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NextStage Interest, RealTime Media, Appoints William Reilly President and CEO

Collegeville, PA – September 9, 2004 – RealTime Media Inc., which develops compliance-based marketing programs, has named William Reilly president and chief executive officer. Reilly replaces John Hopper, who is no longer with the company. Hopper had served as president and CEO since 2001.

As CEO, Reilly has also joined RealTime's board. The board's other directors are Jeff McElnea, former principal at Einson Freeman; Marc Lederman, partner at NewSpring; Jim Flynn, president and CEO of Maxwell Systems Inc.; and Robert Adams, managing partner and co-founder of NextStage Advisors.

Reilly joins RealTime after working as an independent consultant to private equity firms at Chesterbrook Growth Partners. Earlier, he was chief operating officer at CheckPoint Systems Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of products and services for automatic identification, retail security, pricing and brand promotion.

RealTime's compliance-based marketing is comprised of three service offerings: promotions, e-mail and data management. The company's promotions and features include online sweepstakes, instant win games, trivia games and registration campaigns. The company's RealTime E-mail Management System manages millions of messages and provides support for an unlimited number of embedded links. The database management offering provides such services as audience profiling and analytics and data synchronization.

RealTime, which is profitable, announced its last funding round in 2001. The $2.2 million Series B was provided by New Spring Ventures, Covenant Partners, Lancaster Investment Partners and individuals. At that time, the company had raised a total of $11 million. RealTime has headquarters in King of Prussia, PA.

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