SHANGHAI, Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
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today announced that its audit committee received the results of the third-party, independent full-count census of the number of displays in Focus Media’s LCD display network. The census was independently conducted by Ipsos Marketing Consulting Company (“Ipsos”) in November and December 2011. Ipsos is the world’s fifth largest market research company.(1)

(1) The ranking is assessed by ESOMAR, a world association for market, social and opinion researchers, in terms of 2010 global research revenue. See: Global Market Research 2011, an ESOMAR Industry Report in cooperation with KPMG Advisory P48-49.

The census results from Ipsos show that the total number of displays in Focus Media's LCD display network was 185,174 (excluding 103 displays in Lhasa) (see Appendix I). The table below sets forth a summary of the census results.

Number of displays as of Number of displays as of Certified number of
Sep. 30, 2011 disclosed in Nov, 28, 2011(1) based on displays based on Ipsos census
the 3rd quarter 2011 Focus Media data (excluding 103 displays in
earnings release (excluding 103 displays in Lhasa)
Lhasa) (Appendix I)
LCD display network
Focus Media LCD screens 116,026 121,392 121,320
Focus Media LCD 2.0 digital 32,478 33,320 33,312
picture screens
Focus Media LCD 1.0 picture 29,878 30,542 30,542
frame devices
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Total 178,382 185,254 185,174
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Note: (1) The number of displays as of Nov. 28, 2011 is larger than the number of displays as of Sep. 30, 2011 because of network expansion.

In the audit committee's opinion, the two independent surveys and this independent census demonstrate that the display count figures disclosed by Focus Media are substantially accurate.

Appendix I

Ipsos Census Results Summary

Focus Media's LCD Display Network Certified with 99.96% Accuracy

In November 2011, the Audit Committee of Focus Media Holding Limited ("Focus Media") commissioned an independent third-party research company, Ipsos Marketing Consulting Company ("Ipsos"), to conduct a comprehensive census count of the number of displays in Focus Media's LCD display network in order to check the accuracy of Focus Media's LCD display count data and the authenticity of its LCD displays.

In this study, Ipsos adopted a census approach to audit all of the displays in Focus Media's LCD Display Network. This study covered 108 cities where Focus Media's LCD screens are installed, 16 cities where Focus Media's LCD 2.0 digital picture screens are installed, and three cities where Focus Media LCD 1.0 picture frame devices are installed. Within Focus Media's LCD display network, Lhasa was the only city which was not audited due to its hazardous high-altitude, low-temperature, and inconvenient transportation conditions during the audit period. The audit was conducted based on the display list provided by Focus Media according to its November 28th LCD display network data. Ipsos began its fieldwork on November 28, 2011 and ended the work on December 31, 2011.

The count and accuracy results of the census of Focus Media's displays are as follows:

Total number of displays Certified count of Accuracy rate(1)
according to Focus Focus Media's
Media data as of Nov.28, displays
2011
(excluding 103 displays
in Lhasa)
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LCD display network (Total) 185,254 185,174 99.96%
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Focus Media LCD screens 121,392 121,320 99.94%
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Focus Media LCD 2.0 digital picture screens 33,320 33,312 99.98%
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Focus Media LCD 1.0 picture frame devices 30,542 30,542 100.00%
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Note: (1) Accuracy Rate = certified display count / total displays according to Focus Media's November 28, 2011 data.

Ipsos was founded in Paris in 1975, and became listed in Paris (currently as the European Stock Exchange) in 1999. As of 2010, Ipsos has offices in 67 countries worldwide and has business conducted in more than 100 countries. It is the second-largest research firm in the customized market research sector globally. In the U.S., Ipsos is ranked fifth in the market research sector and third in the media research category. Ipsos entered China in 2000 and has been the industry leader in China since 2008.

The result of this survey is the work product of Marketing Unit under the service brand "Ipsos". This survey was conducted solely by the Marketing Unit under the service brand "Ipsos" and is independent from and not influenced by any other survey, research outcome or study on the same subject matter, whether it is conducted by other research teams within Ipsos group or by other market research institutes.

SAFE HARBOR: FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Focus Media may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on forms 20-F and 6-K., in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Focus Media's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks outlined in Focus Media's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its registration statements on Form F-1, F-3 and 20-F, in each case as amended. Focus Media does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

This release is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. Any public offering of securities to be made in the United States will be made by means of a prospectus that may be obtained from the issuer or selling security holder and that will contain detailed information about the company and management, as well as financial statements.

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operates China's largest lifestyle targeted interactive digital media network. The Company offers one of the most comprehensive targeted interactive digital media platforms aimed at Chinese consumers at various urban locations. The increasingly fragmented and mobile lifestyle of Chinese urban consumers has created the need for more efficient media means to capture consumer attention. Focus Media's mission is to build an increasingly comprehensive and measurable interactive urban media network that reaches consumers at various out-of-home locations.

