Ampere Media LLC, Inc., a leading Interactive Marketing Services company, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Rising Star program for Chicagoland.

(PRWEB) October 25, 2004 -- Ampere Media LLC, Inc., a leading Interactive Marketing Services company, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Rising Star program for Chicagoland. The award is a ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services firms. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over three years, from 2001-2003.

Ampere Media LLC President and CEO Stuart Hochwert attributes the private company's leadership position and revenue growth to marketers recognizing the value of targeted Interactive promotions. "We have created many proprietary programs and services based on our award winning technology and continue to experience widespread acceptance of our technology and approach by leading advertisers looking to use our technology to extend their reach online," said Hochwert. Ampere Media's niche publishing and lead generation services offer marketers and website publishers a suite of products and services designed to meet their objectives throughout the entire marketing process."

To qualify for the Chicagoland Technology Fast 50 Rising Star program, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2001 and $1,000,000 in 2003; must be public or private companies headquartered in the Chicago area; and be a "technology company" defined as owning proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues. (Using other companies' technology in a unique way does not qualify.) They must also devote a significant proportion of revenues to research and development of technology.

"The Deloitte Chicagoland Fast 50 Rising Star companies have shown the strength, vision and temerity to succeed despite a very challenging technology environment," said Jerry Sullivan, partner in charge of the Technology, Media, & Telecommunications (TMT) Group at Deloitte & Touche in Chicago. "We applaud the success of Ampere Media LLC, and acknowledge their place as one of the select companies to accomplish such a fast growth rate over the past three years."

Winners of the 18 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology companies. For more information on the Fast 50 or Fast 500 programs, visit http://www.fast500.com/.

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About Ampere Media LLC

Ampere Media LLC provides the infrastructure that assists companies who wish to market on the Internet. At the core of the Company's approach is a proprietary and scalable offer-serving platform that uses technology to place the right offers in front of the right customers and realizing the benefits of true one-to-one direct marketing. The company presents direct response offers from advertisers on web sites owned by the company (i.e. MyFree.com, CatalogLiving.com, CouponLiving.com, HandCraftersVillage.com) and across an ever-expanding network of distribution partner Websites and e-mail channels.
   
Ampere Media LLC, a private company, was established in 1999, and has been profitable and growing since inception. The company won the prestigious annual Direct Marketing Association Technology and Internet Council Award Of Excellence for its proprietary technology in December 2003. The company recently retained The Reid Group LLC, a New York based investment-banking firm to explore strategic alternatives.
   

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Ampere Media LLC
Nancy Radler, 847-205-9320

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