Monster Worldwide Elects Datalogic SpA Vice Chairman and CEO Roberto Tunioli to Board of Directors and Interpublic Declares Dividend on Series B Preferred Stock

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City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 09/25/2008 - Entertainment industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNST), the parent company of Monster(R), the leading global online careers and recruitment resource, recently announced that its board of directors has elected Roberto Tunioli, Vice Chairman and CEO of Europe's Datalogic SpA, as a member of the board effective immediately. The addition of Mr. Tunioli reflects Monster's ever-expanding international presence and focus. With the election of Mr. Tunioli, Monster Worldwide's board of directors expands to eight directors. Six of the eight board members are independent, consistent with the Company's corporate governance policy that at least two-thirds of its directors be independent. As Vice Chairman and CEO of Datalogic SpA, Mr. Tunioli leads the third largest producer of bar code readers, data collection mobile computers and RFID technology systems in the world. Under his leadership, the international company increased sales from an estimated 35 million euro in 1993 to over 400 million euro in 2007.


Commission Junction, a division of ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK) and the leading global provider of affiliate marketing solutions, recently announced the winners of its CJYou Awards, which were presented at the annual Commission Junction University (CJU), the industry's premier networking and educational event that takes place every September in Santa Barbara, California. The award winners are advertisers, publishers and agencies representing national and international brands who were chosen for their outstanding network performance metrics. For more information on the 2008 CJYou award winners, go to www.cj.com/affiliatemarketingawards. Formerly called the Horizon Awards, the CJYou Awards were introduced this year to reflect the emphasis that Commission Junction places on network performance metrics (the company was the first affiliate marketing network to publish earnings per click, or EPC, metrics) and to enable its clients to nominate advertisers and publishers for the qualities they value in one another as partners.

The Board of Directors of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE: IPG) has declared a dividend of $13.125 per share on its 5 % Series B Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock. The dividend on the Series B Preferred Stock is payable in cash on October 15, 2008 to holders of record at the close of business on October 1, 2008. There will be a maximum of 525,000 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock outstanding on October 1, 2008, resulting in a maximum possible aggregate dividend of $6,890,625.

Archer Entertainment Media Communications Inc. (OTC: AEMC.PK) (ISIN US039490107) www.archeremc.com reveals its new, proprietary, branded, global search engine www.archer.12buzz.com. The search engine is now functioning and receiving significant traffic, Michael Selsman, Archer CEO, announced. "Our search engine features Actorvist, a virtual social network similar to MySpace or Facebook, Archer News, Shopping, Travel, Property, Finance, Mobile Email, VoIP, FX Games, TV Video, Online Casino, Download MP3s and more. We expect this to generate significant revenue immediately," Selsman said. Archer recently opened Hong Kong offices to assist increasing inquiries from brokers and potential investors from Southeast Asia. Archer has a strategic partnership in Asia with 12buzz.com, which is ranked at 7,700 in World Wide Web traffic, by Alexa, http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/12buzz.com making Buzz one of the world's most popular web sites. Buzz expects to rank in the top three sites across Asia within the next few months, competing directly with Yahoo, Google, MSN and Baidu. 12buzz.com can also be found on more than 10,000 PCs in Internet Cafes in Thailand; in over 250,000 PCs as the home page in Internet Cafes in China, and projects that number to rise to 500,000 this year. Buzz Marketing's Ad-Network competes directly with Google, Baidu and Yahoo!, and reported displaying over 600 million ads in August.

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