MDLK Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (MM)

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (NASDAQ:MDLK) today announced that a public relations strategist has joined its Washington, D.C., office and a former media account director and Nielsen account manager is now part of its team in New York. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090112/NE57437-a) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090112/NE57437-b) Tomeka Rawlings is a Senior Account Manager in the company's office in the nation's capital where she will work with governmental, association, and corporate clients providing counsel and solutions in meeting their internet and broadcast communications needs. Ms. Rawlings currently serves as the President of the 650-member Washington, D.C., Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Ms. Rawlings started her public relations career as an intern with the National Press Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and at Shandwick Public Affairs. Her professional experience includes communications management positions at the National Medical Association; The Navy League of the United States; the National SAFE KIDS Campaign; and the Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education. "Tomeka brings us talent, experience, and an inside perspective of the Washington marketplace as its importance increases with the incoming Obama administration," said Laurence Moskowitz, Medialink President and Chief Executive Officer. "We have a long and rich history in the nation's capital helping professional communicators better reach their audiences with the power of video and audio. Tomeka joins a strong team of professionals and an office and client base that dates back two decades." Nellie Chung has joined Medialink as an Account Manager in its New York headquarters. Ms. Chung's professional career includes four years in business development providing client management solutions for The Nielsen Company. Ms. Chung began her career at New York Entertainment before taking her first sales position as a Senior Account Executive at Encompass Media. She is a former Fashion Account Executive at Gerard Bedouk Publishing and was most recently a Senior Account Director at Vidicom. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications with a minor in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and studied abroad at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. "Nellie brings us media experience and an understanding of the use of visual media in meeting the communications challenges of public relations and marketing professionals," said Jack Serpa, Senior Vice President of Client Solutions. "She also joins a team of seasoned professionals who provide guidance and execution of communications campaigns for a wide range of corporate clients as well as to leading public relations and marketing agencies." About Medialink: Medialink is a global leader in providing unique news and marketing media strategies and solutions that enable corporations and organizations to inform and educate their audiences with maximum impact on television, radio and the Internet. Based in New York, Medialink maintains offices throughout the United States. With the exception of the historical information contained in the release, the matters described herein contain certain "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this release are not promises or guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are naturally subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. We caution you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the statements herein. Such statements may relate, among other things, to our ability to respond to economic changes and improve operational efficiency, the benefits of our products to be realized by our customers, or our plans, objectives, and expected financial and operating results. Forward-looking statements may also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances or using words such as: will, believe, anticipate, expect, could, may, estimate, project, plan, predict, intend or similar expressions that involve risk or uncertainty. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, our recent history of losses; our ability to achieve profitability; potential regulatory action; worldwide economic weakness; geopolitical conditions and continued threats of terrorism; effectiveness of our cost reduction programs; the receptiveness of the media to our services; changes in our marketplace that could limit or reduce the perceived value of our services to our clients; our ability to develop new services and market acceptance of such services, such as Mediaseed(R); the volume and importance of breaking news, which can have the effect of crowding out the content we produce and deliver to broadcast outlets on behalf of our clients; our ability to develop new products and services that keep pace with technology; our ability to develop and maintain successful relationships with critical vendors; future acquisitions or divestitures, which may adversely affect our operations and financial results; the absence of long term contracts with customers and vendors; and increased competition, which may have an adverse effect on pricing, revenues, gross margins and our customer base. More detailed information about these risk factors is set forth in filings by Medialink Worldwide Incorporated with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's registration statement, most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, most recent annual report on Form 10-K and other publicly available information regarding the Company. Medialink Worldwide Incorporated is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090112/NE57437-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090112/NE57437-b http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Medialink Worldwide Incorporated CONTACT: Lawrence Thomas, Chief Operating Officer of Medialink Worldwide Incorporated, +1-212-682-8300,

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