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The hacker who published tens of thousands of Israeli credit card numbers denied
reports that an Israeli blogger unmasked his identity on Friday.

Channel
10 and other media reports said Amir Fedida spent eight hours researching the
hacker’s identity.

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Fedida said the hacker was Omar Habib, a 19-year-old
man living in Mexico with origins in the UAE. The hacker goes by the
online name of “OxOmar.”

But OxOmar later denied any connections to
Habib, describing attempts to link the two as false. OxOmar, who was originally
believed to be Saudi, dared Mossad to track him down, boasting it would be
impossible to find him.

Fedida said his research found the hacker is not
Saudi as widely reported, and the hacker committed several errors that allowed
others to track him down.

The biggest mistake was communicating with
Israeli media by e-mail, Fedida said.

The hacker is active in pro-
Palestinian Internet forums, where he posts anti-Israel messages, Fedida
added.

The credit card list published on Friday contains no new
information, but can damage computers that run it, Leumi Bank, the CAL credit
card company, and Isracard warned. They instructed their customers to refrain
from downloading the file.

OxOmar reportedly responded to reports of
another file disseminated on Friday that contained Trojan horse malware, and
denied responsibility for it.

On Thursday, OxOmar released almost 11,000
new Israeli credit card numbers and personal contact details, following the
publication of around 15,000 numbers earlier this week.

Credit card
companies were examining the latest list and were prepared to cancel any
affected cards for phone or Internet use, as well as issue new
cards.

OxOmar threatened to release many more credit card numbers, and
claimed to also be in possession of “data I have downloaded from Israeli
military contractor companies.” The message, posted on the “uncensored text
hosting” website Pastebin, contained numerous anti-Israel and anti- Semitic
references. The hacker repeatedly referred to the “Zionist lobby” and the
“Jewish lobby” throughout the post.

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Jerseys Home Affairs Minister has said he wants to correct the worst exaggerations of reporting of the historical abuse inquiry.

Senator Ian Le Marquand has released a statement defending the actions of senior police officers in the case.

Officers were criticised in a Wiltshire Police report, released 18 months ago, which looked at the handling of the historical abuse inquiry.

It found serious concerns about the financial management of the inquiry.

It criticised former Police Chief Graham Power and the Chief Investigating Officer Lenny Harper for a lack of management and the £7.5m costs in the inquiry.

Senator Le Marquands statement quotes the two Wiltshire Police reports which said the inquiry was appropriately managed in the early stages.

And it said the decision to start digging [at Haut de la Garenne] was not enough to cause a disciplinary issue.

Senator Le Marquand said: This inquiry led to a significant number of successful prosecutions as well as to the discovery of significant other allegations of physical and sexual abuse which did not, for a variety of reasons, lead to successful prosecutions.

Lenny Harper, who lead the inquiry, said: Its very welcome that hes tried to reign back some of the criticism, albeit rather late.

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40-year-old Jorge Posada, former New York Yankee, will retire, source says | Baseball

Jorge Posada, 40, a former New York Yankees catcher, will announce his retirement this month, according to media reports.

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SHILLONG: Following media reports of cracks and crevasses appearing in the Sohkynphor village market place due to rampant mining of limestone, the deputy chief minister-in-charge of mining, Bindo M Lanong visited the area along with a high level team of officials to ascertain the veracity of the reports.

He stated that there were no visible signs of danger to Sohkynphor village in the Jaintia Hills district of the state from mining activities in the area.

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On the heels of Millennial Medias November Mobile Mix Report, which noted strong growth among tablet computers and other connected devices, Christmas and the immediate days to follow saw a dramatic and heightened continuation of this pronounced tend.

In November, says Mack McKelvey, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Millennial Media, impressions on the Kindle Fire grew an average rate of 19 percent every day, and we saw a run rate of hundreds of millions of impressions.

But on Christmas and the week that followed, impressions exploded as consumers opened the Kindle Fires lovingly wrapped beneath their Christmas tress.

An average daily growth rate of 113 percent was achieved during this period. On Christmas day in particular, impressions on the Kindle Fire spike by 261 percent.

We can’t wait to see what the new year brings for connected devices, Mckelvey says.

Neither can we at Mobile Marketing watch.

To read the full blog post at Millennial Media, click here.

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Bulgarias Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, says media reports on possible terrorist attacks harm the countrys tourism and its relations with the Arab world. Photo by BGNES

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Businesses selling goods online to consumers in Belarus will face a number of new regulations effective January 6, but contrary to media reports, Belarus has no plans to ban access to foreign websites.

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With weight loss a hot new years topic, a new study from the journal of the American Medical Association is receiving widespread attention for its insight into the effects of protein, fat, and calories on weight loss and fat gain. But Dr. Daniel Heller of www.pmscomfort.com, a holistic doctor and nutritional expert, points out how misunderstandings of this complex study could lead to more health problems.

