Reprise Media Managing Partners Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2007 Award Finalists in the Metro New York Area

Reprise Media Managing Partners Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2007 Award Finalists in the Metro New York Area

Reprise Media, a leading provider of search engine marketing (SEM) solutions, today announced that its Managing Partners, Peter Hershberg and Joshua Stylman, have been selected as finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2007 Award in the Metro New York Area. This marks the second time in three years that the pair has received this honor.

According to Ernst & Young, the awards program was designed to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs on a regional, national and global level who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. Hershberg and Stylman were selected as finalists from nearly 65 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on June 28, 2007, beginning at 6:00 PM at the New York Marriott Marquis.

“While we are extremely proud to be honored by Ernst & Young for a second time,” said Stylman “we fully recognize that this award is recognition for the company as a whole. It is the intelligence and dedication of our entire team that has allowed us to execute on our goals, better serve our clients and grow into the market leader we have become.”

The award caps off what has been an eventful first half of 2007 for the company. In January, Reprise Media was named “Search Agency of the Year” by leading industry group OMMA. (Online Media, Marketing and Advertising) Then, in April, the company was acquired by the Interpublic Group, (NYSE:IPG) one of the world’s leading advertising and marketing services companies. Reprise Media currently has offices in New York, Boston and San Francisco and counts among its largest clients industry leaders such as Microsoft, USA TODAY, Harper Collins, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and Castrol.

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards program celebrates its 21st anniversary this year. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the overall national Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California on November 17, 2007. The national Entrepreneur Of The Year celebration is part of Ernst & Young’s Strategic Growth Forum. The overall national Entrepreneur Of The Year award recipient is then considered for the world event held in Monte Carlo.

Sponsors:

Founded and produced by Ernst & Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are pleased to have Bank of America as the national presenting sponsor, as well as SAP America and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as national sponsors.

In Metro New York Area, local platinum sponsor includes MARSH; Gold Sponsors include Bowne, Crain’s New York Business and Curran & Connors; Silver Sponsors include Geller & Company, Scherzer International and WithumSmith+Brown/WithumSmith+Brown Global Assurance; News Distribution Sponsor is Business Wire.

About Reprise Media:

Reprise Media offers clients a complete managed solution for their search marketing needs, focused exclusively on improving their return on advertising investment. The Company delivers services and technology that enable advertisers to manage and optimize their customer acquisition programs through search, auction-based and category targeted digital media.

The company was named “2006 Agency of the Year: Best Search” by OMMA Magazine, and has been ranked among the 30 fastest growing companies in the country by Entrepreneur Magazine’s Hot 100 for the past two years.

Reprise Media is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco and Boston. SearchViews (http://www.searchviews.com), the Company’s award-winning blog, provides daily news and commentary on the Search Engine Marketing industry.

For more information, please visit Reprise Media at http://www.reprisemedia.com/. Reprise Media is a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG)

About the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards

The Entrepreneur Of The Year® awards program was created and is produced by professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP. As the first award of its kind, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. The program, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006, honors entrepreneurs through regional, national and global award programs in over 125 cities and 40 countries.

About Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, is committed to enhancing the public’s trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. Its 114,000 people in 140 countries pursue the highest levels of integrity, quality, and professionalism in providing a range of sophisticated services centered on our core competencies of auditing, accounting, tax, and transactions. Further information about Ernst & Young and its approach to a variety of business issues can be found at www.ey.com/perspectives. Ernst & Young refers to the global organization of member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, a U.K. company limited by guarantee, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited does not provide services to clients. Ernst & Young LLP is a U.S. client-serving member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited.
Contacts

Reprise Media, Inc.
Anthony Iaffaldano, 212-444-7477
anthony {at} reprisemedia(.)com