Sonic Foundry Expands Channel Program, Launches Developer Program to Accelerate Cost-Effective Adoption of Media Applications for the Enterprise.

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Sonic Foundry(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), a leading software and services provider of rich media content creation and management technologies, announced today it has strengthened its North American channel program with the launch of MediaSite DevZone(TM).

The new program is an online user-group service that enables developers to download development code and documentation, share tips and success stories and work directly with Sonic Foundry to create specialized, value-added applications around the company's MediaSite Publisher(TM) software platform.

Known for its industry standard desktop audio and video creation and editing software, Sonic Foundry introduces MediaSite DevZone as support of the company's corporate strategy to introduce new market solutions that help organizations develop and utilize their rich media content more effectively.

"Today, organizations of all types and sizes are facing tough challenges as they look to more effectively manage, repurpose and distribute their communication, marketing and training material," said Howard Affinito, general manager and senior vice president of Media Systems, Sonic Foundry. "Our channel program now provides a formal process for developers to work directly with Sonic Foundry to create innovative enterprise media solutions."

MediaSite DevZone is specifically targeted to software systems integrators who want to incorporate value-added applications and services into Sonic Foundry product offerings. Participation in the MediaSite DevZone provides developers with a full-featured developer's license for development kits as well as detailed technical documentation, sample code, application notes and online training and support. The MediaSite DevZone community provides access to Sonic Foundry's MediaSite Publisher, an indexing, archival and search technology used for a variety of media management and interactive Web publishing applications.

"Sonic Foundry provides the access and support to create advanced customer-specific applications, in this case much-needed rich media applications," said Dr. Jay Yogeshwar, CTO of Front Porch Digital Inc. (OTCBB: FPDI), a leader in the conversion, preservation and management of information assets. "I know our developers are eager to begin using the resources to build unique software for cutting-edge digital media creation, management, archiving and delivery."

"When it comes to building smart, quality software for managing all aspects of the digital media lifecycle, Sonic Foundry has proven itself as a true industry leader and innovator," said Tim Haas, vice president of Television Systems, Inc., a 20-year veteran provider of video hardware and software solutions for customers ranging from small production companies to Fortune 100 customers. "Upon evaluating the release of some of its new enterprise applications for online communications, we immediately recognized a tremendous opportunity to leverage Sonic Foundry's expertise and technology to help us rapidly build and deploy solutions that help a wide range of customers accomplish their specific business goals."

For more information about MediaSite DevZone and the Sonic Foundry Channel Program, visit www.sonicfoundry.com.

About Sonic Foundry(R) Inc.

Sonic Foundry, founded in 1991, is a leading provider of professional rich media solutions with offices in Madison, Wis.; Santa Monica, Calif.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Toronto, Canada.

Sonic Foundry Media Software develops sophisticated software tools for the creation, editing and publishing of digital multimedia. Production professionals use its Sound Forge(R), ACID(TM), and Vegas(R) Video tools worldwide for everything from audio and video creation to non-linear digital video editing and streaming media development.

Sonic Foundry Media Systems provides customized development of automated rich-media applications, and scalable solutions that allow media and entertainment companies, as well as enterprises and government organizations, to deploy, manage and distribute video content on IP-based networks.

Sonic Foundry Media Services is the pre-eminent supplier of digitization, management, and delivery solutions for various industries, with emphasis placed on services for the entertainment sector. These services consist of conversion, reformatting, and encoding of television, film, and audio content for multiple delivery platforms. Serving as the link between content and customers, the services enable media delivery through existing and emerging distribution channels.

Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.