GoFish and WeeWorld Partner to Expand Teen Audience Reach for Advertisers Increasing the GoFish Networks Domestic Reach to 18.2 Million Unique Users
Addition of the fastest growing avatar-based social network in the United States broadens reach for new GoFish youth entertainment and media network
SAN FRANCISCO & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GoFish Corporation (OTCBB:
GOFH) today announced the addition of WeeWorld,
an avatar-based social network, to its newly-launched youth-focused
online entertainment and media network. WeeWorlds
expansive user base will be added to the GoFish Network providing
advertisers access to the WeeMee, the most widely used and recognized
avatar with more than 21 million WeeMees created worldwide. The addition
of WeeWorld increases the domestic reach of the GoFish Network to 18.2
million unique users.
WeeWorld, a trusted site for young adults to uniquely express themselves
and communicate with peers, is the fastest-growing avatar-based social
network in the United States. Teens and young adults flock to WeeWorld
to create their own WeeMee avatar expressing
their personal style and passions through an extensive assortment of
personal features, clothes, accessories, hobbies, etc. The social
network provides a visually engaging environment for WeeMees to connect
with friends, create their own room, send animated messages, participate
in forums, play games and more. WeeMees can also be created on AIM,
Skype and Windows Live Messenger, and users can take their WeeMees with
them to their favorite online hangouts
including all major social networks and blogging sites.
The quality of the WeeWorld brand and the
loyal, engaged audience makes them a perfect fit for the GoFish Network,
says David Fisch, Vice-President of Publisher Development and Marketing
Programs at GoFish. WeeMees offer youth a
unique form of self expression that is engaging and advertiser-friendly.
GoFish is focused on connecting brands to youth on properties, with high
engagement, through innovative advertising and emerging media
experiences. The average visitor to WeeWorld spends 23 minutes per visit
making it a great addition to the Network.
On WeeWorld, GoFish advertisers can run graphical display ads, Flash
animations, specialized games, backgrounds, environments and
sponsorships such as branded assets (clothing, furniture, electronic
goods, cosmetics, etc.). In addition, GoFish will distribute
age-appropriate syndicated video content from various partners across
its network of sites. The company recently announced a partnership with
Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) to offer premier content from dozens
of Viacom properties for ad-supported viewing on GoFish.com and plans to
expand their library of quality broadband content in the coming months.
GoFish and WeeWorlds collaboration gives
advertisers the ability to effectively reach millions of teens living on
the Web; a demo that is increasingly important as spending by teenagers
is projected to reach $208.7 billion in 2011 according to Packaged Facts.
Todays teens are
bombarded with advertising messages throughout their daily lives, but
WeeWorld offers a unique opportunity for teens to select and promote
brand messages that speak to their personalities and interests,
says Lauren Bigelow, General Manager of WeeWorld. Our
partnership with GoFish will help advertisers connect directly with
young adults through branded animated backgrounds, premium assets and
more. GoFish advertisers will be able to engage our growing teen
audience in a meaningful, immersive environment as users seek out
branded assets to create a channel for their own self-expression.
Advertisers on the GoFish Network include: Activision, AT&T Wireless,
Build a Bear, Cartoon Network, Disney, Electronic Arts, Hewlett Packard,
Kellogg's, Konami, Lego, Mead Paper, Microsoft, Nintendo, Random House,
Sony and Verizon Wireless.
WeeWorld (www.weeworld.com)
is the fastest-growing avatar-based social network in the United States
and a trusted site for young adults. Through an expansive palette of
features, clothes, accessories, hobbies, etc., WeeWorld users can create
their personalized WeeMee avatar, connect with friends, decorate their
own visual space, send animated messages, play games and more. The more
than 21 million WeeMees worldwide are redefining avatar demographics and
establishing the WeeMee as the worlds most
widely used and recognized avatar. WeeMees can be created on many sites
including Windows Live Messenger, AIM and Skype, and can be imported and
exported easily to all major social networks and blogging sites.
WeeWorld has offices in Boston, New York, London and Glasgow, and is
funded by two of the worlds leading
investors, Accel Partners (www.accel.com)
and Benchmark Capital (www.benchmark.com).
GoFish Corporation (www.gofishcorp.com)
(OTCBB: GOFH), headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Los
Angeles and New York, is a leading youth entertainment and media company
specializing in creating, aggregating, distributing and monetizing
premium youth content on its owned and operated sites and on a large
network of quality youth-focused sites for which GoFish provides
exclusive ad sales services. The GoFish Network of sites reaches over
18.2 million unduplicated online users domestically, and approximately
63.6 million unduplicated online users worldwide. GoFish has been a
pioneer in the sale of online content appealing to the hard-to-reach
youth market and presently ranks as the 3rd
largest kids/teens opportunity for blue-chip advertisers.*
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* Source: comScore Media Metrix Digital Calculator, January 2008.
Unduplicated potential reach of the GoFish Network with currently signed
partners including WeeWorld.com, Miniclip.com, select channels under the
Demand Media Property, and others. The Kids/Teen category has been
custom-defined by GoFish Corporation and is not a standard comScore
Media Metrix category.
Contacts
GoFish
Press Relations:
George H. Simpson Communications
George Simpson, 203-521-0352
georgehsimpson@att.net
or
Investor Relations:
The Investor Relations Group
Michael Crawford, 212-825-3210
mcrawford@investorrelationsgroup.com
or
WeeWorld
US
Erica Camilo, 781-861-7800
erica@bluepointmktg.com
or
UK
Alyssa Taffet, +44 (0)207 758 8280
alyssa@weeworld.com