TORONTO - July 15, 2008 - Global blog network, b5media, achieved a #15 ranking among Backbone Magazine's 'PICK 20". This is the first year Backbone and KPMG have together assembled a list of leading Canadian Web 2.0 companies.

Earlier this year, Backbone held an open nomination process and then turned the resulting entries over to a panel of passionate Web 2.0 expert judges. The companies were evaluated and grouped into four implementation categories to offer as much insight as possible into their analysis and the final order in which the companies were ranked.

Judges Sean Moffit, founder of Agent Wildfire, was quoted as saying, "Kudos to b5 for getting in early and creating something with scale" while Michael O'Connor Clarke added "...they're just darn good at execution." The article also noted that "b5 gets lots of points for being the best at what it does."

For more information about Backbone Magazine's PICK 20 awards, visit: http://www.backbonemag.com/web2