Media Monitors Awarded Media Rating Council (MRC) Accreditation

White Plains, NY (September 10, 2008) — Media Monitors has been granted accreditation for the Radio Spot Service. The MRC is a non-profit industry association established in 1964 composed of leading television, radio, print and Internet companies, as well as advertising agencies, advertisers and trade associations.

Philippe Generali, President and CEO of Media Monitors expounds on the MRC significance, “This is a thrilling moment for Media Monitors. After years of rolling out the most reliable monitoring service for

broadcasters, this is the icing on the cake. We continue to pledge to the industry the highest quality data with unmatched speed.”

The standards Media Monitors has adhered to in research data ensure valid, reliable and effective information for all users. “Media Monitors is the first radio monitoring service to be audited and accredited by MRC and I congratulate them on this noteworthy accomplishment for the spot radio advertising component of their service” said George Ivie, Executive Director of the Media Rating Council. “MRC accreditation provides subscribers with confidence that Media Monitors is identifying and reporting radio advertising occurrences in accordance with MRC Standards.”

The MRC Accreditation is an achievement reached after years of exposure to the requirements and emulating them. Companies base revenue decisions off Media Monitors services, and we will continue to raise the bar.

About the Media Rating Council (MRC)

The MRC is a non-profit Industry association established in 1964 composed of leading television, radio, print and Internet companies, as well as advertisers, advertising agencies and trade associations whose goal is to ensure measurement services that are valid, reliable and effective. Measurement services desiring MRC Accreditation are required to disclose to their customers all methodological aspects of their service; comply with the MRC Minimum Standards for Media Rating Research; and submit to MRC-designed audits to authenticate and illuminate their procedures. In addition, the MRC membership actively pursues research issues they consider priorities in an effort to improve the quality of research in the marketplace. Currently approximately 50 research products are audited by the MRC.

About Media Monitors

Media Monitors is the nation's leading broadcast monitoring and verification service for broadcasters, print media, media investment companies and advertising agencies. Media Monitors is a subsidiary of RCS, the world's leading provider of broadcast and webcast software. Media Monitors and its logo are service marks of Media Monitors. The Media Monitors broadcast content recognition process of audio fingerprinting used by Media Monitors is protected by U.S. Patent 5,437,050. For more information, visit www.mediamonitors.com

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