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Announcing the 2008 MTV Movie Awards on Photobucket

A very exciting contest launches today on Photobucket, with our friends from MTV. It's the 2008 MTV Movie Spoof Contest.

Think you're ready for your 15 minutes of fame? Bring your inner movie director out, and show the world how well you can "spoof" your favorite movies by submitting original movie shots parodying scenes from the movies listed below.

Just ONE finalist from Photobucket will move to the final round on MTV -- and that's where voting will take place.

The deadline for submissions is May 11th, 2008.

The creators of the finalist video will be flown to LA to attend the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, and a chance to accept the coveted Golden Popcorn at the live ceremony from the Gibson Amphiteather in Universal City on June 1, 2008.

Here are some important instructions, because this is a big time contest. Sigh.

1. You can only spoof the movies listed below.

2. Your movie spoof should be no longer than three minutes in length.

3. You have to use the music MTV has provided. Videos with any other music soundtrack will be automatically disqualified. Sorry. Click here to get the music. They're giving you five tracks for free, or you can purchase more if you want.

4. Ready to roll? Click here to go to the contest.

 

Pick your movies

Here's a list of the movies MTV wants you to pick from.

Comedies

• Knocked UP
• Evan Almighty
• Hairspray
• Superbad
• Juno
• Leatherheads

Action/Thrillers

• Disturbia
• Transformers
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Beowulf
• Cloverfield
• Jumper
• 10,000 BC
• I Am Legend

Horror

• 28 Weeks Later
• Sweeney Todd
• The Eye
• The Ruins

Drama

• Into the Wild
• No Country for Old Men

Romance

• Across the Universe
• Fools Gold
• Enchanted

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with! Go Photobucket!

You have until May 11th, 2008 to enter the contest. Then voting takes place on MTV's site until May 26th, 2008. Winners are announced live on MTV on June 1, 2008.

Beautiful eStarling Digital Frame Works with Photobucket

This week we got to test drive the new eStarling Digital Frame from http://www.eStarling.com. This frame has some very nice features. It's easy to set up and use, and you can hook it up directly to your own Photobucket album. It'll automatically display all the photos from your albums.  You can even email photos to the frame!

Discount to Photobucket Users

eStarling is offering a $10 discount to all Photobucket users, so be sure to connect with them at http://www.estarling.com. When you checkout at eStarling.com, use the discount code PH06734523 to get the discount. You have to buy it at http://www.estarling.com to get the discount.

Otherwise, the frame is available at http://www.amazon.com. Click here to go directly to the listing on Amazon.

New Wireless SD Card Supports Photobucket

We got to try out Eye-Fi's new wireless SD card, touted as "the world's first wireless SD memory card for digital cameras."

What does that mean? Well, it's a memory card for your camera. Looks just like any other. But if you have a wireless network at home, you can automatically link the card to your Photobucket album. And whenever you snap a pic with your camera, and you're within range of your network, the photo will upload to your Photobucket album. And you don't have to even take the card out of your camera! We like that!

But what if you take pics when you're out and about? This is the best bit. Just come home, leave your camera on, flop on the sofa, and the Eye-Fi card will upload all your pics to your album. We like that even more!

We think this little card should be right at the top of your holiday wish list! Click here to read more, and to find out where to buy it.

Baby Einstein Winner Announced

Last month we ran a contest with our friends at Disney to find the best photo or video of a child or baby "discovering shapes." This beautiful photo was our winner. We loved everything about it. Thanks to everyone for participating.

Stay tuned for great new contests coming up at Photobucket!

Underdog winner announced ...

In July we ran a contest with our friends at Disney to celebrate their new movie Underdog. We asked for your pics of your cutest dogs in costumes ... looking to be Underdog's "sidekick."  We had such fun reviewing the entries, and here's the winner. Stamp. She's one cute pooch, and everyone absolutely loved her. Thanks everyone for entering, and congratulations to Stamp.

Last chance to see your super Underdog sidekicks!

Last chance to enter the Underdog contest on Photobucket! To celebrate the new Underdog movie (opening August 3rd) we're looking for the most creative pic of your dog in a costume.

Update: August 1 2007: Sorry. Contest has now ended. Stand by to hear the winner!

Go here to enter: http://photobucket.com/contest/underdog.

Contest ends midnight July 31, 2007.

You can enter more than once. We're looking forward to seeing your pics!

Some fun new slideshow styles to play with this weekend

If you haven't checked out slideshows in a while, there are a couple of new styles in there ("thank you", "party", "summer") -- plus some unique movie-flavored action.  To make a slideshow, click "create slideshow" in your album. Check them out!

The Simpsons Movie!

Show us how smart that baby of yours really is!

Got a photo or video of your baby being super clever? Playing with a ball? Catching water? Watching eggs hatch? Send it to us, and you could be in for a chance to win a Baby Einstein video DVD pack. We can't wait to see them!

To enter the contest:

1. Upload your pic or video to your Photobucket account.
2. Go to the Baby Einstein contest page: http://photobucket.com/contest/babyeinstein
3. Submit your pic or video to the contest.

You can enter more than once if you want!

Ratatouille Slideshows - Featured at Photobucket!

Photobucket's added a new Featured Slideshow highlighting the characters from Disney/Pixar’s new feature animated film, Ratatouille.

Sign into your album and click the "Create slideshow" link to get started.

