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Media Publisher Names Ray Hood Chief Executive Officer
Technology Veteran Selected for Leadership, Vision and Experience

EMERYVILLE, CALIF. — Sept. 20, 2007 — Media Publisher, Inc., the leader in Enterprise Video Communications (EVC), has appointed technology veteran Ray Hood chief executive officer. An experienced company operator and leader, Hood offers deep sales, technology and financial skills, and has a strong track record of building successful businesses.

“Ray is an experienced executive who brings a wealth of experience and leadership that will help Media Publisher leverage an exciting market opportunity. He previously built an organization with sales and service operations in fourteen countries, development operations in three countries, and customers in all major markets around the world. He brings a solid, proven track record to a growing and promising company,” said Alex Mendez, Board Member of Media Publisher and partner in Storm Ventures, a venture capital firm.

“Media Publisher is a pioneer in enterprise video communications solutions, and I am delighted to join the leader in this rapidly growing market. I believe the Company’s products and services will enable it to deliver tremendous value to a continually expanding customer base," Hood said.

Mr. Hood serves on the Board of Directors of OneNetwork, a demand/supply chain solution provider and on the Executive Board of Advisors at the SMU School of Engineering. Mr. Hood is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and started his career with Price Waterhouse as a public accountant.

About Media Publisher, Inc.
Media Publisher is the only company to offer a complete software solution that centrally manages the video communications lifecycle, simplifying how organizations create, publish, manage, report, and deliver thousands of live and on-demand webcasts securely across private networks. The power of Media Publisher stems from its unique platform designed to work with existing video, storage, and distribution components, providing a single management system for the enterprise. Customers worldwide, including eBay, AT&T, Capital One, Lockheed Martin, Lamar University and Jyske Bank, rely on Media Publisher and its award-winning commitment to customer value. Visit www.mediapublisher.com for more information.

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Board of Directors

John Parsons

John Parsons is a member of the Angels Forum and the Halo Fund II Management Committee. He has over fifteen years experience in founding, evaluating, financing, working with, advising and investing in seed and early stage startup companies. These include: iTendant, Olliance, GreatCoffee.com, Altair Technologies, Elk Creek, EDT Learning, Hydrotreat and White Knight Packaging. Previously, John was a senior consultant at Ernst & Young, and a project engineer at General Electric where he was responsible for leading the development of new products within a new business unit. John holds a B.S. degree in Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Virginia.

Ray Hood

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Alex Mendez

Alex is a founding general partner of Storm Ventures. He was an investor and CEO/Chairman of Sanera Systems (acquired by McData) and served on the McData Board of Directors until 2007. He was also an investor/Board Member of Airespace (acquired by Cisco). His investment focus is on wireless, data centers (computing & storage) and software (Web 2.0 & Enterprise).

Prior to founding Storm Ventures in October 2000, Alex spent twenty-one years in high tech at ROLM, IBM, Stratacom, and Cisco, holding several executive positions, most recently as an SVP/GM at Cisco. He was part of the founding team of Stratacom which Cisco acquired in 1996. Alex holds a BSEE from Stanford University, and an MBA from Santa Clara University (he serves on the Advisory Board of the GSB). He likes to golf, travel, ski, and speaks both Spanish and German fluently.