NEW YORK, March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ:RATE) announced today that it has appointed Dana Berger to a newly-created role as Vice President - Online Sales. Ms. Berger will be responsible for managing and growing the online publisher's national sales efforts and will report to Bankrate's SVP and Chief Revenue Officer, Don Ross. She will work in Bankrate's mid-town Manhattan corporate offices. Ms. Berger spent 18 years in a variety of sales management positions at Dow Jones & Company Inc. Most recently she held the position of Executive Director of Advertising at Dow Jones Online. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080324/CLM054 )
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"Dana Berger's sales acumen, category knowledge, and drive are an ideal fit for Bankrate," said Thomas R. Evans President and CEO of Bankrate. "She has a proven track record and has excelled in the financial services and non- endemic ad categories we have targeted for incremental sales growth," Mr. Evans added.
About Bankrate, Inc.
Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ:RATE) ("Bankrate") owns and operates Bankrate.com, a leading Internet consumer banking marketplace. Bankrate.com is a destination site of personal finance channels, including banking, investing, taxes, debt management and college finance. Bankrate.com is the leading aggregator of more than 300 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used auto loans, money market accounts and CDs, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees. Bankrate.com reviews more than 4,800 financial institutions in 575 markets in 50 states. In 2007, Bankrate.com had nearly 60 million unique visitors. Bankrate.com provides financial applications and information to a network of more than 75 partners, including Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), America Online (NYSE:TWX), The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times (NYSE:NYT). Bankrate.com's information is also distributed through more than 450 national and state publications. In addition to Bankrate.com, Bankrate also owns and operates Bankrate Select, an Internet lead aggregator and Mortgage Market Information Services, Inc. and Interest.com, Inc., each of which publishes mortgage guides and financial rates and information; Nationwide Card Services, which markets a comprehensive line of consumer and business credit cards via the Internet; and Savingforcollege.com, the premier Internet destination for objective information about 529 college savings plans.
For more information contact: Kayleen J. Keneally
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
(917) 368-8677
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CONTACT: Kayleen J. Keneally, Senior Director, Corporate Communications of Bankrate, Inc., +1-917-368-8677, Web site: http://www.bankrate.com/
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