TEWKSBURY, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/07/09 -- Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that Gary Greenfield, chairman and CEO, will present an update on the company's business at the Canaccord Adams 29th Annual Global Growth Conference on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, from 4:30 - 4:55 p.m. EDT at the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston. An on-demand audio webcast of the presentation will be accessible via Avid's Web site during the conference and for a limited period following the conference. To listen, please visit http://ir.avid.com/.

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