iWon and King World Team-up for iWon Annual Announcement
(Irvington, NY April 15, 2002) – iWon, the leading loyalty portal, today announced that its third Annual Sweepstakes winner will be revealed this week on the King World produced and distributed hit game show, Hollywood Squares.
Tom Bergeron, Hollywood Squares’ Emmy award-winning host, will announce the name of an iWon winner during each broadcast of Hollywood Squares from April 15th through the 19th. Four winners of electronics and trips will be announced each weekday, with the Annual $1 million winner’s name announced on Friday, April 19th.
On Monday, April 22nd, King World’s award-winning newsmagazine Inside Edition will air a segment of the winner the moment they find out that they have won the $1 million, as well as footage of that person trying to increase their $1 million prize to $25 million.
King World has had a longstanding relationship with iWon. Over the last two years, partnerships and promotions have been forged between iWon and Hollywood Squares, Inside Edition and The Ananda Lewis Show.
In addition to the nightly announcement on Hollywood Squares and the segment on Inside Edition, promotional units on King World programming, as well as advertising units on the iWon site will also support the sweepstakes.
“iWon gives away $10,000 every day and has awarded more than $50 million over the last two years,” said Bill Daugherty, iWon Founder and co-CEO. “We are thrilled that we can again draw on our terrific relationship with King World to extend the reach of this announcement to two of their national television properties. This partnership is a great example of online and offline media working together.”
“King World, Inside Edition and Hollywood Squares are extremely excited about the lasting relationship we have formed with one of the truly unparalleled and successful Web properties, iWon,” commented Alex Ignon, Director of Marketing & Cross-Promotion, King World Productions. “This newest strategic alliance provides a unique platform for iWon to announce their winners through two successful television properties, and allows King World to tap into iWon.com's large user base. We look forward to more opportunities to fuse the on-line and TV playing fields.”
About iWon
iWon, the Internet’s leading loyalty-based portal (Jupiter Media Metrix), combines world-class search, content and functionality with the Internet's largest guaranteed cash giveaway. iWon gives users a chance to win prizes and cash, ranging from $1,000 up to $25 million, and has awarded more than $50 million to over 260,000 users to date. iWon is the 11th most trafficked site on the Internet (Nielsen//NetRatings), and has been voted #1 in User Satisfaction among leading portals for five consecutive quarters (NPD Group). Additionally, iWon was named ”Best of the Web” by US News and World Report (October 2001).
Founded in 1999, privately held iWon is headquartered in Irvington, N.Y, and operates offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Seattle and New York City.
About King World
King World Productions, Inc. ranks among the premier production and distribution companies in domestic television syndication. Its products include such landmark first-run programs as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, the two highest-rated series in syndication, and daytime’s #1 talk series, The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as Hollywood Squares, Inside Edition, The Ananda Lewis Show, Martha Stewart Living, Bob Vila’s Home Again and CBS Marketwatch Weekend. Additionally, King World distributes the hit CBS network series, Everybody Loves Raymond, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and other primetime favorites. In September 2002, it will launch the new, highly anticipated, daily syndicated series with Dr. Phil.
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