Fisher Launches 38 Hyperlocal Neighborhood Web Sites in Portland and Eugene to Serve Local Communities and Advertisers

The hyperlocal sites are designed to provide local communities with the best source of information about news, events, entertainment and personalities relevant to their day-to-day lives. A complete list of the sites can be found at www.KATU.com/communities and www.KVAL.com/communities.

Fisher's President and CEO Colleen B. Brown stated, "With our strong local broadcasting heritage as our foundation, we are building our 'broadcast to broadband' initiative in order to provide neighborhood information at a grassroots level while further enabling local businesses to efficiently reach their customers. This effort has been very successful in Seattle, our first launch market, and we are pleased to now be able to offer these services in Portland and Eugene."

"With our long history of serving Oregon and southwestern Washington, we are proud to now reach even deeper into our communities with this initiative," said KATU Vice President and General Manager John Tamerlano. "KVAL Communities is a great way for us to provide coverage for important events that are too narrow in scope for the over-the-air product," added KVAL Vice President and General Manager Greg Raschio.

To support their hyperlocal Web sites, KATU and KVAL will restructure their newsrooms to effectively and efficiently capture and post community news on a real-time basis. Local stories and breaking news that station reporters cover on a daily basis will be complemented with user generated content, and also with content provided through an innovative partnership with Windermere Real Estate, a company with local knowledge and strong presence in each community.

The launch of the Oregon sites builds on the successful launch of Fisher's 44 hyperlocal sites in the Seattle market in August. Fisher expects to launch similar platforms in its other markets. In addition, Fisher and DataSphere anticipate distributing the technology and sales solution to other broadcast companies looking to establish hyperlocal sites.

DataSphere Technologies' new LocalNet service provides TV broadcasters and other local media companies with the opportunity to take advantage of powerful existing brands and communication channels to build relevant and valuable online assets. LocalNet is a complete solution to address the local small business advertising market, including not only technology but also a seasoned, professional sales team. New clients can be up and running within weeks.

About Fisher Communications, Inc.

Fisher Communications, Inc. is a Seattle-based communications company that owns and operates 13 full power television stations (including a 50%-owned television station), 7 low power television stations, and 8 radio stations (in addition to 2 radio stations not owned by the Company but for which the Company provides programming or sales services) in the Western United States. The Company also owns and operates Fisher Interactive Network, its online division; Fisher Pathways, a satellite and fiber transmission provider; and Fisher Plaza, a media, telecommunications, and data center facility located near downtown Seattle. For more information about Fisher Communications, Inc., go to www.fsci.com.

About DataSphere

DataSphere Technologies, Inc. (http://www.DataSphere.com) is a Software as a Service (SaaS) Web technology and hyperlocal ad sales company focused on generating online profits for media companies. DataSphere offers a range of turnkey solutions to rapidly improve site monetization and experience with minimal investment of time and money.

DataSphere is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA and led by a team of Internet veterans with backgrounds from Amazon.com, IMDb, Microsoft, RealNetworks and AltaVista.

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