Oct. 15, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

MADISON, Wis., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced that Mediasite, for the third consecutive year, has been named a finalist in the Best of 2009 Elearning! Awards in the category of Best Presentation Tool.

Now in its fifth year honoring products for excellence, the Elearning! Awards received 1,755 nominations, twice the volume of last year's program, making each category very competitive.

"The Best of Elearning! Awards program is the only reader's choice awards in the market, and we are excited about expanding voting to federal, state and local agencies as well as educational institutions," reports Catherine Upton, group publisher of Elearning! and Government Elearning! magazines. "Every finalist is a winner in the Best of Elearning! Awards. Given the high volume of votes and the number of nominated products, every one of these 55 solution providers should be proud to be a finalist. We applaud Sonic Foundry on the company's nomination."

Winners will be named at the Elearning! Summit on November 5. Mediasite will be featured in Elearning! magazine and Government Elearning! magazine in January 2010.

Since its introduction in 2003, the patented Mediasite webcasting and knowledge management system quickly and cost-effectively automates the capture, management, delivery and search of rich media presentations that combine audio, video and accompanying graphics for live or on-demand viewing.

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About Sonic Foundry®, Inc.

Sonic Foundry (Nasdaq: SOFO, www.sonicfoundry.com) is the global leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, providing enterprise communication solutions for more than 1,500 customers in education, business and government. Powered by Mediasite, the patented webcasting platform which automates the capture, management, delivery and search of lectures, online training and briefings, Sonic Foundry empowers people to transform the way they communicate. Through the Mediasite platform and its Events Services group, the company helps customers connect a dynamic, evolving world of shared knowledge and envisions a future where learners and workers around the globe use webcasting to bridge time and distance, accelerate research and improve performance.

Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of Sonic Foundry, Inc. or their respective owners.

Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE Sonic Foundry, Inc.