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RNS Number : 9748L 
Burst Media Corporation 
21 January 2009 
 

 
 
 
 
21 January 2009 
 
 
Burst Media Corporation ("Burst" or the "Company") 
 
 
Non-Executive Board Appointment 
 
 
Burst, the international online advertising services company, is pleased to 
announce the appointment of James (Jim) Garrity to the Board as a non-executive 
director with immediate effect. The Company is intending to appoint one further 
non-executive director to the Board. 
 
 
James John Garrity, 62, has 39 years of experience in sales, marketing and 
communications roles, and during his career has worked for three Fortune 50 
companies. He began his professional career at IBM, where he spent 13 years in 
sales-related roles and 11 years in marketing and advertising leadership 
positions, culminating in his appointment as Director of Advertising, IBM USA. 
Mr Garrity subsequently worked for five years at Compaq, where he was Vice 
President of Communications and was intimately involved in repositioning the 
Compaq brand from a business-to-business only brand to one with strong consumer 
recognition. Following Compaq, Mr Garrity worked for Wachovia, where he led the 
development of the brand nationally. He was Executive Vice President and Chief 
Marketing Officer at Wachovia from 1997 until his retirement in 2007. 
 
 
Mr Garrity was a board member of the Association of National Advertisers ("ANA") 
from 1995 until 2007, becoming Chairman in 1998. Between 1995 and 2007, he 
chaired the ANA's New Technologies Committee. Mr Garrity was also a board member 
of the AdCouncil from 1996 until 2007. 
 
 
Mr Garrity has been a director of Bellwether Digital Bridge LLC, a marketing 
consulting business which he co-founded, since December 2008. 
 
 
There are no additional disclosure requirements to be made by Mr Garrity in 
relation to paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules. 
 
 
Jarvis Coffin, Chief Executive, said: 
 
 
"Jim Garrity is regarded very highly in the advertising and marketing industry 
and we are delighted to welcome someone of his standing to the Burst board. 
Jim's wealth of experience, and knowledge of the digital market in particular, 
will be an invaluable asset to Burst." 
 
 
Enquiries: 
 
 
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| Burst Media Corporation            |                                    | 
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| Jarvis Coffin, Chief Executive     | Tel: +1 781 852 5271               | 
| Steve Hill, Chief Financial        |                                    | 
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| Hudson Sandler                     |                                    | 
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| Nick Lyon / James White            | +44 (0) 20 7796 4133               | 
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| Tim Richardson / Paul Chamberlain  | +44 (0) 20 7484 4040               | 
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