Ratatouille opens in theaters June 29th. Be sure to check it out!

Photobucket Postcards on Facebook!

Exciting news for our many Photobucket users with Facebook accounts -- check out our new Photobucket Postcards application.

Send a Postcard to your Facebook friends with a favorite photo, image, slideshow, mashup or video along with a friendly greeting.  Pick something from your own Photobucket album or from our huge online library of images and videos.  Check it out.

See how it works after the jump.

Photobucket welcomes Yahoo! Photos users

Starting today, users will be able to migrate their photos from Yahoo! Photos - scheduled to close shop this fall - to Photobucket in just a few quick and easy steps. Support tips and answers to your most common questions on this migration are available here from Yahoo!

Photobucket is an ideal migration choice for many users because our services are free and allow you to easily link, blog, and share your photos and albums with your friends and family all over the world.  Additionally, we you can prints, mugs, tees, and other gifts from your photos.  New and existing users can even order CD and DVD backups of entire account through Photobucket.

The process is simple.  Just log into your Yahoo photos account and you'll be stepped through the process.

We look forward to welcoming your photos into the Photobucket family!

LOLCats invade Photobucket

Photobucket folks will find it fun to upload, caption, create, and share their very own LOL Cat pictures with our new affiliate Icanhascheezburger.com

What is a lolcat? Quite simply, it's a cat picture with a caption that makes you laugh out loud.

The fine folks at ICHC have built The Cheezburger Factory which lets users upload images, add captions, submit, share, vote, and link Lolcat images across the web.  The resulting lolcat images are hosted by Photobucket and available to the millions of users who upload, search, and share their lives at photobucket.com daily. To view the current collection of user generated LolCats hosted at Photobucket, check out the official IcanHasCheezburger album. RSS feeds are available for this album as well.

Translation: Cheezburger n Tofuburger haz built cheezburger factory so u can makes lolcats and putz on any websites.  I has mah bukkit and who haz their bukkits can haz cheezburger lolcats anytime.  Want! Moar!  I'm in ur RSS, feedin' your kittehs.

A brief intro on how the cheezburger factory works is illustrated below.

Translation:No needz invisible manual to be learning how. Just readz.

 

Photobucket users go pub crawling!

We’ve partnered with the Internet’s first online pub, CherryTAP.  Not only will users be able to plug in images, videos, or slideshows into their profiles on CherryTAP, they can also import these items directly into their Cherry Stash (a visual library of bookmarks) to share with the community:

With the launch of the Internet’s first Happy Hour in February of this year, CherryTAP is quickly becoming a popular destination for the 18 and over crowd with almost 900,000 members to date.

Photobucket adding some Snap!

Want to add some snap to your blog or website that shows off your Photobucket album in a fun new way? Check out our latest partnership with Snap that makes it easier than ever to preview your media to your site visitors. 

Simply adding a small snip of Javascript to your site makes links to your photos and graphics come alive.

What used to be an ordinary link now has a nifty thumbnail "SnapShot" that lets people browse through your Photobucket album.

Here's an shot of how it works.

But it's really best to see it in action.

(mouse over the link to see how it works!)

For more details, read our full press release.

Avatars Invade Photobucket

We've partnered with the leading avatar site, Meez, to allow you to create, customize and share your 3D ID right from your Photobucket album.  We know you are all creative, social and fun loving so we've partnered up Meez. You can make clever, funny, and expressive avatars to share with the world right from within Photobucket!

How? Look for this button in your Photobucket album to get started!

The Meez 3D avatars can be customized and animated in a thousand ways -- face, nose, lips, hair, clothing, pets, costumes, backgrounds -- too many ways to list here! Safe to say, we had a blast playing with them at Photobucket.

Once you've created your Meez, you'll be able to save them directly to your Photobucket album. Then, share them with family, friends and the online world, just like you share all your pictures, videos, slideshows, and remixes.  For details, check out this tutorial.

Click "More" below for the full walkthrough and press release.

Videos working on MySpace again!

Hi all,

Following discussions with MySpace, we’re pleased to announce that all Photobucket videos and remixes are enabled once more on MySpace with immediate effect. Both our companies are committed to putting our users first.

Moving forward, we’ve established open lines of communication and procedures with MySpace to prevent a sudden block of Photobucket content in the future. We want our users to be able to share their content and understand it must be within the framework of MySpace’s Terms of Service for it to appear on the site.

Thanks for all your patience. And we really appreciate all the feedback we've received. We've read it all. Happy sharing!

Alex/CEO
Photobucket

Livejournal Integration of Photobucket!

For those of you who use Livejournal, you'll now find that it's easier than ever to access your Photobucket album when you're drafting your post! Read more about it at Livejournal.

While writing up your latest blog entry, click on the  "Insert Image"  link (in either the Rich Text or the HTML update page), then select the Photobucket tab. Log in with your Photobucket username and password, and you'll be able to grab your photos, graphics, or videos and drop them right into your post.

 

Mandy Moore Video Remix Contest!

Contest announcement! Want to have Mandy Moore sing at your high school graduation this year? We're working with Mandy to promote her new hit single "Extraordinary" with a video remix contest that lets high school students showcase their schools, their stories, and their "extraordinary" lives to win a free performance by Mandy Moore!

