Popular deals site app recognized as Best in Industry

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 29, 2012-- Local Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading online local media company, today announced that Spreebird Deals has been named “Best Shopping Mobile Application” in the Web Marketing Association's 2012 Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards.

The annual IAC Awards are produced by the Web Marketing Association to honor excellence in online advertising, recognize the individuals and organizations responsible, and showcase the best in award-winning Internet advertising. Judges recognized Spreebird on criteria including creativity, innovation, impact, design, copywriting, use of the medium and memorability.

“This is a tremendous honor and reflects the creative spirit and commitment of our talented Spreebird team,” said Malcolm Lewis, SVP and general manager, Spreebird Deals. “Consumers are accessing deals from their mobile devices more than ever before. The Spreebird mobile app makes it considerably easier for consumers to access Spreebird deals anytime, anyplace while allowing them to give back to their local communities.”

According to eMarketer, nearly 20 million U.S. adults redeemed a mobile coupon or deal in 2011 and they expect that by 2013 that number will nearly double.

To download the free Spreebird iPhone® app from the iTunes® Store, visit: http://www.spreebird.com/iPhone.

Through its Community Rewards program, Spreebird gives back 10 percent of its deal profits to the user's favorite school or charity every time they buy. To date, Spreebird has donated more than $650,000, supporting everything from copy paper and school supplies to sports and after-school programs.

About Local Corporation

Local Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM) is a local media company that specializes in connecting brick-and-mortar businesses with online customers using a variety of innovative digital marketing products including local rich media, local business and product search, mobile, SEO, web hosting, social media and daily deals. The company serves a million consumers a day on the flagship Local.com website, Spreebird.com and a network of over 1,000 regional media sites. To advertise, or for more information, visit: http://www.local.com/ or http://www.localcorporation.com.

Local Corporation is a registered trade name of Local.com Corporation.

iPhone®, iPad®, iTunes® and iPod Touch® are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

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Source: Local.com Corporation

Local Corporation
Cameron Triebwasser, 949-789-5223
ctriebwasser@local.com