Mandalay Media, Inc. Appoints Mobile Gaming Veteran to Board of Directors
20 Octobre 2009 - 9:59PM
PR Newswire (US)
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mandalay Media, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: MNDL) announced today that it has appointed
Keith McCurdy to the board of directors, effective October 14,
2009. Mr. McCurdy is a long-time veteran and leader in the mobile
gaming industry. During a 10-year career at Electronic Arts (EA), a
leading interactive entertainment software company, Mr. McCurdy
held several senior positions including Vice President of Product
Development, Vice President of Technology, and Vice President of
Online. He founded EA's Online Division, leading the company's
strategy and technology effort onto the Internet. As Vice President
of Technology for World Wide Studios, he was a member of the Office
of the President where he played a key role in the company's
M&A efforts, strategic relationships, and platform transition
strategies. Mr. McCurdy is currently CEO and Co-Founder of Vivaty,
a web platform and online service for highly immersive,
personalized, and easy-to-use 3D virtual worlds easily accessed in
the web browser and integrated with existing web communities and
content. His 20-year career also includes previously serving as CEO
of Blaze Entertainment, where he built the company into a global
mobile publisher, distributing mobile games on 100 carriers
worldwide. Mr. McCurdy is a board member of Majesco Entertainment.
"We look forward to Keith being an active voice on our board in a
time of enormous innovation and change in the mobile gaming
industry," stated Peter Guber, Mandalay Co-Chairman. "His hands-on
experience as a CEO, entrepreneur and board member make him a great
fit for our company as we navigate through our current growth
phase." About Mandalay Media, Inc.: Managed by leading media and
technology industry executives, MNDL's mission is to build a unique
combination of new media distribution and content companies through
acquisitions with domestic and foreign businesses with strong
management teams and historical financial performance. Through its
wholly-owned subsidiary Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. ("Twistbox"),
MNDL is a leading global producer and publisher of mobile
entertainment. Twistbox has exclusive licenses with
industry-leading brands, direct distribution with more than 120
wireless operators in over 45 countries and provides an extensive
portfolio of award-winning games, WAP sites and mobile TV channels.
Its wholly-owned subsidiary AMV Holding Limited is a European
leader in direct-to-consumer mobile Internet content and services.
For more information, please visit http://www.mandalaymediainc.com/
or http://www.twistbox.com/. Safe Harbor: This press release
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of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements
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"believe" and statements in the future tense are forward-looking
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and uncertainties that could cause actual events or actual future
results to differ materially from the expectations set forth in the
forward-looking statements. Some of the factors which could cause
MNDL's results to differ materially from the expectations include
the following: consumer demand for the MNDL's products; consumer
spending trends; fluctuations in the currencies of the countries in
which MNDL operates against the US dollar; timely development and
release of MNDL's products; competition in the industry; the MNDL's
ability to manage expenses; MNDL's ability to manage and
sufficiently integrate acquisitions of other companies; adverse
changes in the securities markets; and other factors described in
our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2009. MNDL does not undertake, and specifically disclaim any
obligation, to release publicly the results of any revisions that
may be made to any forward-looking statements to reflect the
occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances
after the date of such statements. DATASOURCE: Mandalay Media, Inc.
CONTACT: Jim Lefkowitz of Mandalay Media, Inc., +1-310-601-2500,
Web Site: http://www.mandalaymediainc.com/ http://www.twistbox.com/
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