Socialthing

New York, NY and Burbank, Calif. – May 05, 2009 – AOL today announced that Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) will launch Socialthing, a new online platform for socializing websites across WBTVG’s digital destination businesses, such as CWTV.com, TheWB.com, KidsWB.com, DCHeroZone.com, Essence.com and Momlogic.com. Socialthing leverages the power of AIM’s social graph coupled with advanced community tools to enable social networking publishers to attract new users and keep them engaged on their site. The announcement was made today by Joanna Shields, President of AOL People Networks, and Craig Hunegs, Executive Vice President, Business Management, Warner Bros. Television Group.

Warner Bros. Television Group will launch Socialthing on its digital entertainment websites, including CWTV.com, TheWB.com, KidsWB.com, DCHeroZone.com, Essence.com and Momlogic.com. Available for free to users and requiring no installation or download, Socialthing creates a social experience that makes it easy for users to share content, connect with one another, and explore common passions in a number of ways. Socialthing first launched on AOL's country music blog site, TheBoot.com.

New York—April 28, 2009—AOL today announced Socialthing™, a revolutionary new platform that brings social networking services to websites and enables publishers to attract new users and keep them engaged wherever they are on the Web.  MediaGlow, AOL’s centralized publishing unit, is in the process of deploying Socialthing across its network of more than 75 sites – reaching approximately 181 million* unduplicated users worldwide.  Last week Socialthing premiered on ‘TheBoot,’ the #1 online country music destination in terms of unique visitors** and will launch on Cinematical, the blog for movie enthusiasts, in the coming weeks.

AOL announced Socialthing, a new platform that brings social networking services to websites and enables publishers to attract new users and keep them engaged wherever they are on the Web. Socialthing premiered on The Boot -- AOL's country music site. It will launch on AOL's movie blog site, Cinematical, in the coming weeks and will eventually extend to all of AOL's network of sites.