[June 19, 2013]

Politix Signs Two New Partners; Continues Driving Online Political Discussion and Debate

Politix (politix.topix.com), a bipartisan political news and discussion site, announces new partnerships with TheBlaze and PopVox. These relationships will further enhance the Politix experience and give the site's users access to some of the best political content on the Web and new vehicles for sharing their thoughts and opinions.

Politix's partnership with TheBlaze, Glenn Beck's news, information and opinion network, will bring exclusive stories from this outlet to Politix readers in real time. The new content from TheBlaze will supplement the dozens of stories written by Politix writers each day.

In addition, Politix readers can now also weigh in on pending legislation via PopVox. At the end of Politix articles about specific bills, readers will see a PopVox box that if clicked, takes them to the PopVox site where they can learn more about the bill and most importantly communicate their stance on the bill directly to their elected representatives. Last year, PopVox, delivered over a million messages toCongress, to every legislator, from users in every Congressional district.

"We are committed to making Politix the go-to destination for politically-passionate citizens, regardless of whether their views are right, left or center," said David Mark, editor in chief, Politix. "What's more, we understand that being informed is only a piece of the puzzle and that citizens want new ways to engage and take action whether that is through polls, quizzes and debates on our site or telling Congress where they stand via a platform like PopVox."

Politix has seen significant growth and engagement since its March 2012 launch as been by the four million unique visitors it has had in the past six months alone. The Politix editorial team has posted over 5,000 articles that have generated 410,000 user comments. What's more, Politix has had more than 220,000 votes cast in over 500 Debates and the site's 85 Quizzes have been taken over 75,000 times.

"There is clearly a need for a place where citizens can not only educate themselves but also connect with each other and engage in debate around political issues," continued Mark. "Based on our growth and feedback from our users, we are meeting this need and will continue to explore new ways to inform and broaden our users' perspective."

About Topix

Topix is the largest local forum site in the United States and the owner of Politix. A Top 10 online newspaper destination (comScore, July 2011), Topix is also the third largest local mobile site (Quantcast (News - Alert), February 2012). Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Topix LLC is a privately held company with investment from Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) and Tribune Company. For more, visit www.topix.com.

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