenience Store
News, and Beverage World); BPI Communications, an international
media company that publishes over 20 titles (including Billboard,
Adweek, The Hollywood Reporter, and Editor & Publisher); and
VNU Expositions, Inc. which produces more than 100 trade shows,
conferences, and special events each year including GlobalShop,
Medtrade, the Training Conference & Expo, OnLine Learning, Outdoor
Retailer, and ASD/AMD Merchandise shows.
VNU Business Media is a subsidiary of VNU, Inc. (www.vnuinc.com),
which also includes, Nielsen Media Research, ACNielsen Corp, VNU
Marketing Information, Inc. and SRDS. VNU, Inc. is a subsidiary
of VNU, b.v. a world leading publishing and information company
with front-running market positions in business information, consumer
magazines, directories, information services, and educational publishing.
About Clickability Founded in April 1999, Clickability
Inc. builds, syndicates and manages brand-transparent, interactive
Web content saving, retrieving, sharing and printing tools for Web
publishers. Clickability’s tools, including SAVE THIS, EMAIL THIS
and PRINT THIS, are designed to enhance publishers’ sites by increasing
stickiness, reinforcing brand recognition and generating advertising
revenue. The company’s content partners include leading online publications
such as TIME.com, PEOPLE.com, Business2.com (Business 2.0), fastcompany.com
and TEENmag.com. Clickability secured $8 million in its first round
of venture capital funding in December 2000, and is the inspiration
of four Stanford University graduates. With an advisory board that
includes a former president of Red Herring and a former executive
publisher of Wired Magazine, Clickability has enlisted industry
experts to deliver on the needs of online publishers. Clickability
is located in San Francisco and can be contacted at (415) 575.5125
or by visiting www.clickability.com.
© 2003 VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.
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