Onrec -- the Largest Global Conference of Corporate Recruiting Leaders to Go Virtual with Onstream Media's MarketPlace365™

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Onstream Media Corporation (Nasdaq: ONSM), a leading online service provider of live and on-demand Internet broadcasting, corporate web communications and virtual marketplace technology, today announced that Caroo Development, a division of the Tarsus Group and organizer of the Online Recruitment Expo & Conference (www.onrec.com/conferenceusa), has signed a MarketPlace365™ promoter agreement to develop an online version of its conference and expo connecting talent acquisition professionals to innovative suppliers in recruiting. Tarsus now operates several growing media properties focused on recruiting, talent management, and HR including: Online Recruitment Magazine, Onrec.com, TheRecruitingConference.com, TalentManagementTech.com (TMT), RecruitingTrends.com and the RetentionInstitute.com.

Onrec's annual recruitment conference, the largest global conference of corporate recruiting leaders, to be held at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center in Chicago from September 14-16, 2010, includes the industry's top exhibitors and sponsors and features over 25 industry specific topics from more than 30 experts in the human resource and recruiting industry.  Onrec recently sold out its physical floor space and now plans to add a post-show virtual marketplace, powered by Onstream's MarketPlace365 solution, enabling exhibitors and sponsors to extend their reach to a global audience all year long. For more information about this event, please visit: http://www.TheRecruitingConference.com.

Onrec's MarketPlace365 virtual conference will offer expert insight into best practices, current trends, market influences, industry metrics, research data and technology solutions for recruiting, developing and retaining today's top talent. Additionally, Onrec's marketplace will provide "actionable" information and learning which recruiters, sourcers and HR practitioners can implement immediately as well as support their organization's long term staffing efforts. 

"After reviewing Onstream Media's MarketPlace365 platform, we quickly determined this solution was exactly what we were looking for to extend the reach of our annual conference," said Anna Brekka, Vice President, Onrec North America. "The solution comes pre-packaged with an array of powerful marketing and SEO features that will deliver qualified leads to Onrec's sponsors and exhibitors. MarketPlace365's webinar technology, social networking, and rich media library will also enable our participants to stay current on new talent acquisition trends."

"MarketPlace365 continues to build significant momentum, evidenced by more and more top-tier global conferences now working with Onstream Media such as Onrec," said Randy Selman, President & CEO, Onstream Media. "We look forward to enabling recruiting trendsetters, HR practitioners, and the industry's most innovative suppliers to share their insight and technologies that are advancing the sourcing and recruitment industry. Attendees of Onrec's marketplace will be able to stay current on changes in the methods of acquiring the best talent that is now so central to staying successful in today's global, digital economy."

About Onrec.com/Caroo Development:

A division of the Tarsus Group - an international B2B media company creating industry-leading events, publications and online media since 1998 - Onrec.com is the world's leading information resource for Human Resource and Recruiting professionals, and is the accompanying website to Online Recruitment Magazine, which takes an in-depth look into recruitment and industry suppliers - helping corporate recruiters, recruitment agencies, and suppliers find the best resources available through a range of media and services. A growing portfolio supported by Tarsus Online Media, features educational and networking products in the talent management, HR and recruiting sector including; TalentManagementTech.com, RetentionInstitute.com, RecruitingTrends.com, Onrec.com, and TheRecruitingConference.com.

About Tarsus Group & TSNN.com:

Tarsus Group plc (London Stock Exchange: TRS.L) is an international media company with a portfolio of exhibitions, conferences, publications and online media that span across the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. With its head office in London, Tarsus also has offices in Paris (France), Milwaukee and Boca Raton (USA), Düsseldorf (Germany), Shanghai (China) and Dubai (UAE). Tarsus Group owns the Trade Show News Network (TSNN), which is the world's leading online resource for the trade show, exhibition and event industry since 1996.  In addition, TSNN owns and operates the most widely consulted event database on the Internet, containing data about more than 19,000 trade shows, exhibitions, public events and conferences. TSNN.com helps to facilitate the exchange between buyers and sellers to achieve a successful venture, with over 137,000 registered website users, over 35,000 bi-monthly newsletter subscribers and over 2,300 LinkedIn group members.

About Onstream Media:

Onstream Media Corporation (Nasdaq: ONSM) is a leading online service provider of live and on-demand Internet broadcasting, corporate web communications and virtual marketplace technology. Onstream Media's innovative Digital Media Services Platform (DMSP) provides customers with cost effective tools for encoding, managing, indexing, and publishing content via the Internet. The company's MarketPlace365™ solution enables publishers, associations, trade show promoters and entrepreneurs to rapidly and cost effectively self-deploy their own profitable, online virtual marketplaces. In addition, Onstream Media provides live and on-demand webcasting, webinars, web and audio conferencing services. To date, almost half of the Fortune 1000 companies and 78% of the Fortune 100 CEOs and CFOs have used Onstream Media's services. Select Onstream Media customers include: AAA, Dell, Disney, Georgetown University, National Press Club, PR Newswire, Shareholder.com (NASDAQ), Sony Pictures and the U.S. Government. Onstream Media's strategic relationships include Akamai, Adobe, BT Conferencing, Qwest and Trade Show News Network (TSNN). For more information, visit Onstream Media at www.onstreammedia.com or call 954-917-6655.

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