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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$33.4M
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Medialink s mission is to provide clients with media communications that precisely support a client s specific goals. By offering the most innovative and strategic services in the industry, Medialink exceeds client expectations time and time again. The Company s services are designed to leverage its professionals journalism, public relations and research expertise in order to facilitate communications programs that are unique and results-oriented. Medialink professionals are proven leaders in multiple disciplines enabling the utilization of all available resources. Through the professionalism of its employees and the interactive relationship with its clients, Medialink has developed a suite of solutions empowering clients to establish effective communications programs and the analytics necessary to gauge the end results.

Chairman of The Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Laurence Moskowitz
Number of Employees 77
Contact Information

708 3rd Ave

New York, New York 10017-4201

medialink.com

(212) 682-8300

NAICS Code Satellite Telecommunications: 517410

Recent Events

  • Medialink Promotes Chris Hansen to Vice President and Executive Producer

    9/30/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story

  • Medialink shareholders approve merger with NewsMarket

    9/25/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Medialink Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

    8/14/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Medialink Promotes Mike Cavender to Vice President of Client Solutions

    8/03/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story

  • The NewsMarket to Acquire Medialink

    7/01/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

medialink worldwide inc. and semiconductors - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Catherine Lugbauer President, The Lugbauer Group
Donald M. Michels Chief Technology Officer
J. Graeme McWhirter CFO, Executive Vice President & Secretary
Kenneth G. Torosian CFO
Larry Thomas COO
Jack Serpa Senior Vice President, Client Solutions
Mary Buhay Senior Vice President, Corp Communications
Michelle Wallace Senior Vice President, Global Operations
Monica Jennings Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Nicholas F. Peters Senior Vice President
Richard Frisch Senior Vice President
Scott Michaeloff Senior Vice President, Executive Producer
Tierney Kennedy Senior Vice President, Client Solution
Victor Lee Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning
Andrew Lipson Vice President of Operations
Chuck Walker Vice President, Creative Services
Mark Bagley Vice President
Matt Burgess Assoc Vice President, Marketing
Richard Kellner Vice President, Finance
Marissa Osbourne-Toney Director, Marketing Communications
Andy Nobbs
Chris Cutter
Erika Farber
Gerard Mackie
James J. O'Neill Private Financial Consultant
John D Bergen
Judith Feder
Kirsten Sherk
Larry Moskowitz Architect of Video Public Relations
Laurence Mokowitz
Lidj Lewis
Medialink Launches
Michele Wallace
Michelle Harle
Ms Lucy Hadfield
Rose Tibayan Senior Producer
Steve Cook

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Laurence Moskowitz Chairman of The Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Alain Schibl Board of Directors
Bruce Bishop Board of Directors
Donald Kimelman Board of Directors
Douglas S. Knopper Board of Directors
Harold Finelt Board of Directors
Jeffrey Stone Board of Directors
John M. Greening Board of Directors
Theodore W. Tashlik Board of Directors
Theodore Wm Board of Directors

Laurence Moskowitz , 56, the founder of Medialink, has served as Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since its inception in 1986. He began his professional career as a reporter for United Press International in Pittsburgh before being promoted to an editor for UPI in Philadelphia. In 1976 Mr. Moskowitz founded Mediawire, a Philadelphia-based regional public relations newswire, which was merged into a British media company in 1985, where he was Vice President until leaving to form Medialink.

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Chairman of The Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President Current
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Founder Current
Resources Desk Board of Directors Current
Media Wire, Inc. Founder Former
Temple University Professor of Investigative Journalism Former
United Press International, Inc. reporter and editor Former
The Journalism School Former

Catherine Lugbauer , 60, has served as a director of the Company since 2002. Ms. Lugbauer has been President of The Lugbauer Group, a management consulting firm specializing in client satisfaction since 2003, and was also a partner in Kelly & Lugbauer, a consulting firm that helped corporate public relations functions improve their alignment with their organization's strategic goals from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, she was global chief operating officer of Weber Shandwick, a large global public relations firm and a unit of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG), from 2000 to 2002.