This promotion is geared at the graduating class of 2007 and is in conjunction with our friends at MyYearbook.com

It's easy to enter:

1. Go to MyYearbook.com to read about the contest, and see if your high school is eligible.
2. Create a Photobucket Remix Video using your own videos and images.
   • Use the Mandy Moore Remix bin of images and videos to add Mandy images if you wish
   • Add Mandy Moore's hit "Extraordinary" as your remix video's soundtrack.
   • We encourage you to be creative and have fun with showing how your school is "Extraordinary" and why you should win!
3. Publish and submit your entry at MyYearbook.com.
   • Use Photobucket's built-in linking to copy and paste a link to your remix into the contest entry page.
4. View and Vote for your favorite videos.  If you create a great video, you'll want all your classmates to vote for your creation!

Voting starts from May 1st - May 10th with the official winner being selected by Mandy Moore herself. 

Winners will be announced on May 15th.  See the latest entries here.

Detailed information and FAQ can be found at http://www.photobucket.com/mandymoore and on the Contest Details page.

Photobucket Doubles Bandwidth Connections to Cogent Communications

Cogent Communications Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCOI) announced today that Photobucket has doubled its bandwidth connections with Cogent. Photobucket, the online personal media company where over 37 million people create, manage and share their personal digital media, continues to experience explosive growth. The site is adding over 85,000 new users each day, which is resulting in significantly increased IP traffic demands.

Cogent has been Photobucket's primary provider of Internet bandwidth since 2005 and continues to support Photobucket's goal of reliable performance and uptime for their users. Part of that experience is making sure there is always enough capacity to handle traffic growth. This has resulted in several capacity upgrades for Photobucket and Cogent over the years, to keep in line with this continued user growth.

"We turned to Cogent for their pricing, we stay with Cogent for the quality and performance of their network combined with their superior customer support," said Darren Crystal, CTO and Co-Founder of Photobucket. "Our users are the trendsetters when it comes to social media -- their demands continue to grow as they upload more images, videos and remixed content. We are relying on Cogent to help us keep pace with the resulting bandwidth demand."

"Social networking is on the rise and so is the popularity of integrating media formats such as photos, graphics and video which all drive increased demand for bandwidth. Cogent is perfectly positioned to handle this bandwidth explosion by having ample capacity at the most attractive pricing in the industry," said Dave Schaeffer, CEO Cogent Communications. "Photobucket exemplifies how Web applications are able to advance and keep pace with user demands, with the availability of more and more bandwidth."

Photobucket is the Web's largest personal media site, with more than 37 million users. Photobucket's users store their photos, videos, remixes and images on Photobucket, and link from Photobucket to all their online profiles, personal Web sites and blogs. It serves over one billion content calls a day to the MySpace community alone. In the January 2007 ComScore rankings, Photobucket is the #6 most popular entertainment site in the US, and #35 most popular Web site overall.

About Cogent Communications

Cogent Communications (Nasdaq: CCOI) is a multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP ranked by Ovum-RHK as the largest provider of Ethernet services in the United States. Cogent is also ranked as the 56th fastest growing company in North America on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 List for 2006. Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access and point-to-point transport services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IP network backbone spans 14 countries and provides IP services in approximately 90 markets located in North America and Europe.

Since Cogent's inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IP technology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks in existence. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connections at highly competitive prices. Cogent also has the ability to offer superior customer support through end-to-end operation of the network, enabling Cogent to control all aspects of service delivery and network monitoring.

Cogent Communications is headquartered at 1015 31st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007. For more information, visit http://www.cogentco.com. Cogent Communications can be reached in the United States at +1-202-295-4200 or via email at info@cogentco.com.

Information in this release may involve expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to Cogent Communications Group, Inc. as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences. Some of the factors and risks associated with our business are discussed in Cogent's registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in its other reports filed from time to time with the SEC.

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

Pump Audio and Photobucket Deliver Legal Music for Online Video Creations

Pump Audio and Photobucket Deliver Legal Music for Online Video Creations

Tens of millions of consumers gain access to copyright-cleared independent music to synchronize with their personal media on the Internet

Hudson Valley, NY – March 6, 2007 – Pump Audio, the leading provider of quality independent music to content creators globally, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Photobucket to provide copyright-cleared, independent music to the tens of millions of Photobucket users who create and share remixes of their photos and videos using the Adobe® web-based video remix technology integrated on Photobucket’s site. Photobucket users can now easily add music from Pump Audio to their mashups.

Photobucket is the online personal media company where over 35 million people create, manage and share their personal digital media, and is the third largest video hosting site behind YouTube and MySpace. Pump Audio provides a proven, legal music solution with original songs perfectly suited for synchronizing to online productions. Photobucket has licensed hundreds of songs across dozens of genres from Pump Audio’s catalog of more than 75,000 tracks.

“Music truly brings a video creation to life, and it was important to us that our users be able to incorporate music into their remixes,” said Alex Welch, CEO, Photobucket. “Pump Audio’s independent music solution helps Photobucket offer our users a wide selection of music that does not violate copyright infringement laws.”

Photobucket recently launched a web-based video remix and editing service, powered by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Using this remix service, Photobucket users can combine images, videos, text, and music provided by Pump Audio to create content mashups from their Photobucket albums, without requiring any additional downloads.

