It's a good week for Ziff Davis Media. First, it reached a deal that ought to get it out of bankruptcy as early as June, and now it has named a new president: tech industry veteran Peter Weedfald. Here's the release.

Technology Industry Veteran Peter Weedfald
Appointed President of Ziff Davis Media

New York, NY (May 1, 2008)--Armed with over 25 years of sales and marketing experience in the technology industry, Peter Weedfald has been named President of Ziff Davis Media. The announcement was made by CEO Jason Young, who noted Weedfald's unique business perspective based on a highly successful career as a senior marketing and sales executive across the business platforms of media (including an earlier nine-year stint at Ziff Davis), manufacturing, and retail sectors of technology.

Most recently, Weedfald was SVP, CMO at leading electronics retailer Circuit City. Previously, he was SVP, CMO of Samsung Electronics North America as well as responsible for all sales, marketing, product management and advertising for their $3.5 billion U.S. based consumer electronics division; EVP Sales/COO of Bigfoot Interactive; EVP CMO & GM for Visual Appliances at ViewSonic Corporation; and SVP & Publisher at IDG's Computerworld. Weedfald spent nine years at Ziff Davis Media in the 1980s, holding various senior Sales and Executive positions at PC Magazine, and other venerable titles.

"Peter's arrival to Ziff Davis demonstrates the strength of our brands and teams and the incredible opportunity that we have ahead to leverage the powerful audience of 26 million technology and gaming buyers we reach each month," said Young. "As Ziff Davis continues to expand its digital footprint, Peter's expertise, passion and team building leadership will be an immeasurable asset to the entire Ziff Davis family."

"I'm honored and thrilled to be named President of Ziff Davis Media, and look forward to returning to the home of some of the most relevant and powerful global media brands in the technology category," said Weedfald. "As a previous seller and recent buyer of Ziff Davis Media products, I personally experienced the incredible brand and demand building value the company delivers to marketers, globally."

Weedfald and his team members helped orchestrate and navigate Samsung's aggressive ascension to one of the most recognized and valued brands in America. While CMO of North America, InterBrand (as reported in Business Week magazine) named Samsung the worlds fastest growing brand, four years in a row. His aggressive innovation and leadership as a digital pioneer earned huge brand and demand results for both Samsung Electronics and the various industry brands Samsung sales and marketing helped promote through aggressive internet based partnerships.

Weedfald is a Board member of the Boomer Esiason Foundation (BEF) focused on helping to find the cure to stamp out cystic fibrosis. He was the 2005 recipient of the IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) Communicator of the Year Leadership Award, a winner of the 2005 BRAG (Black Retail Action Group) Business Achievement Award and the recipient of the 2006 Guardian Angels Archangel Lifetime Leadership award. Weedfald was also recognized as one of the "Sweet 16" most influential people in video gaming by The Daily Stuff in 2005 and was a 2007 Frost & Sullivan Sales and Marketing Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

Weedfald resides in Glen Ridge, N.J. with his wife FrancesAnn and daughter Tara and is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University.


About Ziff Davis Holdings Inc.
Ziff Davis Holdings Inc. is the ultimate parent company of Ziff Davis Media Inc. Ziff Davis Media Inc. ( ) is a leading integrated media company serving the technology and videogame markets. Ziff Davis currently reaches over 26 million people a month through its portfolio of 15 websites, two award-winning magazines, consumer events and direct marketing services. The company is headquartered in New York and also has offices and labs in San Francisco. Ziff Davis exports its brands internationally in 45 countries and 13 languages.

Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical information contained herein, the statements made in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include the potential deterioration of the economic climate in general or with respect to the markets in which we operate, risks associated with new business investments, acquisitions, competition and seasonality and the other risks discussed in the Ziff Davis Holdings Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (which are available from Ziff Davis or at http://www.sec.gov), which discussions are incorporated in this release by reference. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. After the issuance of this release, Ziff Davis might come to believe that certain forward-looking statements contained in this release are no longer accurate. Ziff Davis shall not have any obligation to release publicly any corrections or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this release.

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