TORONTO and LAS VEGAS - September 19, 2008 - b5media (www.b5media.com) today launched a new online destination, Starked (www.starked.com) for up-to-the-minute news from the b5media entertainment channel. Featuring unique perspectives from bloggers as well as exclusive stories and video content, Starked offers a one stop destination for the best breaking news and entertainment information.

Starked covers themes such as celebrity gossip, TV show topics, music tips and movie reviews and is the first of b5media's blog portals to go live. Bringing together the latest news coverage on breaking topics and popular entertainment discussions, Starked makes it easy to access the specific themes a reader is interested in, as well as discover unique featured entertainment stories.

"As one of the most prominent, successful channels in our network, entertainment was a natural choice for b5media to build a destination website for the constant flow of new information published on each individual blog,: said Jeremy Wright, President and CEO of b5media. "In the next few months, we will be launching more b5media portal websites while continuing to focus on developing high quality content and further network expansion."

b5media’s network of industry leading websites cover everything from lifestyle topics to sports announcements and travel advice. With Starked.com, b5media is proud to offer a new way to explore high quality entertainment content from one website - while still maintaining a connection with the individual blogs for readers who want to read more. In this way, frequent blog readers can digest content easily while entertainment enthusiasts can give blogs a try.

For more information, please visit b5media's booth at Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas, September 20-21, 2008, LVCC booth #309.