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Richard Johnson Joins WeatherBug as Director, West Coast Sales

Germantown, MD – June 26, 2006 – WeatherBug®, the leading provider of live, local weather information services, today announced that Richard Johnson joins the advertising sales team as director of West Coast sales. Based in WeatherBug’s San Francisco office, Johnson will manage the Western region’s online advertising sales and marketing operations.

“Johnson is an industry leader who has a proven track record developing successful online advertising and marketing programs,” said Michael Rosen, senior vice president of advertising sales and marketing at WeatherBug. “His management skills and experience selling directly to brands and agencies will ensure that WeatherBug’s West Coast operations develop compelling advertising programs to exceed agency and client objectives.”

Prior to joining WeatherBug, Johnson was regional sales director at ValueClick Media where he managed the Midwest and key strategic agencies and client accounts on the West Coast. Johnson has more than 15 years of advertising, marketing and business development experience at brands such as Bank of America, Tiffany & Co., MyFamily.com, Photopoint and Classmates.

WeatherBug’s commitment to quality content and user experience has established its consistent ranking as one of the top news and information properties on the Internet* and a fiercely loyal and engaged customer base with an extraordinary, 93 percent satisfaction score.* As new technology and innovation lends more ways to reach target audiences, WeatherBug continues to deliver precise, trustworthy weather information to millions everyday.

About WeatherBug^®

WeatherBug ensures that individuals, schools, businesses and government agencies receive the most precise live weather information, the most relevant weather reports, and the earliest weather warnings to safeguard property, lives and to plan with confidence. With 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and over 1,000 cameras primarily based at neighborhood schools and public safety facilities across the U.S., WeatherBug maintains the largest exclusive weather network in the world. The live, local weather conditions are delivered to millions of consumers via the Internet and mobile devices, more than 100 state and local government agencies including the National Weather Service, and to broadcast television stations, schools, and businesses. As such, WeatherBug is the #1 distributor of severe weather alerts to the public. WeatherBug data is unique as it is the only live, neighborhood weather available anywhere. WeatherBug is a brand of AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc.

Press Contacts:

Debra Eisenberg
WeatherBug
301-250-4017
deisenburg@weatherbug.com