VALENCIA, Calif., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AuctionCities.com, Inc. (OTC:AUCC), The originator of "Micro-auctioning," local geography focused online auctions, today announced that they have appointed Jack Scanlan as its new Director of Corporate Communications. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080810/LAW062LOGO) Jack Scanlan joins AuctionCities.com with over twenty years of experience in publicity and media relations and is a member of the prestigious Publicists Guild of America. Prior to joining AuctionCities.com, his career included senior management and marketing positions with the motion picture industry, including Industry giant, Columbia Pictures and both Cannon Films and 21st Century Pictures. He also has experience managing the publicity efforts of a number of start-ups and developing companies in technology and other industries. In his new role, Mr. Scanlan will be responsible for direct communications with major newspapers, magazines, and broadcast media as well as Internet-focused media. Mike Berman, AuctionCities.com Chief Executive Officer said, "As we bring the unique services of AuctionCities.com to the marketplace, we can expect significant new developments to occur. The appointment of Jack Scanlan is just such a development. In fact, we also hope to name a Director of Internet Marketing in the near future." "It is great to be associated with such an innovative and vibrant company such as AuctionCities.com," said Jack Scanlan. "We are currently pursuing an aggressive marketing campaign into several new verticals, like automotive and consumer electronics, where I am confident that I can make substantial impact," continued Scanlan. "The continued growth and success of AuctionCities.com will depend heavily on the talented people within the Company and the excellent new candidates that we recruit. We are very fortunate to have a Director of Corporate Communications as experienced and talented as Jack Scanlan," concluded Mike Berman. About AuctionCities: AuctionCities.com, Inc., the originator of "Micro-auctioning," local geography focused online auctions marketed as "Shop your Zip-code." AuctionCities.com is the state-of-the-art alternative and convenient way for local auctioning and shopping. We host local auctions for geographies, represented by 42,722 U.S. Zip-code specific sites and prioritizing 156 metropolitan areas using our patent pending business method and technology. Forward-Looking Statements: The factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Memorandum could adversely affect the value of the Company's Common Stock. In addition, the factors discussed below and elsewhere in this Memorandum may constitute forward-looking statements and, as such, may involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements or the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements contained in this Memorandum should not be relied upon as predictions of future events. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "should," "could," "seeks," or anticipates," or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy. Such statements are necessarily dependent on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise and they may be incapable of being realized. The following factors may constitute or include cautionary, forward-looking statements identifying important factors with respect to such forward-looking statements, including certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary materially from the future results covered in such forward-looking statements. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080810/LAW062LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: AuctionCities.com CONTACT: AuctionCities.com Publicity Department, +1-866-587-8921 Web site: http://www.auctioncities.com/

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