“User generated content, such as photo slideshows and video mashups, has created a significant opportunity for independent music,” said Steve Ellis, founder and CEO, Pump Audio. “Photobucket is an innovator in helping consumers bring their personal media to life, and shares our position that personal media communities can respect copyright law and also expose their users to high-quality independent music.”

Unlike stock music, Pump Audio’s catalog consists of real songs by thousands of independent artists worldwide. Because Pump Audio works directly with independent artists, it can offer a unique licensing system for managing and delivering the rights to use tracks in online productions. Pump Audio’s licensing model already has attracted major media customers, including MTV Networks, NBC Studios, HBO, New Line Cinema and advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. Under its artist-friendly system, Pump Audio splits licensing revenues with musicians, and the artists retain complete ownership over their music.

Working together, Pump Audio and Photobucket also are creating a new venue for participating artists to gain additional exposure to Photobucket’s massive user base. Pump Audio artists will receive a visual credit with information about the music being used in Photobucket mashups, creating a new promotional opportunity to directly reach potential fans. Photobucket users can embed their mashups into any web page, blog, or social network profile, and also share with family and friends, so artists will have the potential for broad exposure.

About Pump Audio

Pump Audio licenses the world's best independent music to content creators worldwide. Founded in 2001, Pump Audio has established itself as a leading provider of digital music for TV and advertising producers. Now Pump Audio is becoming the soundtrack of the Internet, opening Web access to its catalog of tens of thousands of songs so creators of all types can build music into their video and interactive productions. With Pump Audio, artists can license their music into productions without giving up any ownership, while content creators can discover new music ready for use. Based in the
Hudson Valley, Pump Audio can be found at http://www.pumpaudio.com.

Freewebs Teams With Photobucket

Freewebs Teams With Photobucket

Freewebs Members Can Now Instantaneously Add Photos, Slideshows and Videos Directly to Their Freewebs Sites and Blogs from Photobucket

SILVER SPRING, Md., and DENVER, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Freewebs, www.freewebs.com  the world's easiest place to create multimedia websites and blogs has joined forces with Photobucket - the online personal media company where over 35 million people create, manage and share their personal digital media. Now, Freewebs users are able to add photos, slideshows, videos, and remix videos from existing Photobucket accounts directly to Freewebs' publishing platform.

"This is just the first step in what's going to be a strong partnership," said Freewebs' President Shervin Pishevar.  "Our 14 million members expect unprecedented ease of use from Freewebs to create multimedia sites and blogs. Photobucket's partnership and deployment of its JWidget allows members access to extensive libraries of still images and videos -- from their own albums and from publicly available content on Photobucket."

This relationship involves Photobucket's JWidget partner program along with Freeweb's soon-to-be released Remote Publishing API.  Freeweb's API will allow users to post content directly to their Freewebs accounts from Photobucket and other popular online destinations.

"The online, engaged, and creative youth that are core to Photobucket's customer base want simple tools for self expression, and easy ways to share their content with their communities," said Alex Welch, CEO of Photobucket. "Freewebs is a great partner destination for that."

About Freewebs.com

For everyone with an Internet connection and something to share, Freewebs www.freewebs.com provides the toolkit to express their voice on the web through its versatile publishing platform.  To date, Freewebs members have created more than 14 million comprehensive websites including blogs, photos, videos, music, e-commerce and more.  Founded in 2001, Freewebs is privately held and based in Silver Spring, Md.

About Photobucket

Photobucket is the easiest and most reliable way for people to create, manage and share their personal media online. With more than 35 million users, Photobucket is a creative hub linking billions of personal photos, graphics, slideshows, and videos daily to hundreds of thousands of web sites -- including MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Friendster, eBay, Craigslist, Blogger and Xanga. In addition to linking, Photobucket users share their personal digital media by email, instant messaging, and mobile devices. Photobucket users upload more than 7 million personal photos, graphics and videos to Photobucket every day, and the site is growing at a rate of 85,000 new users a day. Photobucket currently serves over 70% of all content links to social networking web sites and serves over 3 billion images and video requests every day.  The company actively moderates content to create a safe environment for its users, partners, and advertisers. Photobucket has offices in Palo Alto, California and Denver, Colorado and is located online at www.photobucket.com

Press Release - 01.05.06 - ProfileLinker Launches Social Networking Aggregation Service

ProfileLinker Launches Social Networking Aggregation Service
Staff, dBusiness News

BOSTON -- Social Network Users Now Have Centralized Page to Manage Their Profiles and Discover New Networks. ProfileLinker today announced the launch of its service that gives Internet users the ability to aggregate their social network profiles on one centralized web page. The free service, currently in beta, supports over 70 social networks, including MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Photobucket, Blogger, Xanga, YouTube and others, and gives users the ability to search over 250 million profiles to add friends, family, colleagues and fellow enthusiasts.

“ProfileLinker solves an issue that active social network users face everyday – the extensive amount of time it takes to check, change, update and manage multiple social network profiles,” says Alix Holder, co-founder of ProfileLinker. “We see ourselves as a My Yahoo! for social networking that can help supplement and drive traffic to existing networks, both mainstream and niche, by encouraging activity and repeat visits. Along with our partnership with Photobucket, we look forward to further discussions with other potential partners.”
With an estimated 173 million social network users in the U.S., research is showing significant profile crossover across the most popular networks. In a September 2006 report, comScore Media Metrix estimated that among the top social networking sites (YouTube, Facebook, The SixApart Network of blogging sites, Xanga, Hi5, Bebo, Friendster and Piczo) at least 51 percent of users in each of those communities are also MySpace users. In the case of Piczo, there is a 68 percent crossover of users. Another comScore Media Metrix report from July 2006 shows MySpace, Facebook and Bebo’s communities growing at rates of 157 percent, 117 percent and 85 percent, respectively, from the previous July.

