" The two minute short and its follow up, "Good to be in DC!" were seen
more than 80 million times online and on every continent, including
Antarctica.S.

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* Maintainers and interpreters of European traditional musics in diaspora communities of North America and Australasia.

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JibJab is based in Santa
Monica, Calif .

* Recorded collections of the aural tradition.

* Interpretations of the tradition, using different vocal styles and instrumentation.

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Grammy-Nominated Russian Group Bering Strait to Release Sophomore CD

LOUIS, The brothers who created the
wildly popular "This Land" video that swept the Internet during last fall's
presidential election -- Gregg and Evan Spiridellis -- have joined with
Budweiser to develop online entertainment for the world's best-selling premium
beer.com .S.

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Four years, five record labels and one apartment fire later,
all six found themselves living together with their manager 's family on a
small farm outside of Nashville."
JibJab will work with Budweiser on a series of projects in 2005,
developing videos that could air on television and the Internet.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050520/CGF030LOGO-b )
JibJab Media, founded in 1999 by the Spiridellis brothers in their garage
in Brooklyn, N.
Anheuser-Busch ranked first in the U.

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is the leading American
brewer holding 50 percent of the U.anheuser-busch.

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Finally, in 2003, their long wait
came to an end when Universal South Records (the joint venture between
Universal Records and highly respected music executives Tony Brown and Tim
DuBois) released their self-titled debut album. Bud Lizards Frank and Louie Return for 'Teaser' Video to Debut Today

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The term Folk Music has come to encompass a wide variety of styles, traditional and contemporary, based mainly on the musical roots and traditions of Europe.

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The Ballad of Bering Strait, a 90-minute Emmy-nominated documentary film
offering a no-holds barred look at the band's remarkable story, was released
theatrically in 2003.
JibJab has brought back Budweiser's famous lizards Frank and Louie -- who
have been resting in the Budweiser swamp -- to create a 30-second teaser
video, titled "Roll Out the Barrel ," to announce the partnership.

Since the 1960s folk revival, particularly in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australasia, it has also come to include music of singer-songwriters, who sing their own (usually personal and introspective) material, with no direct connection to the original Folk tradition other than style of performance.

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Their backstory is unparalleled. They were profiled in the New York Times and the Washington Post,
and their story aired an unprecedented three times on CBS News' "60 Minutes. Music industry
turmoil surfaced and the band was shuttled from label to label with still no
record released. NASA even contacted the brothers for permission to send a copy of
the animation to the International Space Station.JibJab., Inc.

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com today.

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CMT (Country Music Television ) premiered the film that
year and it was also released on DVD/VHS home video. After almost seven years of
living in this country, it is apparent that the same discipline applied toward
their instruments has been utilized in the pursuit of their dreams. Louis, Anheuser-Busch Cos. For more information , visit http://www.

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Bering Strait's second studio album, Pages -- produced by two-time Grammy
award winning producer Carl Jackson (Livin' Lovin', Losin': Songs of the
Louvin Brothers) -- will be released by Universal South Records on June 28,
2005., will utilize cutting edge technology and viral
entertainment for Budweiser as the "King of Beers" continues to lead the
brewing industry in reaching Internet-savvy adult consumers. The first
collaboration is planned for this summer.

. The company is one of
the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer
of aluminum cans and is the world's largest recycler of aluminum beverage
containers.

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"We're a company that likes to
have fun, and that's purely the goal as we bring the humor and satire of
JibJab to our team. We're thrilled to be working with them to help define the future
of marketing and entertainment in digital channels."
Since founding JibJab in 1999, the Spiridellis brothers have worked with
several major marketers including Sony, Kraft, USA Networks and the History
Channel , and have been accepted into film festivals around the world,
including Sundance 2004. The company is American-
owned and brews the world's largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light.

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PAGES IN STORES JUNE 28TH

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Six classically trained Russian teenage
musicians formed a band, called Bering Strait, traveled to the US and signed a
record deal.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050520/CGF030LOGO-a
http://www.Y. This video
will debut on http://www. In 2004, Gregg's lyrics and Evan's art helped spark
an international sensation with the release of JibJab's election parody, "This
Land.

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newscom. "They've also been a leading
innovator in every new medium, from print to television, for the past four
generations.

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, Millions of American television
viewers who saw Bering Strait profiled on "60 Minutes" are eager to know that
they will be releasing their sophomore CD on June 28th.
The members of Bering Strait traveled from their native Obninsk to
Nashville in 1998 and soon were signed to a record deal.newscom.
Popular Budweiser lizards Frank and Louie, first introduced in 1998,
return to the small screen in the first animated short, performing a modified
rendition of "Roll Out The Barrel. beer market.

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Work visas restricted them from getting "day
jobs" and the manager was almost bankrupt."
The band's story clearly illustrates that their talent is matched only by
their tenacity and commitment to their craft .JibJab.

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Budweiser JibJab Form Creative Team

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Based in St.

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"Gregg and Evan Spiridellis have created some of the funniest and most
memorable videos to appear on the Internet through JibJab , and working with
them will allow us to continue reaching our adult beer drinkers with clever
messages ," said Bob Lachky, vice president of Brand Management, and director,
Global Brand Creative, Anheuser -Busch, Inc.
"When it comes to advertising and comedy, Budweiser is King," said Gregg
Spiridellis , co-founder of JibJab media.

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It includes: * Regional and ethnic traditional musics of the continent , performed by people for and within their own community, passed on and evolving through live performance .

* Composed songs and music which have become so well known that they can be said to have 'entered the tradition,' and are evolving through repeated performance.

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They received their first Grammy nomination the day before their debut CD was
released.
(Logos: http://www. For more information , visit http://www.

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Bering Strait, a collection of
bluegrass-pop-rock-infused country music, received a Grammy nomination for
Best Country Instrumental Performance for the original composition "Bearing
Straight. beverage industry in Fortune
magazine's 2005 "America's Most Admired Companies" and in the top 30 on
Fortune's 2005 "Global Most Admired Companies" list.com .