Autobytel to Team with Scripps for Automotive Content on Websites
Automotive Internet Company to Provide New and Used Vehicle
Information
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq: ABTL), the company dedicated to helping dealers
and car buyers connect online, is pleased to announce its newly
established relationship with The E.W. Scripps Company. Under the
agreement, Autobytel® will provide automotive content for
Scripps' television station websites. Currently, the Scripps television
websites do not have automotive sections.
"Autobytel is delighted to provide automotive content for the Scripps
stations' websites," said Jeffrey H. Coats, President and CEO, Autobytel
Inc. "Working with Scripps, Autobytel will be expanding the distribution
of our authoritative content related to researching, buying, owning and
selling a vehicle, which is at the core of our consumer promise to be Your
Lifetime Automotive Advisor™."
"This endeavor with Autobytel means more robust visual and video content
on our sites for our visitors," said Brian Page, Scripps Director of
Online Products. "Visitors come to our sites for their news and
information and now we will be able to include in depth automotive
information on a real-time basis."
Scripps operates daily and community newspapers in 13 markets, 19
broadcast TV stations in 13 markets and their corresponding Internet and
mobile sites. The 13 major markets which Autobytel will provide content
include:
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KNXV, ABC Ch. 15, Phoenix, AZ
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WFTS, NBC Ch. 28, Tampa, FL
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WPTV, ABC Ch. 5, West Palm Beach, FL
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KMGH, ABC Ch. 7, Denver, CO
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WMAR, Ch. 2. Baltimore, MD
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WXYZ, Ch. 7, Detroit, MI
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KSHB, NBC Ch. 41 and KMCI Ch. 38, Kansas City, MO
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WCPO, Ch. 9, Cincinnati, OH
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WEWS, Ch. 5, Cleveland, OH
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KJRH, Ch. 2, Tulsa, OK
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KGTV, Ch. 10, San Diego, CA
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KERO, Ch. 23, Bakersfield, CA
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WRTV, ABC Ch. 6, Indianapolis, IN
In addition to general automotive industry news, Autobytel will also
provide editorial car
reviews and will also work closely with Scripps to develop content
to reflect the local markets each site serves.
For more information about Autobytel, please visit www.Autobytel.com.
Watch exclusive videos on Autobytel's
YouTube page or join the conversation on the Autobytel
Facebook Fan Page.
About Autobytel Inc.
Autobytel Inc., an online leader
offering consumer purchase requests and marketing resources to car
dealers and manufacturers and providing consumers with the information
they need to purchase new and used cars, pioneered the automotive
Internet when it launched its flagship website, autobytel.com,
in 1995. Autobytel continues to offer innovative products and services
to help consumers buy, and auto dealers and manufacturers sell, more
used and new cars. Autobytel has helped tens of millions of automotive
consumers research vehicles; connected thousands of dealers nationwide
with motivated car buyers; and helped every major automaker market its
brand online. Through its flagship website, network of automotive sites
and respected online affiliates, Autobytel continues its dedication to
innovating the industry's highest quality Internet programs to provide
consumers with a comprehensive and positive automotive research and
purchasing experience, and auto dealers, dealer groups and auto
manufacturers with some of the industry's most productive and
cost-effective customer referral and marketing programs.
Investors and other interested parties can receive Autobytel news
releases and invitations to special events by accessing our online
signup form at http://investor.autobytel.com/alerts.cfm
Autobytel Inc. Media Relations
MSC-PR
Michelle Suzuki
310-444-7115
michelle@msc-pr.com
or
Autobytel
Inc.
Jim Helberg
949-862-1395
jimh@autobytel.com
or
Autobytel
Inc. Investor Relations
PondelWilkinson Inc.
Roger
Pondel/Laurie Berman
310-279-5980
investor@pondel.com
or
CMC
Group, Inc.
Bradley Orr
303-887-4932
borr@cmc-group.us
Source: Autobytel Inc.
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