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New Tools and Features Build Upon the Trusted Experience 100 Million

Families Have Come to Know, Love and Depend Upon

SAN FRANCISCO, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- BabyCenter, LLC, the Internet's largest resource for new and expectant parents around the world, announced today the launch of a new social network. BabyCenter's social network enables members to share and connect with each other and builds upon the experience and expert voice parents have depended on from BabyCenter for more than a decade. The new BabyCenter Community is now available in public beta at http://community.babycenter.com.

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"Moms come to BabyCenter seeking trusted, personalized information, but they stay for the connections they make with other parents," said Tina Sharkey, Chairman and Global President of BabyCenter. "Social networking has changed the face of communication and BabyCenter wants to bring together these parents in a place where they can easily share experiences, milestones, information and the joys and journey of parenthood."

BabyCenter's new community enables parents to connect and share with each other using many new features and tools including:
-- Create public and private groups around any topic

-- Share photos and video among friends by uploading to Profiles and

Journals

-- Distribute a personal blog feed from other blogging platforms into a

BabyCenter(R) Journal

-- Pass Notes to other members, post Shout-Outs, comment on Journals

-- Match with people who share common interests, locations,

childrens' ages and more

-- Publish "kid-isms," the hilarious things kids say

-- Tag photos and profile

The BabyCenter social network is tightly linked with
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