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated President, The Lugbauer Group Current
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current

Don Michels joined Medialink as CTO in 2007 with a brief to direct the development, implementation and maintenance of Medialink's technology applications and networks as the Company further expands its broadband capabilities with the launch of Mediaseed , its Web 2.0 content management platform. He was formerly Vice President of Technology for The FeedRoom, Inc., a supplier of broadband media solutions for media companies, organizations and government agencies, where he led teams specializing in software, infrastructure and broadcast engineering and operations, quality assurance and project management. During his six-year tenure, Don also supervised technical design and production on several high-profile Internet broadcast events, including the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship known as "March Madness" for CBS/Sportline and CSTV.

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Chief Technology Officer Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated CFO, Executive Vice President & Secretary Current

A 20-year financial veteran with expertise in the digital asset management industry, Ken Torosian was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Medialink in 2005 to oversee the Company’s financial management and regulatory compliance. Ken previously served as CFO for Applied Graphics Technologies, Inc., one of the world's largest providers of digital asset management and prepress services that was later acquired by venture capital firm Kohlberg and Company. During his tenure, Torosian was responsible for all financial matters and controls within the company, including reporting, tax, and treasury functions, covering more than $600 million in revenue generated from more than 60 locations on three continents. Earlier, he held senior accounting and financial positions at Ogden Projects and Deloitte & Touche. He currently is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated CFO Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated COO Current
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Chief Executive Officer Former
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated President Former
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Chairman Former

Jack Serpa was appointed Senior Vice President of Client Solutions in 2007 and oversees Medialink's national sales force. Serpa brings more than 20 years of experience generating new revenue in public relations and media research. He was formerly a vice president of business development at Cision, an international provider of news media intelligence, where he focused on sales expansion and industry relations. Earlier, he led business and product development teams for electronic news distribution companies Business Wire, Marketwire and Entertainment Communications Network. Serpa also founded a Web-based media research venture that was subsequently acquired by The Arbitron Company. In addition, he later established the online media research practice within Mediamark Research Inc., a consumer research firm.

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Vice President, Client Solutions Current
Cision, Inc. Vice President of Business Development Former

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Vice President, Corp Communications Current
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Marketing Executive Former
AT&T Inc. Former
Young & Rubicam Inc. Former

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Vice President, Global Operations Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Vice President Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Vice President Current
Reuters Group plc president Former

Scott Michaeloff joined Medialink in 1999 and oversees the company's video production and narrative marketing services. He leads the company's efforts to develop new media solutions for Fortune 100 clients and is responsible for developing broadcast and cable partnerships that leverage Medialink's diverse content. Prior to Medialink, Scott spent 14 years at London-based World Television News (WTN), the ABC-owned international news agency. Scott served as Vice President specializing in live international news event coverage, international programming and syndication, news feed syndication, and new media development. He also represented the services of ABC NewsOne and ABC ABSAT satellite truck division internationally. Before joining WTN, Scott held numerous producer positions in news and sports. He has worked with several national cable networks including Showtime, The Movie Channel and MTV. Scott has also worked as a producer and consultant on several entertainment and syndicated programs including Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Real TV, Extra, and A Current Affair.

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Vice President, Executive Producer Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Vice President, Client Solution Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning Current

Andrew Lipson was hired in August, 2008 to manage Medialink's Operations departments. He manages the production of live events, webcasts, and video productions, as well as all online products, media relations, monitoring and reporting. Prior to Medialink, Andrew was Partner in Image First Productions as well as the Founder and President of Iced Coffee Media, a company providing strategic and hands-on consulting to companies incorporating video into their online business practices. Andrew has also worked at some of the largest U.S. media companies including Viacom, Scholastic and Cablevision where he performed a variety of tasks from Production Managing broadcast TV programs to creating company divisions to manage all technology products. He has expertise in all formats of content creation as well as distribution channels such as Broadcast TV, Internet delivery, VOD, and Mobile.

