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Paltalk to Feature NY Giants Star Plaxico Burress on Interactive Video Community

Super Bowl winning football player to discuss career, new book, and interact with fans on Paltalk’s socialcasting platform

New York, NY, July 7, 2008 – Paltalk, the leading real-time, video-based community with over 4 million active members, today announced that NFL star Plaxico Burress will interview with sportscaster Ian Eagle on Tuesday, July 8 at 4:30pm ET. Burress, who earlier this year enjoyed a Super Bowl win with the New York Giants, will be discussing his new book, Giant: Road to the Super Bowl. 

Burress comes off of a championship season with New York after a win in Super Bowl XLII. His new book details his team’s journey to the top of the NFL after he publicly declared the Giants would win it all. The chat will be moderated by Ian Eagle, NFL and NBA sportscaster who’s called games on CBS, Fox Sports Net, and the YES Network.

By logging on to www.paltalk.com, viewers can interact live with both Burress and Eagle, and engage in dialogue with other fans that are participating online at the same time. Burress is the latest member of the sports world to be hosted on Paltalk, joining former Minnesota Governor and pro wrestler Jesse Ventura and Pete Sampras and Jim Courier, who broadcast a match through the service.

“Our socialcasting platform, which enables Paltalk users to view and participate in real-time Q&A sessions with their favorite celebrities, is an ideal format for athletes and entertainers to reach their fans in a completely innovative way, “ said Joel Smernoff, President and COO of Paltalk.  “We are eager to host one of today’s leading athletes, Plaxico Burress, and provide our users with an opportunity to get up close and personal with a true professional football champion.” 

For more information on the Plaxico Burress interview and other original programming on Paltalk, please visit www.paltalk.com.  

About Paltalk
Paltalk is the premier real-time, video-based community bringing together traditional broadcasting media, social networking, user-generated content and video chat. With more than 4 million active users, Paltalk hosts the world's largest interactive video community, PaltalkScene, offering thousands of users the ability to watch and interact with online video programming, including serialized shows, live events, and user-generated content, as well as interact with each other through real-time voice, text and video chat.

Paltalk’s diverse programming includes Paltalk original shows featuring celebrities, radio personalities and newsmakers such as the radio jocks Opie and Anthony and Diana Falzone. The company also broadcasts live interactive video chat events, such as musical performances and comedy variety shows. Paltalkers can interact with the featured hosts and performers in real-time as well as other members in the room. Recently, Paltalk hosted live broadcasts with famed musician Slash and world-renowned author Stephen King. Paltalk also offers its users the ability to create and share their own user-generated video content with each other and to the broader community.