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Mediabistro.com (a division of Jupitermedia Corporation, Nasdaq: JUPM) announced today that Guy Kawasaki and Fred Durham have joined the inaugural UGCX keynote speaker lineup. UGCX: User-Generated Content Conference & Expo will take place at the San Jose Convention Center February 9 - 10, 2009 in San Jose, CA. "Gary Kawasaki of Garage Technology Ventures and Fred Durham of CafePress join Bruce Livingstone of istockphoto on our roster of keynotes," said Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler. "UGCX will bring together visionaries and innovators that are creating business models, content, platforms, new media and brand presence." "User-generated content is a rapidly developing revolution in media. UGCX is the first conference organized to unite content-trendsetters and business leaders in various fields to examine how their worlds collide and what the future holds," said Meckler. "User-generated, or social content, is affecting business for both profit and nonprofit organizations,� concluded Meckler. Guy Kawasaki is a founding partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at Garage Technology Ventures. He is also the co-founder of Alltop.com, an "online magazine rack" of popular topics on the web. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of eight books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. Fred Durham founded CafePress in 1999 to provide businesses and individuals with a way to sell customized printed merchandise over the Web. Since then, Fred has steered the organization to become a recognized leader in user-generated commerce with over 400 employees in two locations and a community of 6.5 million members. Kawaski and Durham will be joined by other UGC experts including Jim Caparro, Creative Partners Media, Jerome Conlon, Brand Frameworks, Jack Hollingsworth, JackHollingsworth.com, Brian Solis, Future-Works, and mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby. The UGCX�conference program will deliver sessions on creating business models, content creation, platform creation, new media and brand presence for this emerging field. The program features four tracks: SOCIAL CONTENT: social�content for big business, mobile applications, social promotion engines, mature social networks, audience building and marketing 2.0 PHOTOGRAPHY: microstock platforms, UGC business models, licensing and rights management, citizen photo-journalism, sharing, selling and defending photos online. MUSIC: social platforms, artist recruitment and management, musician opportunities, branding, promotional uses, tools and software, business models, widgets, webisodes, and clips VIDEO &�GAMING:�monetizing video content,�video & viral marketing, business models, video games, licensing and rights management The trade show floor will be a marketplace for UGC organizations that provide tools, technology, services and infrastructure for both UGC buyers and producers. UGCX will provide a critical element that can only be found at a trade show -- it will also facilitate face-to-face business development for entrepreneurs, VCs, partnerships and recruitment. For more information and to register for the conference, please go to www.ugcxevent.com or call 212-547-7891. Special group registration rates will be available for organizations. For information on sponsorships or exhibiting at the event, please contact�Frank Fazio,�eventsales@mediabistro.com or 212-389-2075. To follow UGCX�updates via Twitter, visit www.twitter.com/ugcx. About Jupitermedia Corporation Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), (www.jupitermedia.com) headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading global provider of original information, images and digital content for information technology, business and creative professionals. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. 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