WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., July 7, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:UNTD), a leading provider of consumer Internet and media services, today announced the hiring of Jeremy Helfand as executive vice president and chief sales officer, a newly created position.
Helfand most recently was the senior vice president and general manager of Advertising.com, a leading provider of results-based interactive marketing services and a division of America Online, Inc. Helfand spent six years with Advertising.com and was instrumental in building the company from a start up Internet advertising network into an Internet advertising sales leader. Advertising.com was sold to America Online, Inc. in August 2004 for $435 million.
At United Online, Helfand will be responsible for the United Online Media Group, which sells advertising and partnerships across the NetZero, Juno, Bluelight, Classmates, PhotoSite, Freeservers and Names Database businesses. He will be responsible for direct sales, wholesale, ad operations and advertising planning and inventory management functions. Mr. Helfand will be relocating from Baltimore, Maryland with his family and based at the United Online World Headquarters in Woodland Hills, California. He will report directly to United Online chairman and CEO Mark R. Goldston.
"We are thrilled to have someone with Jeremy Helfand's talent and experience join our United Online team at this critical point in our company's life cycle," said Mark R. Goldston, United Online chairman and CEO. "Jeremy brings an in-depth knowledge of the Internet advertising industry and the critical role he played in the phenomenal growth of Advertising.com will be invaluable to us as he takes responsibility for advertising to what according to Nielsen/NetRatings is the 17th largest unique user audience on the Internet with United Online."
"I am truly excited to be joining United Online in this newly created role and look forward to working with the tremendously talented team that helped build United Online into one of the leading Internet companies in America," said Jeremy Helfand, United Online E.V.P. of sales and chief sales officer. "The size and scope of the United Online communications, content and media properties present a major platform from which to grow the company's advertising and partnership revenues and I look forward to bringing these benefits to major marketers and their agencies in my new role."
About United Online
United Online, Inc. (Nasdaq:UNTD) is a leading provider of consumer Internet and media services through a number of brands, including NetZero, Juno, Classmates and MyPoints. The company's Communications services include Internet access, email and VoIP. The company's Content & Media services include social networking and online loyalty marketing. United Online is headquartered in Woodland Hills, CA, with offices in New York City, NY; Renton, WA; San Francisco, CA; Schaumburg, IL; Orem, UT; Erlangen, Germany; and Hyderabad, India. For more information about United Online, please visit www.untd.com.