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Publishing Executives to Take On Social Media at Syndicate 2005

AUSTIN, Texas — December 6, 2005 — At the upcoming Syndicate Conference in San Francisco, executives from Webshots, a CNET Networks Inc. property; The Washington Post; Bayview Consulting and Pluck Corporation will participate in a panel discussion exploring the opportunities that social media and citizen journalism can present to traditional publishers and media companies. The panel, titled "Open Content Models - How to Thrive through Syndication, Aggregation & Generation," will explore strategies, best practices, risks and rewards in the successful navigation of next generation content models that will tap the more than 20 million blogs, podcasts and other sources of syndicated content in the market today.

Syndicate™, an IDG World Expo event, is a B2B conference focused on emerging trends and technologies in content syndication.

Panel Participants:

• Moderator: Dave Panos, CEO of Pluck Corporation
• Jim Brady, Vice President & Executive Editor, Washingtonpost.com
• Amy McDonough, Director of Services, Webshots.com, CNET Networks Inc.
• Andrew Eisner, President, Bayview Consulting

When: December 13, 2005, 2:15 pm
Where: Hilton San Francisco, 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA

About Pluck Corp.

Pluck Corporation transforms how end-users and Internet publishers consume and create information online. Providing RSS, Blogging and Community Search software and services, Pluck helps its customers leverage the open content model that has emerged as the cornerstone for Web 2.0 services. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas with funding from Austin Ventures and Mayfield. More information on Pluck offerings can be found at www.pluck.com.

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