News

Creative Circle Advertising Solutions Signs North Jersey Media Group, Launches CommunityConnection for 120 Towns

CommunityConnection creates a forum for community members to share stories, event announcements, photos, blogs and debates

For Immediate Release
Contact: Bill Ostendorf, 401-272-1122

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (August 1, 2006)--Creative Circle Advertising Solutions (CCAS), makers of the popular adQ intelligent classifieds Web entry system, has issued a license to North Jersey Media Group to launch CommunityConnection.

CommunityConnection is a participatory journalism forum that enables any member of an online community to sign up and share stories, event announcements, photos or blogs, as well as host debates. The system supports a growing trend of citizen "watchdogs" who are becoming increasingly active in community reporting.

"CommunityConnection helps more people participate - faster and easier - than most any other form of dialogue on the Web," says Bill Ostendorf, president and founder of Creative Circle Media Consulting. "We are very excited to be working with North Jersey Media Group and look forward to bringing their customers better access to community information."

To date, North Jersey Media Group is the largest organization to purchase the CommunityConnection application, which currently serves more than 120 towns. The site is hosted at www.mycommunity.com.

While users so far have been primarily media companies, the product has applications for any organization looking to create an online community. Some examples include corporations wishing to create an employee intranet, trade associations, Chambers of Commerce and more.

CCAS has launched the program at other newspapers including the Mile High Newspapers in Jefferson County, Colorado.

About Creative Circle Advertising Solutions
Creative Circle Advertising Solutions, Inc. is a joint venture between Creative Circle Media Consulting, Inc. and Sprintout Internet Services. Creative Circle Media Consulting has a 25-year history of providing more than 80 media companies on three continents with management, training, marketing, branding, outsourcing and design innovations. The firm has led more than 100 redesigns of newspapers, classified sections, web sites and magazines. Ostendorf, who is also president of the consulting firm, has led more than 400 seminars in 20 countries and is a prolific writer for industry publications. For more information, visit www.creativecirclemedia.com.