GoFish Announces Premium Entertainment Programming
Hollywood Close-Up's Celebrity Interviews to Launch on GoFish Network
SAN FRANCISCO - March 27, 2007 - GoFish Corporation, the leading publicly traded online video company where millions of people come to watch, upload and share videos, today announced a partnership with Hollywood Close-Ups, Inc., a production and syndication company created by renowned entertainment critic, David Sheehan. GoFish will offer a premium catalog of original shows featuring Sheehan's interviews and profiles of dozens of A-list Hollywood celebrities.
Hollywood Close-Ups, Inc. is one of the premier entertainment-industry related production and syndication companies with a library of engaging, original programs that showcase today's hottest celebrities. With its current series of syndicated specials, Summer Movie Magic, Holiday Movie Magic, Academy Awards® Movie Magic and Hollywood Icons, Sheehan lends his keen insight into the lives and lifestyles of film and television's leading actors and actresses, including Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie, Jack Nicholson, Kate Winslet, Clint Eastwood, Brad Pitt, and many others.
"Hollywood Close-Up provides some of the most unique and in-depth perspective on the entertainment business and the celebrities who drive it, said David Sheehan, founder and president of Hollywood Close-Up. "Our shows will add a layer of sophistication to the GoFish Network that is lacking on most other online video sites, and we're excited to be partnering with a team that places such emphasis on high-quality programming."
"Our goal is to continue to offer a diverse mixture of original and made-for-Internet programming to the GoFish community," said Michael Downing, founder and CEO of GoFish. "Sheehan has been a preeminent entertainment journalist in Hollywood for more than 30 years, and his popular shows will bring a high-caliber of programming to the GoFish Network."
About GoFish Corporation
GoFish Corporation, (OTCBB: GOFH) headquartered in San Francisco, is a leading consumer online video destination that, in two years, has grown to deliver millions of videos per month to a rapidly growing audience of enthusiasts. An early entrant into the user-generated video sector and the first publicly traded company in the space, GoFish is a place on the web where millions of people come to upload, share and watch their favorite videos from around the world. For more information about the company, go to www.gofishcorp.com.
About Hollywood Close-Ups, Inc.
Hollywood Close-Ups is one of Hollywood's premier production and syndication companies, producing and distributing national television specials broadcast to over 95% of the U.S., plus 18 foreign countries. Shows spotlight the hottest new movies, Oscar®-worthy movies, and the movie stars that make these movies magical. David Sheehan is Hollywood's pre-eminent movie reviewer and movie star interviewer - and the name and face behind Hollywood Close-Ups. After 30 years of doing daily newscasts on the air at NBC-TV and CBS-TV, Sheehan is now writing, producing and hosting a new series of his popular, nationally syndicated television specials about movies and movie stars. He has been hosting three national specials every year: Summer Movie Magic, Holiday Movie Magic and Academy Awards Movie Magic (with friend Jack Nicholson recurring), all syndicated by Hollywood Close-Ups. Now, in 2007, David Sheehan has written, produced and hosted the most successful o-t-o (one-time-only) syndicated special in the history of television: Academy Awards Movie Magic, which just aired during the latter part of February on an unprecedented 259 stations in 198 markets, covering 96.544% of U.S. DMAs. Hollywood Close-Ups is headquartered in Studio City, CA. For more information please visit the website at www.hollywoodcloseups.com.
Media Contacts for GoFish
Nils Erdmann, GoFish Corporation, 415-738-8705, nils@gofish.com
Tom Sarris, GoFish Corporation, 415-738-8705, tom@gofish.com
Investor Contacts for GoFish
Nate Wright, Market Street Partners, 415-445-3239, nate@marketstreetpartners.com
Joann Horne, Market Street Partners, 415-445-3233, joann@marketstreetpartners.com
Media Contact for Hollywood Close-Ups, Inc.
Stacia Brigham Caggiano, B & C Public Relations, 505-699-6993, sstaciacaggiano@aol.com