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(AUGUST 2008) Envision Radio Networks® is happy to announce the USA TODAY – Don’t Quote Me – Quote of the Day, a new daily 60 second vignette that brings the popular board game to radio in a fully integrated package that includes radio, interactive website, and print components. The radio debut is congruent with the print debut (Monday, 8/4) of USA TODAY’S first new puzzle, since launching Sudoku to the American public, with the addition of the daily game from Don’t Quote Me. The print version of Don’t Quote Me gives readers a chance to guess who said what in a daily puzzle modeled from the popular board game. Envision Radio Networks®, USA Today, and Wiggles 3D are excited to forge a partnership that will make Don’t Quote Me available in a variety of formats. They believe the combination of the game’s debut in both print and broadcast will pique the interest of people all over the country and become as popular as Sudoku.
“As radio stations continue to build out their websites and look for original content that would be of interest for their listeners, Envision Radio Networks® will provide daily content for broadcasters that can be used on-air and on the Internet,” states Danno Wolkoff, CEO/President Envision Radio Networks®. “USA TODAY’S Don’t Quote Me is the perfect fit for radio stations to cross promote on-air games with interactive games on their website that will keep listeners coming back each day to play.”
Wiggles 3D president Don Reid says he is extremely pleased to be working with both USA Today and Envision Radio Networks®. Reid says, “This initiative represents another important touch point for the Don’t Quote Me® brand with consumers.”
“We think readers will really enjoy the addition of the Don’t Quote Me puzzle to our puzzle page and we look forward to furthering our partnership with Envision Radio Networks® and Wiggles 3D,” said Christy Hartsell, director of brand licensing for USA TODAY.
Envision Radio Networks® offers USA TODAY’S Don’t Quote Me in a 60-second daily vignette that brings fun and engaging elements to radio by getting listeners involved in the interactive guessing game. Don’t Quote Me also provides daily interactive web content for radio stations’ websites including the Quote of the Day, top 10 lists, puzzles, and games. Visit www.envisionradio.com for more details or contact Matt Wardlaw at 216-831-3761 for information on how you can get Don’t Quote Me for your radio station.
About Envision Radio Networks®:
Envision Radio Networks® provides content and services to more than 1,000 radio stations and reaches over 38 million listeners weekly. Envision Radio Networks, Inc. is the largest independently owned affiliate relations company in the country and supplies all types of programming and services to radio including morning show prep, short-form vignettes, live syndicated morning shows, long-form weekend programming, comedy services, remote broadcasts and event programming, off-air tools and web content, album releases and artist specials. Envision Radio Networks® is based in Cleveland, Ohio, with offices in New York City and Los Angeles.
About Wiggles 3D Incorporated:
Wiggles 3D Incorporated is a Canadian entertainment development company based in London, Ont. Wiggles 3D is the publisher of multiple award-winning party and family games that are supported by syndicated newspaper puzzles, radio programming and print publishing. The Don’t Quote Me® brand harnesses the universal popularity of quotes in branded and co-branded products and services that include award-winning games, merchandise and an interactive website at www.dontquoteme.com.
About USA TODAY:
USA TODAY is the nation’s top-selling newspaper. It is published via satellite at 34 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad. With a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide. USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI). The USA TODAY brand also includes: USATODAY.com, an award-winning news and information Web site that is updated 24 hours per day; USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a magazine for enthusiasts of college and professional football and baseball; USA TODAY Mobile, offering up-to-the minute news and information on a variety of mobile platforms and devices; and USA TODAY Live, the television arm of the USA TODAY brand that brings the spirit and quality of the newspaper to television.
