Monday 23 June 2008

National Research Firm Launches Music Video Contest for Election '08

- Winning Republican and Democratic Video Each Receive 5K -

FLEMINGTON, N.J., May 16 -- HCD Research announced today
that it will use its mediacurves.com web site to conduct a national contest
in which Americans will be invited to submit music videos in support of the
two presidential candidates or parties.


(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071204/NYTU133LOGO)

The contest which entitled Ballads for Ballots '08, will work like this:
-- Mediacurves will invite the public to submit original music videos or
song parodies to mediacurves.com. The music videos will support the
Democratic or Republican parties or their presidential candidates.

-- The music videos will be reviewed by mediacurves panelists (a large
national panel of opt in consumers) to select two winners -- one for
each party. Each winner will receive $5,000 cash award.
The results will be posted on mediacurves.com and other national media
outlets.

Submissions of songs will begin June 15, 2008. To register to receive
submission information, go to: http://www.mediacurves.com

The Media Curves web site provides the media and general public with a
venue to view Americans' perceptions of popular and controversial media
events and advertisements.

HCD Research is a communications research company headquartered in
Flemington, NJ. The company's services include traditional and web-based
marketing and communications research. For additional information on HCD
Research, access the company's web site at http://www.hcdi.net or call HCD
Research at 908-788-9393.




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