Baldwin Joins Internet Broadcasting as CEO

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Elmer Baldwin, a longtime Minnesota resident and seasoned chief executive with a record of success at various established and start-up technology firms including units of Fujitsu, Accenture, Egghead Software and Oracle, is joining digital media pioneer Internet Broadcasting as President and Chief Executive Officer.  He assumes the role that was vacated in mid-2010 with the departure of the company's prior top executive, David Lebow.

"Elmer has the experience and passion to lead Internet Broadcasting into a new era of growth," said Susan Grant, executive vice president of CNN and an Internet Broadcasting director who led the board's CEO-search committee. "He's demonstrated consistent success in leading technology companies, and we are pleased he has joined Internet Broadcasting for this exciting new chapter."

"Internet Broadcasting has a powerful pedigree, and has an extremely well equipped CEO to help take it to the next level," said Steve Goldstein, president & CEO of the University of Minnesota Foundation and chairman of the board of directors of Internet Broadcasting.  "Elmer's clear determination and commitment to serving clients and strengthening partners make for the right ingredient for this already strong company to realize its potential."

"Internet Broadcasting is not only the market leader in local digital publishing; it defined the space," Baldwin said.  "It boasts the top digital publishing platform and a team of talented people who know what they are doing and have done it for many years.  I'm excited about this opportunity."

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in St. Paul, Internet Broadcasting (IB) was the first company to develop news & information websites in partnership with local television stations. Sites published using IB's suite of tools and services consistently rate as among the top sites in the markets in which they operate in terms of both audience and revenue.

In October 2010, IB announced a major investment to exclusively incorporate Germany-based CoreMedia's widely acclaimed content management system (CMS) in the foundational layer of its ibPublish publishing platform. This change places IB squarely in an elite group of truly world-class providers of publishing technology, delivering a best-in-class solution designed for and scalable to media publishers of all types and sizes.  IB further serves the market with its rapidly growing ad solutions business that includes workflow, creative, tracking, inventory reporting and analytics, along with a full suite of content products and services.  Although its roots are in serving local broadcasters, the company recently expanded its client base to include its first sites for newspaper industry clients.

Baldwin most recently was President and CEO of Analysts International Corporation, a large Minneapolis-based provider of IT services, including staffing and project-based solutions, to businesses and government agencies.   Before that, he led Minnetonka-based BORN Information Services as their President and CEO, which he sold to Fujitsu after helping to restore BORN to profitability.  Earlier he was President and CEO of Via World Network, an Accenture-backed, Minneapolis-based provider of travel automation tools and services.  He joined Via from Egghead Software, where he was Vice President of the Corporate, Government and Education Division.  Previously, he was a Group Director for Oracle Corporation's consulting business, launching a fast-growing Minneapolis branch office.

Baldwin began his career as a systems engineer and analyst at Hughes Aircraft and, before that, Northrop Corporation, both in his native California.  He holds a B.B.A., Finance, from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

About Internet Broadcasting

Internet Broadcasting is the leading provider of solutions that deeply engage audiences and increase revenue for media publishers and advertisers. IB customers get measurable results using end-to-end SaaS publishing, news & content and local advertising solutions. IB customers succeed because they are able to navigate the rapidly changing marketplace and grow their digital businesses in a demonstrably cost-effective way.  IB's clients include some of the largest media publishers in the world, including Hearst Television, McGraw-Hill Broadcasting and Post-Newsweek Stations.  For more information, visit www.ibsys.com.

SOURCE Internet Broadcasting