Dilbert Goes beyond the Strip with Animated Comics by RingTales

Producers of The New Yorker Animated Cartoons and ''Over the
Hedge'' Strike Deal for Dilbert
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Internet users and cubicle dwellers rejoice! Scott Adams' Dilbert,
the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and e-mailed comic
strip in the world, is now the first globally recognized comic strip
to feature a daily animated version.

RingTales - the producers of The New Yorker Animated Cartoons and
the creative team behind Dreamworks' "Over the Hedge" - have an
exclusive deal with United Media, Dilbert's licensing and syndication
company, to produce and distribute daily animated versions of the
Dilbert comic strip. This includes yet-to-be produced strips and over
7,000 comics in the Dilbert library.

With an initial launch on Dilbert.com and MSN, daily Dilbert
animated cartoons launched today on YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/dilbert), and on iTunes as a free,
subscription podcast. They will soon be available via RSS feeds,
widgets, mobile and numerous other websites. These animated shorts
bring the comic strip to life in a way that is perfect for the
multi-platform digital media world. Fans can instantly send the
animated strip to friends, search and share favorites, and comment on
and rank the content.

"We are excited about the opportunity to bring Dilbert to fans in
a whole new form," said RingTales CEO Jim Cox. "By delivering an
animated Dilbert five times per week, RingTales and United Media are
blazing a new media trail to the future of comics online." RingTales
President, Michael Fry, adds "With the addition of Dilbert to our
already popular New Yorker animations, we're poised to begin to
replicate the habit-forming print comic experience in animation,
anywhere people can watch or read comics in digital form."

"The animations are terrific," remarked Scott Adams. "RingTales
got everything right on these."

ABOUT RINGTALES

Santa Monica based RingTales produces animated versions of popular
print cartoons and distributes them across the Internet, mobile,
broadcast and portable device markets. RingTales has produced over 200
animated New Yorker cartoons since launching March 2007. The New
Yorker cartoons have been viewed over 30 million times since the
launch on MSN, iTunes, YouTube, Newyorker.com, Comcast and many other
sites and are currently streaming over 4 million views per month.

RingTales was founded by animation and cartoon vets, Jim Cox and
Michael Fry, who collaborated on the hit DreamWorks animated feature,
"Over The Hedge." Jim Cox is a longtime feature animation writer and
producer. His credits include co-executive producer on the 2006
DreamWorks feature animated hit, "Over the Hedge," writer/producer on
"Ferngully," story on Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," and
screenwriter on "The Rescuers Down Under" and "Oliver & Company."
Michael Fry is a four time internationally syndicated cartoonist. He
currently writes the comic strip "Over the Hedge," which inspired the
DreamWorks film that earned $335 million dollars in worldwide box
office.

For samples of RingTales cartoons visit http://www.ringtales.com
or http://www.newyorkertoons.com.

ABOUT DILBERT

Dilbert, the United Feature Syndicate comic strip, is the most
photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and e-mailed comic strip in
the world. It is published in more than 2000 newspapers in 70
countries and 23 different languages around the world and has over
100,000,000 daily readers. Many of them, particularly those employed
at large corporations, are convinced that Adams works at their
companies since he conveys corporate inanities so perfectly in his
comic strip.

ABOUT UNITED MEDIA

Dilbert is licensed and syndicated by United Media. United Media
(UM) is a worldwide licensing and syndication company that focuses on
building brand equity around a wide range of creative content. United
Media is an E.W. Scripps Company.

United Media:
Ilona Zaks, 212-293-8788
izaks@unitedmedia.com
or
RingTales:
Kate DeFronzo, 310-454-5148
kate@ringtales.com

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