Jostens Selected to Design BCS National Championship Rings

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) December 20, 2010

Jostens today was selected by the Bowl Championship Series(BCS) group to be the official designer and supplier of BCS National Championship rings for BCS National Championship games played January 2011-2014. The four year agreement extends Jostens? exclusive agreement with BCS that began in January 2007.

?Jostens is honored to again be selected by the BCS group to design and deliver BCS National Championship rings that help capture the winning team?s season,? said Chris Poitras, director, Sports Marketing and Development, Jostens. ?We look forward to working with the BCS group and their championship winning teams to design rings that are unique reminders of the years? accomplishments and will become timeless symbols of their hard work and commitment.?

Working with the BCS leaders and the BCS National Championship game winning institution, Jostens will design, produce and deliver BCS championship rings that help celebrate and recognize the winning team?s achievements. Championship rings will be delivered to the annual winning team at a ring event designed by Jostens and the institution.

?We are pleased to extend our agreement with Jostens to design and supply rings to the athletes and coaches who win the BCS National Championship game,? said Bill Hancock, executive director, Bowl Championship Series. ?We appreciate the great work Jostens puts into creating these rings and how they are able to capture the team?s outstanding accomplishments during the football season. Each ring will be a treasured memento that will be cherished for generations.?

Jostens designs and produces championship rings and trophies for collegiate sports champions. Jostens has created 28 of the 44 NFL Super Bowl rings, including the ring for the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl I victory. Jostens has also created NBA Finals, NHL Stanley Cup and World Series championship rings. Jostens' Championship Ring collection can be viewed at http://www.jostens.com/sports/ring_catalog/index.asp.

About Jostens

Minneapolis-based Jostens is a provider of products, programs and services that help people tell their stories, celebrate important traditions and recognize achievements. The company?s products include school yearbooks and other memory book products, scholastic products such as class rings and graduation products, and products for athletic champions and their fans. Jostens is a subsidiary of Visant Corporation, a marketing and publishing services enterprise servicing the school affinity, direct marketing, fragrance and cosmetics sampling and educational and trade publishing segments.

About the Bowl Championship Series

The BCS is a five-game arrangement for post-season college football that is managed by the 11 Bowl Subdivision conferences and Notre Dame. Its purpose is to match the two top-ranked teams in the final BCS standings in a national championship game and to create competitive match-ups in the four other BCS bowl games. For more information, visit http://www.bcsfootball.org.

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Redmond, Wash. (PRWEB) December 18, 2009

WildTangent, the leading online game publisher and largest vertical ad network, today announced it has added The Lord of the Rings Online? (LOTRO), including its latest expansion titled Siege of Mirkwood?, to its growing catalog of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) and downloadable games. The partnership offers WildTangent customers one-click access to Turbine's award-winning MMO.

Siege of Mirkwood expands the online world of Middle-earth where players join forces to press further eastward into the dark, foreboding and treacherous forest of Mirkwood and take part in the epic conclusion to Volume II of The Lord of the Rings Online.

"Since the launch of our WildTangent ORB game console in March, we have been laser focused on bolstering our lineup of enthusiast and MMO content to meet the demands of our broadening and growing customer base," said David Worle, senior director of publishing at WildTangent. "We are excited to partner with Turbine to offer The Lord of the Rings Online to our customers and expect it will be very popular among a broad swath of our user base."

"WildTangent is a well known, popular game destination site that has unmatched distribution through its partnership with computer manufacturers," said Nate Jones, vice president of corporate and business development at Turbine. "By partnering with WildTangent, we get great access to a broad demographic of game players who may have not yet been exposed to The Lord of the Rings Online. We're already seeing a positive impact on our business."

The Lord of the Rings Online is an award-winning MMORPG that delivers an interactive experience brimming with life and filled with the familiar people, places and monsters from the most beloved fantasy adventure of all time. From the picturesque surroundings of the Shire to Moria, the great underground realm to the menace of Mirkwood, players will experience the world of Middle-earth as never before. For more information, visit http://www.lotro.com.

About WildTangent

Founded in 1998, WildTangent is a global games media company operating the fastest growing online games service and the largest game advertising network in the world. WildTangent has more than 40 million unique monthly gamers worldwide, offering the most popular online and downloadable games from the world's top developers and publishers.

The WildTangent ORB? game console has been selected by leading PC manufacturers including Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Toshiba to ship with new computers, giving it a huge global footprint of connected game playing consumers.

WildTangent advertisers include 20th Century FOX, Warner Brothers, Paramount, EA, Sony Playstation, Nintendo, Toyota, Honda, P&G, Unilever, Clorox and many others.

For more information visit http://www.wildtangent.com or http://www.wildgames.com.

About Turbine

Turbine, Inc. is the premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities. Turbine is one of the largest privately-held online gaming studios in North America and has created some of the world's most popular and award-winning online games, including The Lord of the Rings Online ?, Dungeons & Dragons Online? and Asheron's Call?. For more information on Turbine, its products and services please visit http://www.turbine.com.

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