NewsGator Hosts Webinar to Help Media Companies Leverage OpenSocial

DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - December 3, 2007) - NewsGator Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in RSS and Enterprise 2.0, today announced that the company will host a free webinar on December 5th, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. PST) to show media companies and publishers how they can better leverage OpenSocial to expand and promote their brand, syndicate content, engage readers and increase traffic.

Led by Kevin Marks, developer advocate of Google, Inc. and NewsGator executives, the webinar will focus on how companies can use the OpenSocial programming model to extend their brand into social networking and other container sites including LinkedIn, Salesforce, Friendster and Plaxo.

OpenSocial is a programming model developed by Google in which developers and container websites are provided with a set of common APIs enabling distribution of applications and content across multiple sites. This informative webinar will address some of the following issues:

--  What is OpenSocial and who is using it;
--  The benefits of integrating with OpenSocial;
--  Opportunities for monetization;
--  How publishers can take advantage of it.
    

"This quick webinar will serve as a primer on OpenSocial and provide attendees valuable information about how to incorporate and leverage OpenSocial within their online strategies," said Brian Kellner, vice president of products for NewsGator. "NewsGator is one of the early participators in OpenSocial, and having been one of the first companies to develop an application (Didja Hear!?) on these APIs, we have a lot of insight to share that can help get companies up to speed on this next innovation in new media."

Participants can register for the webinar at http://www.newsgator.com/Enterprise20/OpenSocial/OpenSocial_4.aspx

About NewsGator Technologies, Inc.

NewsGator Technologies is a pioneer in RSS and Enterprise 2.0 technologies. Headquartered in Denver, Colo., NewsGator develops and markets RSS aggregation solutions for individual end users, enterprises and online content providers. Using NewsGator products and solutions, businesses and consumers can subscribe to news, information, podcasts and other relevant content more efficiently and effectively than with traditional channels. With NewsGator, users have access to RSS information via the Web, Microsoft Outlook, mobile devices and both Windows- and Mac-based desktop clients. All NewsGator products synchronize seamlessly, enabling users to read their RSS feeds anywhere, anytime, with any device. For more information, visit www.newsgator.com.

Contact Information: Contact Information Zoe Vandeveer or Jennifer Gazin LaunchSquad 415.625.8555 newsgator(at)launchsquad.com