Adam Carolla Selects Wizzard Media For Podcast Hosting, Distribution, Network Management and Monetization Tools

Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world’s leading podcasting network, today announced that The Adam Carolla Show, one of the top 5 most popular podcasts in iTunes, has selected Wizzard Media for its podcast hosting, distribution, multi show network capabilities and monetization tools.

Carolla, a veteran radio personality, spent 11 years as co-host with Dr. Drew on Loveline and 3 years hosting his own morning show before starting his podcast in February, 2009. The Adam Carolla Show has been a hit since its first launched, recording over 50 million downloads in its first year and was named iTunes best audio podcast of 2009. The show currently has over 3 million downloads per month and new episodes are released about five times per week.

"Adam Corolla is one of the biggest names in podcasting and we are very pleased to have him use our podcast publishing platform,” says Chris Spencer, CEO Wizzard Media. "We look forward to providing him great tools to monetize and grow his ACE Broadcasting network worldwide.”

In addition to The Adam Carolla Show, Carolla’s ACE Broadcasting Network will use Wizzard Media for all of its podcasts including: CarCast (#24 Automotive), SportsCast with Spider and Henchmen (#33 Sports), The Film Vault (#23 TV & Film), Daves of Thunder (#49 Comedy) and The Parent Experiment (#5 Kids & Family).

"We selected Wizzard Media for their easy to use yet feature rich platform, their longevity in the industry and their experience in monetization,” said Adam Carolla, ACE Broadcasting.

"Wizzard Media is now the delivery platform for all ACE Broadcasting podcast content due to their reliable content delivery and solid network backbone,” Sandy Ganz, CTO ACE Broadcasting.

ACE Broadcasting

In February 2009, Adam Carolla and partner & Executive Producer Donny Misraje launched ACE Broadcasting with its first show The Adam Carolla Podcast. From there it has quickly expanded to include 6 other weekly podcasts with many new shows in development.

Started from his home office, The Adam Carolla Show now reaches more than 5 million downloads a month. In December, it reached critical acclaim when iTunes bestowed the crew with the Rewind Award For Best Podcast Of 2009 (Audio). Past guests have included, Francis Ford Coppola, Alec Baldwin, Danny DeVito, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, Joel McHale, Brad Garrett, David Cross, Ed Begley Jr., George Takai, Andy Dick, Patton Oswalt, Aisha Tyler, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Greg Fitzsimmons and many more.

With over 60 million downloads to date, the podcast pioneer remains a constant in the Top 10 of iTunes Podcasts chart. ACS holds the record for Most Daily Downloaded online show, with one episode being downloaded 550,000 times. Adam’s accomplishments have been featured in Entertainment Weekly’s Must List, Esquire, Fast Company, Entrepreneur and on ABC News.

ACE broadcasting monopolizes iTunes podcast page with a diverse line up of shows ranging from parenting to sports. The NY Times raved about Carolla’s "Carcast,” for automobile lovers like himself. "The Parent Experiment” is hosted by wife, Lynette Carolla, and was #1 on iTunes for six weeks running and is still the #1 parenting podcast. There is also "The Film Vault” (#1 in Comedy and Overall), "Daves Of Thunder” with Dave Dameshek, and a sports podcast hosted by NBA champ John Salley, "Spider & The Henchman.”

"The idea that people want to be under our umbrella is flattering and it’s why we did it for free and used our own money. It’d be nice to make your own decisions, ones you have to live and die with.” -Adam said in a March feature of Fast Company Magazine.

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Adam Carolla, who is best known for his work in television and radio, has previously hosted CBS RADIO’s "The Adam Carolla Show,” was co-host of the nationally syndicated radio call-in show "Loveline,” co- created, and executive produced and co-hosted Comedy Central’s "The Man Show,” co-created, executive produced and was a character on "Crank Yankers,” as well as was a contestant on ABC’s popular series "Dancing With The Stars.” Carolla also starred, wrote and produced the award-winning indie film "The Hammer.” Currently, Adam is writing a book of rants due this fall for Crown Publishing, titled "In 50 Years We’ll All Be Chicks.”

About Wizzard Media:

Wizzard Media provides podcast publishers with distribution and monetization services. Our clients include Microsoft, National Geographic, Harvard Business Review, Usher, NPR, Kevin Smith and more than 15,000 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. In 2009, the Wizzard Media Network received over 1.4 billion podcast requests from approximately 50 million people worldwide through iPods, iPhones, iTunes, Zune 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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