@Piczo Channels Launched With Exclusive Partnership Content

Piczo, the leading teen destination for self expression, has today announced the launch of Gossip@Piczo as well as a series of other @Piczo channels to showcase exclusive editorial content provided by a number of strategic global partners including Yahoo Music, MyVideo, Sony BMG and Spleak Media Network, Inc.

We are excited about continuing our partnership with Spleak and giving our members access to compelling content that they can use to express themselves and build their Piczo pages. Piczo members are quick to embrace highly relevant professional content like that presented on Gossip@Piczo, and we look forward to building out other key @Piczo channels over the coming months.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2008 -- Piczo, the leading teen destination for self expression, has today announced the launch of a series of new online channels to showcase exclusive editorial content, provided by a number of strategic global partners including Yahoo Music, MyVideo, Sony BMG and Spleak Media Network, Inc.

The @Piczo Channels provide teens with dedicated, and often exclusive, content including videos, gossip, and images which they can integrate into their own Piczo pages using the existing drag-and-drop website building tools and the Piczo Zone.

Gossip@Piczo, launched in partnership with CelebSpleak, the leading Spleak property, is the most recent @Piczo channel, and joins Music@Piczo as a key destination for Piczo visitors. In a little over a week of its beta launch, the channel has proved to be one of the most popular destinations on the site. Gossip@Piczo offers teens the opportunity to catch up on gossip from their favorite teen-targeted celebrities including the cast of High School Musical 2, Justin Timberlake, Avril Lavigne, and various other celebrities. The interactive channel also invites members to submit the fan sites they create on Piczo for their favorite celebrities including the Jonas Brothers and Ashley Tisdale.

Jeremy Verba, CEO of Piczo, said: "We are excited about continuing our partnership with Spleak and giving our members access to compelling content that they can use to express themselves and build their Piczo pages. Piczo members are quick to embrace highly relevant professional content like that presented on Gossip@Piczo, and we look forward to building out other key @Piczo channels over the coming months."

"Teenagers increasingly want to consume content quickly without having to spend time searching for the latest news and content," said Morrie Eisenberg, CEO of Spleak Media Network. "The Gossip@Piczo channel offers an easy-to-use navigable platform through which teens can get the latest celebrity news through Web, mobile, and instant messaging platforms. Further, if they want to add it to their page or share it with friends, they can easily do this with the hosted CelebSpleak widget"

In addition to Gossip@Piczo, Music@Piczo showcases content and interviews from music partners including Yahoo Music and SonyBMG. Additional channels, including Movies@Piczo and Polls@Piczo, are scheduled for launch within the next several months.

For further information please contact Bryan Bennett bbennett(at)piczoinc.com.

Notes to Editors

About Piczo, Inc.
With over 10 million unique users per month, Piczo empowers teenagers worldwide to creatively express themselves, build personal communities, and share ideas and experiences with their friends in a safer online environment. Piczo's customizable content, colourful graphics, glitter text, video, games, and photo editing tools spotlight member creativity without requiring any technical know-how. Piczo is venture-backed by US Venture Partners, Catamount Ventures, and Sierra Ventures, and has offices in San Francisco and London.

    
About Spleak Media Network
Spleak Media Network is a hybrid publishing platform that combines the strengths and merits of mainstream media along with user-generated content. Spleak enables highly interactive and engaging communication between users and publishers across instant messaging, social networking, SMS and web-based widgets. Spleak's first platform is CelebSpleak, a celebrity gossip content network with over 100,000 active daily users, and the company will launch numerous other content networks in 2008. Based in San Francisco, Spleak Media Network is venture-backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Sunstone Capital and is privately-held.

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