Vibrant Founders Win Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Metro NY

CEO Doug Stevenson and CCO Craig Gooding Honored

New York, June 16, 2010 — (Business Wire) — Vibrant co-founders Doug Stevenson, CEO, and Craig Gooding, CCO of Vibrant, a world leader in contextual advertising solutions and next generation hyperlinks, were named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award for Metro New York.

The Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award, organized by Ernst & Young LLP, recognizes executives who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Stevenson and Gooding were selected from among almost 70 nominations by a panel of independent judges.

"We're tremendously honored to have been named Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year," said Stevenson. "Vibrant continues to grow rapidly as contextual advertising continues to expand across the globe."

Under the leadership of Doug Stevenson and Craig Gooding, Vibrant showed record revenues and record profits in 2009 and achieved double-digit EBITDA margins. Through Vibrant, advertisers reach over 164 million unique viewers each month on 4,500 websites. Working with the world's leading global brands, Vibrant managed more than 50 billion hyperlinks in 2009.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award was announced at a special event on Tuesday, June 15th at the Marriott Marquis, Times Square, NY.

About Vibrant
Vibrant is a world leader in contextual technology aligning billions of words across the internet with relevant video, information, tools, and advertising. With over 4,500 premium publishers, reaching more than 164 million unique users per month (comScore, April 2010), Vibrant gives top brand marketers the opportunity to deliver highly targeted advertisements within premium Web content and offers publishers premium editorial tools to re-circulate users throughout their websites. Vibrant works with top brand advertisers such as Microsoft, Unilever, Warner Bros and AT&T. The company was founded in 2000 and has offices in London, New York, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Hamburg, Munich and Dusseldorf. Vibrant's rapid growth has been recognized by the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 50 lists. For more information, visit: www.vibrantmedia.com or www.hyperlinkevolved.com or www.facebook.com/vibrantmedia or http://twitter.com/vibrantmedia.

About Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year® Awards Program
Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year® is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The award makes a difference through the unique way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.

Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young LLP is a client-serving member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited located in the U.S.

The Entrepreneur Of The Year awards are pleased to have the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America as national sponsors. In Metro New York, sponsors include platinum sponsors Fidelity Investments, HSBC, Scherzer International, silver sponsors Solomon Edwards Group and WithumSmith+Brown and local supporters Accounting Management Solutions and Empire Valuation.

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