-Award Winning Journalist Joins PodShow as VP & Managing Editor to Produce

a New Breed of Technology Channel-

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    NEW YORK, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- PodShow.com, the fast growing digital
 multiplatform media network which allows its users to play, collect, share
 and create millions of hours of serialized programming and music, today
 announced that John C. Dvorak, the popular columnist, author and
 broadcaster, has been named VP & Managing Editor of PodShow TECH, a
 completely new concept in technology-related programming. In his role,
 Dvorak will oversee editorial content on the newly expanded channel as well
 as produce his own unique breed of content for the channel.
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     "We believe technology is ready for primetime, and Dvorak is the man
 for the job," said Ron Bloom, CEO and Co founder of PodShow. "Typical
 technology channels are really just listings of programming, featuring
 boring talking heads or uninformed rants. PodShow TECH will feature
 personality driven content with a healthy dose of attitude ... fair, but
 not necessarily impartial ... accurate but also exciting."
     "Technology has given us this massive new distribution medium and yet
 our approach to producing technology content has been in the same old
 predictable style," comments Dvorak. "By working with PodShow's new channel
 format we can combine entertainment and insight and take the concept of
 integrated programming to an entirely new level."
     PodShow TECH will feature individually created programs and channels
 containing video and audio shows as well as a series of blogs and
 supporting graphics for each show. Users will be able to download or play
 any single episode or freely subscribe to any show and have each episode
 automatically delivered as it is released. PodShow also will be providing a
 variety of methods for audiences to contribute via audio, video and text.
 To anchor the channel, Dvorak will be producing and hosting a new show,
 "Tech5" in which the always outspoken and often controversial host will
 take on a newsmaker in the tech world, as well as share his insight into
 the innovations, trends and tech news of the day. PodShow TECH will also be
 include special programming from PodShow hit shows such as GeekBrief.TV and
 TeXtra, as well as Adam Curry's Daily Source Code.
     "In life, technology is no longer in the back row seat; it is now
 taking center stage ... PodShow TECH will reflect that change," says
 PodShow President and Co founder Adam Curry. "John is the perfect anchor,
 combining his legendary insight, on-camera personality and extensive
 rolodex to help us keep the channel fresh, informative, entertaining and
 relevant."
     PodShow TECH is one of a new lineup of PodShow channels, scheduled to
 launch in Q2 '07, featuring a range of subjects, each hosted by celebrities
 and experts from across the net and traditional media. Each channel has its
 own personality, featuring expert-driven entertainment that will not only
 be offered on the PodShow network, but will be available for syndication to
 mainstream media. As the host of PodShow TECH, Dvorak will continue his
 appearances in print and on television and radio, and as the infamous host
 of Cranky Geeks.
     One of the country's most respected media experts on technology and
 computing, Dvorak currently shares his opinions and insight as a columnist
 for Dow Jones Marketwatch, as a regular panelist on This Week In Tech, a
 Netcast audio program, as contributor on CNBC, and as columnist for PC
 Magazine (two separate columns since 1986.) Dvorak has written or
 co-authored over a dozen books, and has written for the New York Times, Los
 Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, San Francisco Examiner and The
 Philadelphia Inquirer among numerous other publications. Dvorak's career in
 technology began in 1978 when he began a software company that specialized
 in the development and sales of CP/M microcomputer software and in 1979,
 founded the famed newsletter The Software Review. He has won numerous
 awards including the ABEA 2006 Award (Silver, National) for best print
 column, large circulation national magazine, The Computer Press Association
 Best Columnist and Best Column awards, and the American Business Editors
 Association's national gold award for best online columns of 2003 and 2004.
     PodShow, the premier social media community, is the only network
 providing single-click access to the best in new media in audio, video,
 podcasts, and music to be delivered to your computer, iPod, mobile device
 or television.
     About PodShow, Inc.
     PodShow(TM) is the #1 new media network, addressing a global audience
 of tens-of-millions, comprising PodShow+, PodShow Network, PodShowPDN,
 Podcast Alley, indiePodder and the Podsafe Music Network. PodShow+ makes
 independently produced media more accessible to an audience of tens-of-
 millions, providing resources for producers, and enabling marketers to take
 part in the digital media explosion. PodShow Productions produces
 serialized content and specials in audio and video for the PodShow Network.
 BTPodShow.com is a co-branded service from PodShow LTD in partnership with
 BT, enabling consumers in the UK and Ireland to create, connect and share
 their content on the PodShow network. PodShowTV is a version of the PodShow
 Network developed specifically for television viewing audiences,
 distributed through products like AMD Live! CastBlaster Software enables
 thousands of producers to create and distribute audio podcasts and other
 productions on the windows platform. The PodShowPDN(TM) is the first
 high-performance content delivery network meeting the specific needs of
 podcasting, delivering a comprehensive creation, production, and delivery
 and monetization solution for independent producers and mainstream media
 companies. In every way, PodShow has greatly simplified the production
 experience for artists and listeners around the world. PodShow is a
 privately held company, backed by leading venture capital firms Kleiner
 Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and DAG
 Ventures. For more on PodShow, visit: http://www.podshow.com, and for all
 queries visit: http://www.podshow.com/contactus.html.
     PodShow, PodShow+, Podsafe Music Network, Podcast Alley, and PodShowPDN
 are trademarks of PodShow, Inc. theShow! is a trademark of PodShow UK LTD.
 All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
 
 

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