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PLUGGEDIN SELECTED BY ALWAYSON AS AN ONHOLLYWOOD 100 TOP PRIVATE COMPANY AWARD WINNER

Recognized for Leadership in Emerging Technology for Digital Entertainment and Media.

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PluggedIn (www.pluggedin.com) today announced that it has been honored by AlwaysOn as one of the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies. The OnHollywood 100 is a power list of the top private emerging technology companies in digital entertainment and media. PluggedIn offers free-to-consumer streaming of the highest quality music videos available anywhere on the web. The new entertainment website features more than 10,000 HD and broadcast quality music videos from Universal Music Group, EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and multiple independent labels. PluggedIn was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria -- innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.

"This year's OnHollywood 100 represents the brightest of the innovators in the new media space. We are enthusiastic about gathering the leaders in a collaborative environment that fuses these two industries together, culminating in the richest, most progressive conversations on Hollywood's digital movement," said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn.

The OnHollywood 100 was selected by leading venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts.

"We are thrilled to be recognized as a top emerging technology company in digital music entertainment," said Jeff Somers, CEO of PluggedIn. "It's an honor our technology is known by industry professionals as being innovative and marketable to our consumers who desire a high-end, rich experience on the web."

A full list of all the OnHollywood 100 companies can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at: http://onhollywood.goingon.com/. PluggedIn will be honored at the OnHollywood & BRiM event on June 10-11, 2008 at the Sofitel Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif. OnHollywood gathers executives from both the entertainment and the technology industries to identify and debate emerging trends in addition to building relationships and taking advantage of potential new business partnerships.

About PluggedIn

PluggedIn launched its beta service in April 2008, with the goal of changing the way consumers interact with and view premium entertainment content on the web. PluggedIn is an internet media company that offers streaming, free to consumer, HD and broadcast quality videos to fans everywhere. The entertainment site features over 10,000 HD and broadcast quality music videos and more than one million Artist Profiles, and is powered by an innovative new media player that supports high-definition full-screen video playback with no buffering and DVD like controls, a multimedia search engine and fan-centric community features. PluggedIn is based in Santa Monica, CA. The company was founded and is managed as a rare partnership between proven Internet entrepreneurs and successful music industry executives. The company's team includes Brett O'Brien, founder of Xdrive, which was sold to America Online (AOL) in 2005; Kevin Welk, CEO of Vanguard and Sugar Hill Records; Jeff Somers, former executive with Amazon and Zillow; JJ Aguhob, previously with Xdrive and AOL, and an early team member at MySpace; John Gaa, previously with Xdrive and Sony; and Nicola Marzolla, from Yahoo Music.

About OnHollywood 2008

June 10-12 at The Sofitel Hotel, West Hollywood, California

OnHollywood is where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. Our editors will also honor the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies and feature the Best of Broadband "BOB" Awards.

About AlwaysOn

ALWAYSON ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network. In 2004, ALWAYSON continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. ALWAYSON is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (STANFORD SUMMIT, ALWAYSON HOLLYWOOD, ALWAYSON MEDIA and GOINGGREEN) and quarterly print "blogozine" by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, ALWAYSON is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming. No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.
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