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Vice President of Operations Current
Image First Productions Partner Former

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Vice President, Creative Services Current
Excitepr Current

A co-founder of U.S. Newswire, Bagley is the division's Senior Vice President and a Vice President of USN's parent company, Medialink Worldwide, Inc. Bagley is a 30-year veteran of the wire service industry, having worked for news services in Pittsburgh and in Boston prior to U.S. Newswire. Earlier in his career, he was a broadcast journalist, including a two-year stint as morning news editor for KQV-Newsradio, Pittsburgh. A member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Online News Association, he holds a BA in journalism from Penn State University. Bagley is married and the father of three children, and lives in Virginia.

Organization Position Status
U.S. Newswire Senior Vice President Current
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Vice President Current
Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. Vice President Current
Hirtle, Callaghan & Co. Investment Officer Current
Society of Professional Journalists Current
Association for Investment Management and Research Board of Directors Current
Association for Investment Management and Research Member Current
U.S. Newswire Co-Founder Former
Touche, Inc. Investment Analyst Former
Cms Companies Auditor Former
K Q V Newsradio news editor Former
Online News Association Former
The Pennsylvania State University B.S. In Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Assoc Vice President, Marketing Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Vice President, Finance Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Director, Marketing Communications Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current
Time Warner Inc. Former
Ecn, Inc. Former
EMAP Plc Former

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current
ABC News, Inc. Former

James J. O'Neill , 70, has served as a director of the Company since 1994. Mr. O'Neill is an attorney and serves as a private financial consultant and a member of the board of directors of Companion Life Insurance Company. He served as an officer and Senior Vice President of Rothschild Inc., the U.S. office of the Rothschild family, from 1986 to 1995.

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Private Financial Consultant Current
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current
Rothschild Inc. Senior Vice President Former
Rothschild Inc. Officer Former

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current
CNN Headline News Former

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Architect of Video Public Relations Current

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current
United Press International, Inc. reporter and editor Former

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current

Under his leadership, Medialink has expanded its portfolio of digital media services that now comprises production and distribution of streaming media, podcasting, search engine marketing, Web syndication, viral distribution, narrative marketing, and digital asset management. In 2007, Larry led the creation of Mediaseed , Medialink's Web 2.0 platform for producing, hosting, sharing, distributing and tracking video and other rich media assets. It was designed to meet the needs of the growing population of on-line and broadcast journalists who require video and audio on demand in a variety of formats. The most recent addition, announced yesterday, is the Interactive News Release, a robust Web-based communications tool packed with video, audio, graphics and social networking features to enable consumers to engage with a client's brand. Larry joined Medialink in 2005 and brings to the Company more than a decade of experience in media services management and product development. Prior to Medialink, Larry was President of a provider of broadcast and multimedia production and global distribution services that he helped found in 2002 as a division of a national newswire company. During his earlier career, Larry also held progressively senior management positions overseeing critical business ventures, including the launch of a digital distribution platform for multimedia news content, while playing key roles directing sales growth.

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current
News Corporation Former

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current
Christopher Jones Producer Former
Fox Television Former

Organization Position Status
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current
Saatchi & Saatchi Former

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Naaap Chicago Vice President, Strategic Development Current
Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Senior Producer Current
Naaap Chicago Board of Directors Current
WPVI-TV Inc. General Assignment Reporter Former
University of Delaware B.A. In English Former

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current
Bitpass, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current

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Medialink Worldwide Incorporated Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • Medialink Worldwide Announces Signing of Merger Agreement

    Broadcast Newsroom - 7/01/09 - View Story

  • Medialink Worldwide Extinguishes Subordinated Debentures

    Broadcast Newsroom - 7/01/09 - View Story

  • Medialink Worldwide Extinguishes Subordinated Debentures

    Reuters - 7/01/09 - View Story

  • Medialink Worldwide Announces Signing of Merger Agreement

    Reuters - 7/01/09 - View Story

  • Medialink Worldwide Announces Signing of Merger Agreement

    PR Newswire - 7/01/09 - View Story

  • Medialink Worldwide Extinguishes Subordinated Debentures

    PR Newswire - 7/01/09 - View Story

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