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Wizzard Media Launches 100 New Android Apps Via Amazon.com Appstore

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PITTSBURGH - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world's leading podcast network, today announced the availability of 100 new media Apps in the Amazon Appstore for Android. Wizzard Media's Apps empowers podcast producers with the ability to monetize their content by charging for mobile Apps and enables users with the capability to consume their favorite podcasts, interact with the show's producers and conveniently stream content directly to their mobile device.

And now with the availability of the Wizzard Media Apps in the Amazon Appstore, these Apps are open to Android users among Amazon's U.S. customer base of more than 65 million people and range in price from $.99 to $4.99 each. "Amazon.com is the Wal-Mart of online shopping with its great prices and massive reach," said Chris Spencer, Wizzard CEO. "We are excited about the expansion of our App product line to Amazon.com which enables audiences of shows on our network with the ability to buy their favorite media Apps from another one of the top App stores in the marketplace."

Management believes Wizzard is strongly positioned to capitalize on the rapidly growing demand for mobile content through App sales, in-content advertising and reoccurring content subscriptions and through these mobile Apps, is in the process of rolling out the technology for creating a subscription based service, similar to Netflix Online.

"Gartner Research is predicting 39% of global smartphone sales in 2011 will be Android phones and in 2012 Gartner is predicting 49% of global smartphone sales will be Android Phones," said Laurie Sims, President, Wizzard Media. "Our content producer customers have been requesting Android Apps so we are making it available on the Amazon Appstore to deliver that powerful experience to even more Android users among Amazon's huge customer base.

"This is a natural progression in Wizzard's strategy to become the leading mobile content distribution and monetization service for the mobile entertainment lifestyle shift rapidly infiltrating our society," continues Spencer. "Our service provides serious mobile content publishers with state-of-the-art distribution services, unique monetization solutions and compelling audience engagement experiences that are extendible to future platforms, as we are demonstrating with this expansion."

With these new Apps, Wizzard Media now has over 1,200 total Apps, allowing podcast producers on its network to reach their audiences through their mobile devices. As part of Wizzard's move toward creating a simplified, inexpensive subscription service, producers using Wizzard's network can offer premium content to their audience for an inexpensive monthly subscription fee through their website and now through various Apps.

These Apps are currently available in the Amazon Appstore by searching for Wizzard Media at www.amazon.com/appstore.

About Wizzard Media:

Wizzard Media provides podcast publishers with distribution and monetization services. Our clients include Microsoft, National Geographic, Harvard Business Review, NPR and more than 14,000 others who use Wizzard Media products to measure their podcast audience, deliver popular audio and video entertainment and monetize their content through advertising and App sales and subscriptions. In 2010, the Wizzard Media Network received over 1.64 billion podcast requests from approximately 50 million people worldwide through iPods, iPhones, iPads, iTunes, Blackberrys, Zunes, Androids and many other devices and destinations. We are part of a publicly held, Pittsburgh based company with thousands of shareholders and a world-class team. Visit us on the web at www.wizzardsoftware.com/media, email us at contact@wizzard.tv.

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Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: "Forward-looking Statements" as defined in the Private Securities litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. There are important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to risks associated with changes in general economic and business conditions, actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our services, changes in our business strategies and acts of terror against the United States.

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