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LinkShare Announces Speakers for 2007 Symposium; Don Tapscott to Deliver Keynote Address

New York -- May 10, 2007 -- LinkShare Corporation, a leader in global performance-based marketing solutions, is pleased to announce confirmed speakers for its 2007 Symposium, "Performance Marketing 2.0: Innovation & Collaboration," to be held Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at Chelsea Piers in New York City.

The only event of its kind in the world of e-commerce and online marketing, the LinkShare Symposium brings together hundreds of merchants, affiliates, and industry influencers for a day of in-person information exchange, networking, and discussion.

LinkShare Corporation welcomes Don Tapscott, Chief Executive of New Paradigm and best-selling author of Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, as this year's distinguished keynote speaker.

The keynote address will be followed by "TrendWatch 2007," a panel discussion featuring industry thought-leaders, including Ken Eisner, Vice President, Marketing, Shop.org; Sara Holoubek, Free Agent and Columnist; and Lisa Picarille, Editor-in-Chief, Revenue Magazine, who will share their insights on online marketing trends and innovation in the marketplace. The TrendWatch 2007 panel will be moderated by David Liu, Managing Director of Jefferies & Company, Inc.

"The LinkShare Symposium offers performance marketing professionals from around the world the opportunity to convene, discuss and explore innovation driving our industry. As a thought leader in performance-based marketing, we design our world class events to help our partners maintain their leadership position in the global marketplace and to create opportunities to grow their businesses," says Stephen R. Denton, President of LinkShare.

LinkShare Symposium 2007 also includes education seminars co-chaired by LinkShare executives and clients, as well as LinkShare Dealmaker, a structured networking event created to provide merchants and affiliates the opportunity to meet face to face and share ideas. A full conference agenda may be found by visiting: http://www.linkshare.com/symposium2007/symposium.shtml

LinkShare wishes to thank its LinkShare Symposium 2007 sponsors, including Gold Sponsor American Express, Bronze Partner Informatica, Media Partner Revenue Magazine, LinkShare Japan, Lumber Liquidators, and Overstock.com.

About LinkShare Corporation
LinkShare Corporation is a leading provider of technology solutions to track, manage, and analyze the performance of sales, marketing, and business development initiatives. Combining patented technology, the reach and distribution of a robust network, and expert account management services, LinkShare empowers clients with the ability to collaborate with partners online and develop cost-efficient pay-for-performance campaigns. LinkShare provides the platform, tools, and reporting to help clients acquire new customers, increase revenues, drive results, and measure success across affiliate, search, and e-mail initiatives. LinkShare clients are Fortune 500 and prominent companies doing business online, and include J.C. Penney, 1-800-Flowers.com, American Express, Avon Products and Dell. LinkShare was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, London and Tokyo.

LinkShare is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc. Headquartered in Tokyo, Rakuten is one of the world's largest and most comprehensive Internet service companies, providing leading services in e-commerce, portal & media, travel, financial services, and professional sports. Rakuten focuses on new business development and increasing its scope in order to improve and diversify service offerings. Rakuten is a publicly traded company in Japan (JASDAQ: 4755).