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A study published in the January 4th 2012 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association is receiving widespread attention for its implications for weight loss. Paradoxically, different media reports are spinning the results in dramatically different ways, according to Dr. Daniel Heller of www.pmscomfort.com, a website dedicated to helping educate and empower women with PMS and PMDD. Dr. Heller is a holistic doctor and nutritional expert with a special interest in the Mediterranean Diet and the acid-base effects of diet, both areas of great relevance to the current study.

One instance of the differing interpretations of the study is found in The Atlantic, where Marion Nestle, the famous nutritionist, writes that the study shows that only calories count for weight loss, not the specific composition of your diet. The Wall Street Journal has a similar headline.

Reporting on the exact same study, the Orlando Sentinel leads with a headline that suggests nearly the opposite conclusion, that a high-protein diet aids weight loss and increases metabolism; CNN reports that too little protein could lead to too much body fat.

Dr. Heller points out that all of these differing interpretations are partially correct, but they fail to show the whole picture revealed by this fascinating but complex study. He goes on to say Each of these sources has chosen to focus on one narrow part of this important scientific study. Unfortunately, the attention-grabbing headlines dont serve the public, because the real insights from this study cant be captured in overly simplified soundbites.

This study looked at the weight gain of 25 individuals who lived full time in a laboratory designed to take metabolic measurements over the course of 10-12 weeks. For part of that time, the study participants engaged in a weight gain diet with varying amounts of protein and fat. While their exact calorie amounts differed during the weight gain part of the study, all ate approximately 40% more calories than they needed to maintain their weight.

Dr. Heller remarks that there actually was a significant difference in weight gain in the groups, as the low protein group gained almost 50% less weight than the two higher protein groups. However, this low protein group lost muscle mass during the study, a decidedly undesirable result. He commented, Headlines that trumpet that only calories matter for weight loss are glossing over a major finding of the study: Losing muscle mass and weight as a result of a low protein diet will result in decreased strength, and in the long run would probably result in more unhealthy body fat. (During this short study, all three diet groups had a consistent amount of body fat.)

Headlines trumpeting the increase in calories burned while resting, and increased lean body mass in the higher protein groups as a pure benefit are also misguided, according to Dr. Heller, who points to research showing that higher protein diets, which may result in rapid weight loss, can cause serious medical consequences.

For instance, a higher protein diet, especially when the source of the protein is from animals, results in an acidic metabolism that actually weakens bone, and leads to loss of muscle mass in old age. Thus, he says, one irony here is that too much protein over the long term can have the exact opposite effect of what was revealed in this study. He also pointed out that excessive acidity from overconsumption of protein; acidic foods like soda and coffee; and dietary salt may also lead to hypertension (Zhang, Hypertension, 2009), age-related decline in kidney function, and kidney stones.

Dr. Hellers position as the founder of the leading online source for information on, and natural relief from, PMS and PMDD led him to suggest that the current focus on weight loss unfortunately ignores the effect of womens hormones and emotions on weight loss efforts. PMS and PMDD are a monthly disturbance to any womans attempt to make healthy diet and lifestyle changes. From 25-50% of women experience PMS and PMDD severe enough to interfere with their life, including impairment at work, home, school, and in social relationships and general enjoyment of life, and this gets in the way of healthy diet and lifestyle changes.

PMS Comfort offers rational guidance on healthy diet for women with PMS and PMDD including specific guidance when PMS and PMDD are complicated by hypoglycemia and food allergy.

About: PMS Comfort is a womens health organization dedicated to educating, informing, and empowering women on the subject of PMS and PMDD, as well as to providing natural alternatives for the relief of premenstrual symptoms. Dr. Daniel Heller is a holistic doctor and nutritional expert, and the founder of PMS Comfort.

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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkels spokesman denied media reports Saturday that said she was discussing with coalition partners potential replacements for the countrys scandal-hit president.

The move came as new allegations emerged that President Christian Wulff had threatened publishers with war if they ran a story on a favourable home loan he received from the wife of a millionaire friend.

The scandal could damage Merkel, who nominated Wulff for the presidency in 2010, at a sensitive point in her efforts to resolve Europes debt crisis, the next chapter of which opens on Monday when French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in Berlin.

She sees no reason to discuss a successor to the President, Merkels spokesman Steffen Seibert told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, in response to the newspapers claim that she had talked about a replacement with Vice-Chancellor Philipp Roesler.

News reports focusing on talk of a successor, which dominated news coverage Saturday, increase pressure on Wulff, who last week went on television to try to defuse the scandal.

Der Spiegel magazine also reported Saturday that Wulff threatened publishers with a drawn-out conflict and legal action before they published the loan story last December.

Wulff had asserted on TV that he regretted phone messages he had left, but that he was only trying to protect his family and was asking for a delay in the storys publication.

(Reporting by Brian Rohan; editing by Andrew Roche)

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