CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards Names MarketClusters a Finalist For UK Internet Innovation of the Year

[LONDON, UK] - MarketClusters, developer of the StrategyEye intelligence platform, announced today that it has been named a finalist for the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2007. The awards recognise innovation, application and excellence in technology and business.

MarketClusters is shortlisted for the UK Internet Innovation Award for StrategyEye (until recently called StrategyWire), the premier strategic intelligence tool for any serious player in Digital Media (Internet, Media and Telecoms), whether entrepreneur, investor, or senior media executive. Tracking expert blogs and news sources, StrategyEye intelligently indexes all information related to M&A, venture capital investments and partnerships across the Digital Media landscape, making it easy for clients to identify hot new companies, innovators, potential partners and prospective clients.

"We are pleased to recognize MarketClusters as a finalist in the UK Internet Innovation of the Year category," said Suzie Daniels, head of business media at CNET Networks UK. "They are intelligently helping users in the Digital Media space to make sense out of a flood of information coming their way via the Internet."

"We use StrategyEye to track the latest dealflow and a continuous stream of blogs and news opinion about the Digital Media sector," said Joshua Maxey, Senior Associate with Fidelity Ventures, an enterprise subscriber to StrategyEye. "It allows us to become more effective in how we focus our efforts in specific niche areas and acts as a key support tool in our research."

"We are delighted to be shortlisted for the CNET Networks award and to be amongst the excellent nominees in this category," said Nick Gregg, CEO of MarketClusters. "The nomination is indicative of recent advancements in Web 2.0 innovation and we are proud to be at the forefront of this phenomena."

The winners of the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2007 will be presented at a networking dinner on September 24 at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Other finalists in the UK Internet Innovation of the Year category include social networking company Bebo.

About CNET Networks UK

CNET Networks UK (www.cnetnetworks.co.uk) is a part of CNET Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: CNET, www.cnetnetworks.com), an interactive media company that builds brands for people and the things they are passionate about, such as gaming, music, entertainment, technology, business, food, and parenting.. Founded in 1992, CNET Networks has a strong presence in the US, Asia, and Europe. CNET Networks UK focuses on the business technology, personal technology and entertainment categories through five UK-focused websites: ZDNet UK (www.zdnet.co.uk), silicon.com (www.silicon.com), atlarge.com (www.atlarge.com), CNET.co.uk (www.cnet.co.uk) and GameSpot UK (www.GameSpot.co.uk). CNET Networks UK also delivers one-to-one services through its direct marketing arm CNET Direct (www.cnetdirect.co.uk).

About MarketClusters

MarketClusters based in London, was founded by Nick Gregg, former head of European tech research at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now part of Credit Suisse). The company's flagship product is StrategyEye (www.strategyeye.com, until recently known as StrategyWire), a real-time intelligence platform designed to track the explosive changes in the Internet, Media and Telecoms sectors. Launched in April 2006, StrategyEye has built up an impressive client list that includes the Accenture, Arqiva, BBC, BSkyB, Disney, AOL, Channel4, Virgin Media, MTV, ITV, Chrysalis Group, Verisign, Avid Technology, Benchmark Capital, Atlas Venture, Close Brothers, Fidelity Ventures and 3i. In January 2007, MarketClusters announced $3 million in venture capital funding, which included UK investor NewMedia SPARK and a group of private investors. MarketClusters has a team of 35 people in UK, Australia and the US.