ProfileLinker saves people both time and energy by providing a single page that alerts them to updates across all their profiles, whether it is a new message, uploaded video or changes to a friend’s contact details. Once notified of a change, a user then links to the respective social networking site for more details or to view messages.

For users that want to show off their multiple profiles and receive more attention, ProfileLinker’s Portable Profile feature gives the ability to bring a graphical, interactive mini profile wherever they go, such as other social networks, blogs, message boards, or personal web sites. Further, ProfileLinker’s dynamic format helps people discover new social networks as their interests change or they grow older. The platform also accepts user suggestions of networks to support.

To use ProfileLinker, users simply need to go to http://www.profilelinker.com, sign up for an account and then provide their username for each social network they currently use. ProfileLinker then pulls the profiles into a single Web page for easy management. Users never reveal to ProfileLinker information they do not choose to disclose or that is not already publicly available.

About ProfileLinker
Boston-based ProfileLinker is a social networking aggregation service that simplifies the daily management of multiple profiles. Currently backed by angel funding, the company’s founders – Alix Holder, Brian Dixon, Tariq Seifuddin, and Craig Dixon – bring to ProfileLinker a diverse and balanced background, including degrees in business, computer engineering, computer information systems, marketing and finance. Already recognized as a high-potential business, the team took second-place at last April’s InnovationFest, an annual open forum of business plan presentations held by Northeastern University.

http://boston.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=102177&type_news=latest

Press Release - 12.06.06 - Piczo Delivers Custom Multimedia Tools to More Than 10 Million Teen Users

Piczo Delivers Custom Multimedia Tools to More Than 10 Million Teen Users

Partnerships With Flock, Photobucket and VideoEgg Enhance Online Self-Expression

Piczo, Inc. (www.piczo.com ), an online social network that provides a safe and creative environment for teen self-expression, today announced partnerships with Internet multimedia companies Flock, Photobucket and VideoEgg, offering enhanced online multimedia tools to millions of teens worldwide.

The partnerships will give Piczo users more online creativity through video and photo-sharing and enhance online communication between friends. Users will now be able to browse and add videos to their Piczo pages with easy one-click access. They can also access existing photos and videos from their Photobucket accounts, and upload personal video content through VideoEgg's custom publishing tools. Users can download a custom Flock Piczo Edition browser for more personalized media sharing, online searching and instant connections to their friends online.

"Self expression is an important part of every teenager's life and it's our goal to provide users with the necessary tools to help them creatively show who they are to their online friends," said Jeremy Verba, CEO, Piczo. "Our new partners bring an expertise that allows Piczo users enhanced media sharing and better online searching, all while staying connected to their friends in a safer social networking environment."

When users download the Flock Piczo Edition browser, they will receive alerts when friends update their sites, providing an instant connection to their Piczo friends. Users will also be able to quickly and easily drag and drop content such as photos and videos into their Piczo Web page. Other features in the Flock Piczo Edition browser include access to bulk upload tools, uninterrupted login and web searching capabilities.

"With the new Flock Piczo Edition, users get the best features of Piczo and Flock in one experience," said Geoffrey Arone, founder and chief strategy officer, Flock. "Our users are saying they want easy media sharing capabilities and instant access to friends. Piczo is an ideal partner to help deliver this because of its strong relationship with more than 10 million teen users."

Piczo has also partnered with VideoEgg to offer a Piczo Edition of the VideoEgg video publishing solution to users. With this custom offering, Piczo users will be able to quickly and easily create, edit, and upload personal videos to their Piczo pages.

"By combining VideoEgg's customizable and user-centric video platform with Piczo's unique approach to virally building teen communities we've created an even more immersive self-expression environment for Piczo users," said Matt Sanchez, CEO, VideoEgg.

Through a partnership with Photobucket, Piczo users experience fast, reliable and efficient sharing and publishing of video and photo content online. Specifically, Piczo users with a Photobucket account can opt to paste videos and pictures directly from Photobucket when editing their Piczo site, enabling quick and easy access to their personal content.

Additionally, Piczo is partnering with video hosting companies to make it easier for teens to access a broad selection of video content to add to their Piczo pages. Through the partnerships, users will be able to add videos to their Piczo pages from Piczo as well as the video hosting sites via an easy one-click option.

"Increasingly, teens want to be able to share media and entertainment content online quickly and easily," said Ben Bajarin, principal analyst, Creative Strategies. "Through these partnerships, Piczo will be one of the first social networking sites to offer this level of media sharing and customization to its users."

The Photobucket features are available today. Users will be able to access VideoEgg content and download the Piczo Edition Flock browser in the coming weeks.

Press Release - 11.07.06 - Level 3 Selected by Photobucket to Provide High Capacity Network Solutions

Level 3 Selected by Photobucket to Provide High Capacity Network Solutions

Multi-Year Agreement Supports Global Growth of a Leading Personal Media Site for Image and Video Sharing

BROOMFIELD, Colo., November 7, 2006 ¾ Level 3 Communications’ Content Markets Group today announced a multi-year agreement with Photobucket to support the company’s growing online personal media sharing service. Under the terms of the agreement, Level 3 will provide Photobucket with network solutions including Level 3® High Speed IP service via Multiple 10 gigabits per second (10GigE) ports.

