Highlights Continued Network Growth in Media Business
Wizzard Software (AMEX:WZE), announced today that it posted revenues for
the third quarter of 2008 of $1,533,339, a 4% increase over revenues of
$1,468,476 in the third quarter of 2007. During the nine month period
ended September 30, 2008, Wizzard recorded revenues of $4,667,690, a 29%
increase over revenues of $3,622,499 for the same period in 2007.
Wizzard's net loss available to common shareholders was $1,460,219, or
$.03 per share in the quarter ended September 30, 2008. This represents
an 85% decrease from our net loss of $9,986,719, or $.24 per share in
the third quarter of 2007. Wizzard's net loss available to common
shareholders was $6,210,273, or $.14 per share, in the first nine months
of 2008. This represents a 58% decrease from our net loss of
$14,647,156, or $.36 per share, in the first nine months of 2007.
Wizzard will host a conference call to discuss third quarter financial
results for 2008. Wizzard CEO, Chris Spencer, and CFO, John Busshaus,
will review the financial results and offer a glimpse into future
business plans on November 11, 2008 at 1 p.m. ET. To participate during
the live teleconference, please call 877-407-0782 (U.S. callers) or
201-689-8567 (international callers). The call will be broadcast
simultaneously and archived on the Internet at http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=135876.
To submit questions prior to the call, participants can email to ir@wizzardsoftware.com.
All questions must be submitted by 11 a.m. ET on November 11, 2008 to be
considered for the call.
The previously mentioned numbers and statements are only highlights from
Wizzard's 2008 Third Quarter 10Q filing. For a complete and detailed
financial description of Wizzard Software Corporation, please visit www.sec.gov,
where the 2008 Third Quarter 10Q and all of Wizzard's SEC filings can be
found.
Wizzard Media Update
Wizzard's Management believes the largest growth opportunity in front of
us is our media business and we continue to see exceptional network
growth. ComScore recently stated that the number of videos viewed online
now exceeds the total number of internet search queries. Obviously,
Google, Yahoo and others have made billions of dollars connecting
advertisers with keyword search query results and already, in the early
stage of the media movement to online distribution, consumers watch more
video than perform internet search queries. It is Management's opinion
that the potential for monetizing the consumption of media distributed
over the Internet and via mobile devices like the iPhone, by connecting
advertisers with online media publishers, will significantly surpass the
search marketing business in the next 5 to 10 years. We believe Wizzard
Media, based on its podcast industry leading publishers, advertisers and
distribution reach, has the potential to be a significant force in the
future of media monetization and distribution over the internet.
Wizzard Media provides online publishing tools for media producers,
creates strategic advertising products for marketers, combines the media
content and the advertising message and distributes the resulting shows
to loyal subscribers.
Publishing Tools and Platform
Wizzard Media has now grown to 17,000 content publishers (up from 7,000
in March, 2007), with over 3,300 new publishers added in the 3rd Quarter
of 2008 (vs. 900 in the third quarter of 2007). In terms of quarterly
publisher growth, the 3rd quarter of 2008 was our best by far. Our
publishers uploaded for distribution over 88,000 new episodes of their
shows in the 3rd quarter, versus less than 45,000 new episodes in the
3rd quarter of 2007. We are very excited about the demand we are seeing
from publishers for our services as we strongly believe that the classic
media saying of “Content is King”
will apply to the new Internet media industry. We are seeing a
tremendous amount of exciting new content being added to our network
every day with the total number of available episodes on the Wizzard
Network now exceeding 500,000. We believe this growth is based not only
on the overall industry growth but also on the strong portfolio of
publishing tools we provide to our customers.
We have recently launched new and updated tools for our active
publishers including Launch Setup & Management, Multi RSS Feeds, Viral
Flash Player, Analytics & Reporting, Ad Slot Management, Nielsen
Reports, Category Ad Targeting, Surveys & Social Widgets and Advertising
Campaign Management. In the next two quarters we will be releasing new
tools that allow complete control over where, when and how a publisher
launches a new episode, an extremely powerful new feature which assist
publishers in creating subscriber based business models, something we
see strong demand for from major media companies and independent
publishers alike.
Advertising
Wizzard has been effectively using its advertising insertion system,
Alchemy, for 10 months now with great technical success.