WorldNow Partners with America's Emergency Network (AEN) and Weather Decision Technologies...

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Wed Sep 9, 2009 10:00am EDT

WorldNow Partners with America's Emergency Network (AEN) and Weather Decision
Technologies (WDT)
WorldNow, AEN and WDT to offer  new weather feature to enhance clients' sites
during severe weather coverage



NEW YORK, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- WorldNow, the leading online technology,
content and revenue-solutions company for local media, has announced that it
has partnered with America's Emergency Network (AEN) and Weather Decision
Technologies, Inc. (WDT) to provide local media properties with real-time
video streaming of storm updates and on-demand playback of the last four
updates provided by hurricane specialists at the National Hurricane Center.

"We are excited to be partnering with an innovative and customer service
focused company like WorldNow," said Mike Eilts, president and CEO, Weather
Decision Technologies. "WorldNow's extensive roster of local media clients
will benefit tremendously from this content, and we are proud to be able to
stream these important, severe weather updates to so many local media websites
across the country."

This new weather feature will be made available to local media sites free of
cost. All participating stations will be listed on a page of the National
Hurricane Center's website. This page will link to the URL on the local media
site containing the video player and the link will encourage and help visitors
find local news sites during severe weather coverage.  For more information,
go to: http://emergency.info/nhc/

"Weather is one of the top reasons visitors frequent our stations' websites,"
said Craig Smith, EVP Sales and Distribution for WorldNow. "It is a coup for
us to partner with highly regarded companies like AEN and WDT to provide our
clients with real-time weather updates. These immediate alerts, special
briefings and hourly updates will give our clients an advantage in weather
reporting and help them drive additional traffic."    

About WorldNow
WorldNow, a New York-based leader in online technology, content and revenue
solutions, is the only company to provide a comprehensive technology platform
and strategic advertising services that enable media companies to expand to
the digital realm with innovative Web publishing tools, advanced video
delivery technology and industry-driving advertising leadership. WorldNow's
proven technology and advertising leadership equips its media partners with
the tools to make the transition to the digital marketplace, expand their
footprint in the online ecosystem and realize real-world profitability from
their investment.  Current WorldNow customers include CBS Radio, Cox,
Dispatch, Fisher, Gray, Griffin, Journal, Media General, News Press & Gazette,
Quincy, Raycom Media, Schurz and Young.  For more information please visit
www.WorldNow.com.

About Weather Decision Technologies, Inc. (WDT)
Founded in 1999, Weather Decision Technologies has become a global leader in
providing state-of-the-science weather detection, nowcasting, and forecasting
systems and services to our partners and customers. WDT provides its numerical
weather prediction capabilities and services for weather sensitive industries
globally. WDT maintains operational and international offices in metropolitan
Washington, DC; Norman, Oklahoma; and Munich, Germany. For more information:
www.wdtinc.com.



SOURCE  WorldNow

Amy Dowden, +1-212-931-1283, adowden@worldnow.com
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