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cleveland.com Accounces the Launch of Digital Sports Network



October 29, 2010 - Cleveland, OH - cleveland.com in alliance with Digital Sports Network Cleveland announced today the launch of the Digital Sports Network on cleveland.com. The online-only sports talk channel, located at www.cleveland.com/dsn will include over 100+ hours of sports-focused programming streamed in audio and video, exclusively on cleveland.com. Digital Sports Network ("DSN") will launch on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 6 a.m. as an interactive, full-service online "station" with live programming, fan chat rooms, reporting, blogs, Twitter, Facebook and more. Fans will be able to interact live with the on-air show hosts.

The talented line-up of well-known and respected sports broadcasters and reporters includes:

Chuck Booms
Bill Boronkay
Mike Cairns
Brian Fowler
Bob Karlovec
Greg Kozarik
Les Levine
Kendall Lewis
Matt Loede
Joe Lull
Harry Petsanis
Paul Rado
Daryl Ruiter
Bud Shaw
Ken Silverstein


And contributors including:

Ryan Isley
Doug Lesmerises
Dennis Manoloff
Glenn Moore
Ray Yannucci


"We are excited to team up with Digital Sports Network to offer quality, live sports talk to the sports-hungry users of cleveland.com," says cleveland.com's Editor-in-Chief, Denise Polverine. "We are so proud to have the best multimedia sports coverage from The Plain Dealer and with the addition of the impressive line-up from DSN, users of cleveland.com will be able to read, listen to, watch and participate in informative and interactive sports conversation nearly all day, every day."

Harry Petsanis, the President of Digital Sports Network, says "We're proud to be affiliated with cleveland.com which is already well-known as the online home of the Cleveland sports fan. We've put together a team of all-stars who I'm proud of and that I know will deliver the sports talk that this town wants and needs."

cleveland.com General Manager, Wayne Snow, adds "In addition to the sports programming we're adding to cleveland.com, I'm thrilled that advertisers and businesses will benefit from this new vehicle, which helps them get their advertising message to what we think will quickly become dedicated, and therefore valuable listeners and viewers of Digital Sports Network on cleveland.com."

A full list of show names, programs, blogs and more can be found at: cleveland.com/dsn. Digital Sports Network is broadcast live from its studios at Tower City Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

About cleveland.com
cleveland.com, an affiliate of Advance Internet, Inc., is the leading local website for news and information throughout Northeast Ohio featuring the latest Cleveland news, business, sports, travel, weather, traffic, shopping and entertainment information. In addition, cleveland.com has a comprehensive business listings directory, as well as local classified listings for jobs, homes, apartment rentals and autos. cleveland.com is the online home of The Plain Dealer and Sun News.

About Advance Internet
Advance Internet, Inc. (www.advanceinternet.com) based in Jersey City, NJ, is a leading creator of highly interactive, online community-based news and information websites created in alliance over 25 newspapers affiliated with Advance Publications Inc. Advance Internet.s websites are the number one local news and information online destinations for the markets they serve. The websites include al.com, cleveland.com, gulflive.com, MLive.com, NJ.com, NOLA.com, OregonLive.com, SILive.com, syracuse.com, MassLive.com, PennLive.com, and lehighvalleylive.com.