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New York, NY - September 26, 2003- For the second consecutive year, LinkShare Corporation, the leader in performance-based marketing, has been awarded the highest ranking in Deloitte & Touche's prestigious Technology Fast 50 program for the New York area, a list of the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in the region by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms. LinkShare is the only company in the program's history to have received the highest ranking for 2 consecutive years.
" To succeed during prosperous times is one thing; to succeed in adversity is much more challenging, and that's exactly what the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50 winners have done," said Larry Wizel, Partner in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications practice of Deloitte & Touche and Chair of the New York Technology Fast 50. " We applaud LinkShare for its tremendous accomplishments during economically challenging times and for being one of the elite Fast 50 companies in New York."
LinkShare is the leader in performance-based marketing, providing an online marketplace where businesses can build pay-for-performance relationships that minimize customer acquisition costs, and maximize the revenue-generating potential of their websites. By participating in LinkShare's affiliate marketing networks, online businesses desiring additional sales, registrations, leads, or other activity are able to forge alliances with hundreds of thousands of affiliate sales partners seeking to monetize their traffic. In addition, LinkShare is launching a new suite of services aimed at helping companies manage their affiliate marketing programs more efficiently and increase revenue through targeted search marketing. The 26,268 percent growth and resulting ranking are evidence of how LinkShare's business solutions have successfully delivered value to its customers, even in a challenging market environment.
LinkShare's Chairman and CEO, Stephen Messer, credits vision, discipline, passion, and a company-wide entrepreneurial spirit for the sustained revenue growth. LinkShare pioneered the affiliate marketing industry with its patented tracking technology, launching the industry's premier affiliate marketing network. " We have always adhered to a guiding philosophy of maximizing resources to build a company that can stand on its own. Our continued revenue growth is further distinguished by the fact that we were the first company in our space to become profitable, and we have sustained that profitability year over year," stated Messer. " We are especially proud that our performance-based business model enables our success to translate into the success of our clients' affiliate and search marketing initiatives."
Deloitte & Touche announced the rankings at the awards dinner for the winners on Thursday, September 25, 2003, at the Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1998-2002. LinkShare's increase in revenues of 26,268 percent from 1998 to 2002 resulted in first place ranking overall in the Fast 50 for New York. The average increase in revenues among companies who made the Fast 50 for this region was 1,312 percent.
To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 1998 and $1,000,000 in 2002, must be public or private companies headquartered in North America, and be a " technology company" defined as owning proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues (using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify); and/or devoting a significant proportion of revenues to research and development of technology.
Winners of the 20 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information on the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com.
This year's New York Technology Fast 50 is supported by Platinum Sponsors: Bank of New York, Geller & Company, Marsh Financial Services, NASDAQ, and Proskauer Rose; Gold Sponsors: the Journal News; and Silver Sponsors: Polytechnic University the NYU Center for Advanced Technology.
About LinkShare Corporation
LinkShare Corporation is the leading provider of technology solutions to track, manage, and analyze the performance of sales, marketing, and business development initiatives. Combining patented technology, the reach and distribution of a robust network, and expert account management services, LinkShare empowers clients with the ability to collaborate with partners online and develop cost-efficient affiliate and search marketing campaigns. LinkShare facilitates these partnerships across multiple channels, providing the platform, tools, and reporting to help clients acquire new customers, increase revenues, drive results, and measure success. LinkShare clients are Fortune 500 and prominent companies doing business online, and include OfficeMax, J.C. Penney, 1-800-Flowers.com, AT&T Corp., American Express, Avon Products and Dell Computer Corporation. LinkShare was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Denver, and Chicago.
LinkShare is proud to receive financial, operational and strategic support from Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: MITSY), Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A), Inc., Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ: ICGE), and Comcast Interactive Capital, an affiliate of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSK; CMCSA). Please visit www.linkshare.com for more information.
About Deloitte & Touche Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Group
The TMT Group is composed of service professionals who have a wealth of experience serving technology, media and telecommunications companies throughout the world in areas including cable, communications providers, computers and peripherals, entertainment, media and publishing, networking, semiconductors, software, wireless, and related industries. These specialists understand the challenges that these companies face throughout all stages of their business growth cycle and are committed to helping them succeed. Deloitte & Touche is a leader in providing strategic, financial and operational assistance to its technology, media and telecommunications clients.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties including but not limited to risks associated with the uncertainty of LinkShare's future performance, additional financing requirements, and the effect of economic conditions in the B2C and B2B e-commerce market.