"With over 28 million global users and adding 80,000 new users per day, Photobucket needs a robust, reliable and highly scalable network provider," said Darren Crystal, chief technical officer and co-founder of Photobucket. "Photobucket has worked with Level 3 since our company’s founding, and we are confident that they will continue to meet our needs."

"Photobucket, an online personal media site that enables users to manage and share their digital lives, delivers billions of images and videos across nearly 250,000 different websites every day. An additional 7 million personal images and videos are uploaded to Photobucket.com daily. This relationship gives Photobucket direct access to Level 3’s Tier 1 global network," continued Crystal.

"Photobucket’s needs are unique based on their significant scale and rate of growth," said Brady Rafuse, president of Level 3 Content Markets. "We feel confident that our network will effectively support their continued success. This agreement demonstrates Level 3’s commitment to address the business needs of today’s digital media providers."

Eight of the top-10 Internet destinations trust Level 3 to deliver network solutions. With one of the world’s largest IP backbones, Level 3 also provides reliable high capacity solutions to meet the rapidly growing demand for rich media content online. With Internet connectivity in 82 key markets, and a comprehensive suite of network services that serve as customizable building blocks, Level 3 has the scalability, performance, and service portfolio to help its customers meet their customers’ demands.

About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT), an international communications company, operates one of the largest Internet backbones in the world. Through its customers, Level 3 is the primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions of broadband subscribers. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services over its broadband fiber optic network including Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and infrastructure services, colocation services, voice services and voice over IP services. These services provide building blocks that enable Level 3’s customers to meet their growing demands for advanced communications solutions. The company’s Web address is www.Level3.com.

"Level 3 Communications,” "Level 3" and the Level 3 Communications logo are registered service marks of Level 3 Communications, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Any other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Level 3 services are provided by wholly owned subsidiaries of Level 3 Communications, Inc.

Forward-Looking Statement
Some of the statements made by Level 3 in this press release are forward-looking in nature. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. Level 3 believes that its primary risk factors include, but are not limited to: increasing the volume of traffic on Level 3's network; developing new products and services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; successfully completing commercial testing of new technology and information systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission services; stabilizing or reducing the rate of price compression on certain of our communications services; integrating strategic acquisitions; attracting and retaining qualified management and other personnel; and the ability to meet all of the terms and conditions of our debt obligations. Additional information concerning these and other important factors can be found within Level 3’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this release should be evaluated in light of these important factors.

Facebook® Enables Users to Share Video, Photos, News, Blogs and More From Anywhere on the Web

Facebook® Enables Users to Share Video, Photos, News, Blogs and More From Anywhere on the Web
Leading Websites Tap Into the Viral Sharing Among Facebook Users

October 31, 2006

Facebook, the Internet’s leading social utility, today announced that for the first time people can access Facebook’s share functionality on multiple websites to share video, photos, news and other content with their friends on Facebook. Websites that add a link to share on Facebook will enable people to distribute content by posting it on their Facebook profiles or by sending it to specific Facebook friends without ever leaving the original website.

Barron’s Online, Boston.com, Brightcove, CollegeHumor.com, eBaumsworld.com, edgeio, GameSpot.com, Geffen, IDG Entertainment, The Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Jumpcut.com, MarketWatch.com, Miniclip.com, NBCSports.com, the New York Times, People.com, Photobucket, PureVideo Networks, SI.com, TerraPass Inc., The Onion, Time.com, TV.com, U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal Online, Washingtonpost.com, and Ziff Davis Media are among the first sites to include a link to share on Facebook.

“People share interesting content on the Web and on Facebook all the time. Now we’re making the sharing process more efficient by giving people a simple structure to do it in,” said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO, Facebook. “We’re partnering with some good companies to make it easier for people to share those websites’ content through Facebook.”

When a Facebook user is surfing the Web and clicks on the link to share on Facebook, a share box pops up with a preview of the content that will be sent. Users make some choices about how and to whom they want to share specific content and Facebook’s share functionality distributes that content to the appropriate users’ accounts.

To add the link to share on Facebook to your website, please visit www.facebook.com/share_partners.php.

Partnered to Share on Facebook

Boston.com is one of the most visited regional portals in the U.S. and is part of The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT), which includes The Boston Globe and 15 other daily newspapers, nine network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and 35 Web sites, including NYTimes.com and About.com. The link to share on Facebook will allow site visitors to easily share stories from Boston.com with their Facebook friends.

Brightcove is an open Internet TV service that empowers video producers and programmers to build broadband businesses while giving viewers more choices and control over their use of video and television. Founded by Internet pioneer Jeremy Allaire in 2004 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brightcove is a private company led by a management team that includes senior executives from Allaire, Macromedia, ATG, Comcast, MTV Networks, Lycos, News Corp., MediaVest, and Discovery Networks.

CollegeHumor.com was founded in 1999 by two high school friends from Baltimore who went to different colleges as a way to share all of the pictures, videos, and links their friends would IM and e-mail each other. Now it’s a lot bigger. If something’s funny on the Internet and on CollegeHumor.com, people can send it to friends by clicking on the link to share on Facebook.

CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNET) (www.cnetnetworks.com) is an interactive media company that builds brands for people and the things they are passionate about, such as gaming, music, entertainment, technology, business, food, and parenting. CNET Networks will launch a link to share on Facebook on two of its leading brands, GameSpot and TV.com.

Dow Jones Online (Barron’s Online, the Wall Street Journal Online and MarketWatch.com) is one of the Web’s largest publishers of original business news and financial information. The link to share on Facebook will be featured on the Dow Jones Online network of sites.

eBaum's World (www.eBaumsworld.com) is the most well-known source on the Web for finding hilarious video clips, playing fun and interactive games, watching the latest and greatest animations, and getting your daily dose of humor. The link to share on Facebook will allow eBaum’s World visitors to easily share humor-related content with their friends.

edgeio enables real-time distributed marketplaces. Content owners of any size, whether they are individuals or large online stores, can submit listings to edgeio and have their listings appear throughout the edgeio network. The link to share on Facebook will enable edgeio content to be shared.

Geffen has a diverse legacy of music and embraces a vast array of artists covering the full spectrum of music around the world. The link to share on Facebook will be on Geffen artists website pages for people to easily share links to their favorite artists and music with friends.

The IDG Entertainment Online Network is the third-largest games information network worldwide with over 9 million unique visitors per month, according to comScore. The link to share on Facebook will be included on GamePro.com.

The Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) is the world's most comprehensive source of information for movies, TV, and celebrities. IMDb also offers the subscription services IMDb Pro for Hollywood insiders, and IMDb Resume where actors and crew can create their resume, photo gallery, and even build an IMDb page for themselves. By clicking on the link to share on Facebook, IMDb visitors can find movie-related information and then share the links to friends.

Jumpcut provides a free online video editor that makes it easy for anyone to create and share movies on the Web. Facebook users can import their photos from Facebook into Jumpcut and combine them with video, titles and effects to create a movie. The link to share on Facebook will be featured on Jumpcut.com so users can easily share their Jumpcut movies on Facebook.

Miniclip.com is the Internet's largest online games Website with 30 million unique users per month - source comScore Media Metrix, March, 2006. Miniclip.com games are the most played online games and are syndicated across more websites than any other games. By clicking on the link to share on Facebook, users can send direct links to games on Miniclip.com to their friends.

NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. The company will include the link to share on Facebook on all NBCSports.com story pages.

The New York Times Company's digital operations provide high-quality news and information. The company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment. The link to share on Facebook will soon be posted so readers can share news stories from all NYTimes.com web pages.

The Onion is a national newspaper and website that offers award-winning news and views that readers can't get anywhere else. Using the link to share on Facebook, the Onion readers can now share the attention-grabbing headlines and renowned photojournalism that paint a picture of the world to inform the educated and the stupid alike.

Photobucket is an online personal media hub for photos, videos and graphics. Photobucket’s 27 million users can now share their Photobucket images and videos on Facebook with just one click of the link to share on Facebook.

PureVideo Networks (purevideonetworks.com) is a leading broadband publisher dedicated to compelling video and the people who produce it. StupidVideos.com and GrindTV.com collectively stream more than sixty million videos to over six million monthly unique users.

TerraPass enables individuals to balance out the global warming impact of their cars, plane travel, and home energy use by funding clean energy projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Twenty thousand TerraPass members have together eliminated over 150 million pounds of carbon dioxide. The link to share on Facebook will help this growing community share energy-saving tips from www.terrapass.com.

Time Inc. is the world’s leading magazine publisher, with approximately 150 titles that are read more than 300 million times worldwide on a monthly basis. The company’s businesses and content delivery extend to television, satellite radio, mobile devices, events, branded products and websites that receive more than 1.35 billion page views each month. People can use the link to share on Facebook to send content to friends from the Time.com, People.com, and SI.com websites.

U.S. News & World Report is devoted to reporting and analyzing politics, business, health, science, social trends, and national and international affairs. Through its annual rankings of America's Best Colleges, Best Graduate Schools and America's Best Hospitals, and its News You Can Use brand, U.S. News has earned a reputation as the leading provider of service news and information that improves the quality of life of its readers. U.S. News will launch a link to share on Facebook so site visitors can easily share content with their Facebook friends.

On Washingtonpost.com, news is not a one-way street. Our award-winning reporting starts a dialogue, a fast-and-furious exchange among millions of people around the globe. The stories on washingtonpost.com inform these conversations with our world-class reporting, and facilitate true interactivity with tools like the link to share on Facebook, which gives Facebook friends the ability to share the stories that interest them faster and easier than ever before.

Ziff Davis' 1UP Network (www.1UP.com) is a leading integrated media network serving the videogame market with Web properties including community and editorial hub 1UP.com, file download site FileFront.com, video site GameVideos.com, game help site MyCheats.com, news aggregator GameTab.com, and video podcast The 1UP Show. The link to share on Facebook will enable gamers on 1UP.com to easily share news, reviews, and previews with their friends on Facebook.

