MDLK Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (MM)

NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In keeping with the company's reputation for producing and distributing award-winning video and audio content, Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (NASDAQ:MDLK) today announced it won six different awards for excellence from three different industry organizations in the month of May. Medialink and its client, Philips Electronics North America, were awarded a Gold 2009 Bulldog Award for Excellence in Media Relations & Publicity for Best Online Newsroom at an awards ceremony in New York on May 18. The client's online newsroom, the Philips Media Hub, allows broadcast and web journalists to preview and download video and audio news content as well as image files and documents. The Bulldog Awards are judged by a panel of professional journalists. Medialink and public relations agency, Golin Harris, won a Platinum Remi Award for work with the agency's client, Smithfield Foods. In this online video, celebrity cook Paula Deen performed a live show with the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne All-American Chorus to entertain more than 600 troops. Paula also visited injured soldiers and new mothers in the medical center at Fort Bragg. The Remi Awards were presented May 5 at the 42nd WorldFest Houston Independent International Film Festival. The web video campaign, "Leprechauns Invade New York," garnered a Silver Remi Award for Medialink and public relations agency Cohn & Wolfe on behalf of the agency's client Irish Spring Body Wash. In this holiday online video, Leprechauns ran amok in New York City on St. Patrick's Day, danced with tourists, rode the subway, and had their shoes shined on 42nd Street. The parade of Leprechauns took to the streets and directed people to http://www.getirishnow.com/. Medialink and its client, OnStar, a subsidiary of General Motors and the leading provider of in-vehicle safety, security and communication services, received a Bronze Remi Award for excellence in the category of Automotive Film & Video Production. In the award-winning web video, automobile accident survivors recount how an OnStar operator brought a driver back from a daze in one accident and dispatched an ambulance to save an injured passenger in a burning automobile in another accident. Medialink and its client, Seagate, won a Bronze Telly Award in the category of Computers/Information Technology. In this web video, Seagate introduces Central Axis, a new network storage and sharing device for personal digital content such as photos, videos, and documents. The video depicted the easy installation and built-in security of consumers' content, all available in one central location. Founded in 1978, the Telly Awards honor excellence in local, regional and cable TV programming, commercials, as well as non-broadcast video. Medialink and public relations agency Bratskeir & Company, Inc. won a Bronze Telly Award for the agency's client, L'Oreal. The web video campaign entitled "Soft Sheen Discover Healthy Hair" featured Eric Bland, who works with talents like Tyra Banks and Star Jones. In this video, Eric walks the busy streets of Manhattan talking to real women about their summer hair care dilemmas. Medialink received the Telly awards on May 6. 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; our ability to obtain financing or other capital; our ability to remain a going concern and remain in operation; the financial stability of our clients; 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. DATASOURCE: Medialink Worldwide Incorporated CONTACT: Lawrence Thomas, Chief Operating Officer of Medialink Worldwide Incorporated, +1-212-682-8300,

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