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Press Release - 10.26.06 - Blogging Leader Six Apart Launches Vox, the Next Step in Personal Blogging

Blogging Leader Six Apart Launches Vox, the Next Step in Personal Blogging

Free service provides unprecedented privacy control, ease of use,
and the richest media and web services integration available today

San Francisco, CA – October 26, 2006 – Six Apart, the world leader in blogging software and services, today launched Vox in the U.S., Japan, and France. Vox, a free personal blogging service for sharing experiences with friends and family, had been in private beta since June. Six Apart also announced an agreement with MRM Worldwide, a full-service direct and interactive marketing agency, to develop and implement creative advertising and integrated sponsorship programs on Vox.

"Vox is the big next step in the evolution of personal blogging,” said Six Apart co-founder and president Mena Trott, who is the lead designer of Vox. “It has powerful privacy control and is easier to use, more accessible, and fun.”

Vox’s rich privacy filters give members granular control over who views their stories, photos, videos or audio. Members can easily set any of five levels of privacy on any piece of content they share on Vox.

Rich media integration means members can insert audio, video, photos and web content into posts by connecting with popular web services people already use such as Amazon.com, YouTube, Flickr, Photobucket , iStockphoto, and iFilm. Generous storage - two gigabytes total uploads per month - assures members that they never have to worry about deleting an important memory.

"Vox has integrated an elegant and seamless way for Photobucket’s 27 million users to add images and personal video content to their blogs,” said Alex Welch, Photobucket CEO. “The integration makes it ideal for our mutual users to take their personal media with them, and publish it using Six Apart's Vox platform."

Hundreds of beautiful designs from the award-winning designers at Six Apart and Vox members offer a multitude of choices for a look that can be changed with just a few clicks to suit mood, locale, activity, or whim.

Vox also includes mobile features that are currently in beta, such as the ability to share photos with a single click from Windows Mobile, Palm, and Symbian mobile phone platforms. Vox is the only service that allows members to apply privacy settings and tags to photos and video from their phone before sharing them on Vox.

“Vox is a place to meaningfully connect and share interests and experiences with the people we care about,” according to Vox general manager Andrew Anker. “In just four months, response from early members has been extremely positive, not only from experienced bloggers who feel rejuvenated by this fun and unique space, but also from new bloggers who feel comfortable in Vox because of the privacy options and easy-to-use features.”

Groundbreaking Advertising Partnership
Six Apart and MRM Worldwide, a full-service direct and interactive marketing agency within the McCann Worldgroup network, have inked a pioneering agreement to research, develop and implement next-generation advertising and integrated sponsorship programs on Vox. The deal, which was facilitated by the Interpublic Emerging Media Lab, will create an advertising experience as rich, relevant and unique as the experience Vox delivers to its bloggers. With MRM Worldwide as a partner, Vox will be a space where advertisers can participate in conversations with consumers and provide value to the thriving social community of Vox members.

"Vox gives people the power to create their own, highly personalized web environment in ways not previously possible. By empowering its users, Vox makes meaningful community-building possible by individuals," said Reuben Hendell, CEO, MRM Worldwide. "We are thrilled to be the agency leader working with Vox on new ways for advertisers and consumers to interact with each other.”

Vox World Tour
Six Apart is celebrating the launch with a Vox World Tour Promotion that will send two lucky couples on a trip to see and experience the three cities where Vox was born - San Francisco, Paris, and Tokyo. Anyone who registers for Vox before December 31st, 2006 at 11:59:59 PM and posts an entry about what they like best about the service will be automatically entered into the drawing. A panel of judges will review the entries and vote on the best submission. Please go to http://www.sixapart.com/vox/voxworldtour.html for more information.

Press Release - 09.18.06 - SingShot Hits a High Note with New Personalized Features

SingShot Hits a High Note with New Personalized Features: Online Karaoke Site now includes Videos, Photos, "Top Recording" Ratings and RSS Feeds

SAN FRANCISCO - September 18, 2006 - SingShot Media, a Web-based entertainment service that enables people to listen to, rate and record karaoke-style musical performances online, today announced new features to SingShot (www.singshot.com) that further enhance the experience of singing in cyberspace. SingShot now enables users to upload photographs and video clips to add original content and personality to their music; engage in friendly competition with other members by highlighting the top member recording of each song, and receive a variety of information through RSS feeds.

After recording their own version of a song, singers can upload a photo that will appear in the playback window or, by using the photo and video hosting site Photobucket , can upload multiple photos and video clips for display. Recordings with customized pictures or video are marked with a special icon on the website.

To offer special recognition to the immense array of talent online, SingShot now highlights the top recording for each song. As a member prepares to record their own version of a song, a special box displays the member and corresponding recording rated as the best performance to date.

Finally, SingShot offers the ability to obtain informational updates through RSS feeds. Members can receive updates when new songs are available, or if another SingShot member they've marked as a "favorite" records a new song. Users can also receive information about new comments on their own recordings and that of other members, including updates on the most recorded songs and top members. In addition to RSS, updates can be received via email.

SingShot boasts a number of other features that make it easy for members to share recordings and integrate the SingShot experience into the way they live and play on the Web. SingShot users can embed their recordings into their profiles on blogs, MySpace®, and other social media sites, and add keyword tags to their recordings.

Anyone using SingShot can record their own versions of popular songs; can listen to recordings by other members; and rate and comment on the best singers and recordings for free.

SingShot was created by SingShot Media, a San Francisco-based startup that provides an online entertainment platform that enables people passionate about music and singing to connect and interact with each other, and get feedback from the world at large. The company was founded in 2006 and is backed by Trans Cosmos Investments, among others.