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Tuesday, July 13, 2005

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ACCENT MARKETING SERVICES NAMES NEW PRESIDENT

Kevin Foley to Lead Strategic Vision for Global Business

JEFFERSONVILLE , IN (July 13, 2005) - ACCENT Marketing Services today announced Kevin Foley as President of the company, succeeding Gary Owens, who departed from ACCENT to pursue other interests. Foley, who joined the organization in 1998, most recently served as the company's Chief Information Officer. Foley has more than 13 years' experience in leading strategic operations, marketing and technology divisions for ACCENT and Fortune 500 Company, General Electric (GE).

"Kevin is taking the helm of one of our largest and fastest-growing companies because he has proven his leadership capabilities in his last seven years with ACCENT," said Graham Rosenberg, Managing Director for MDC Partners, of which ACCENT is a subsidiary. "Kevin's technology and marketing background, along with his call center expertise, is ideal for continuing to grow and build upon ACCENT's successful international business."

"ACCENT has a notable heritage of strong leadership, which is why this company has experienced such tremendous growth despite a highly competitive marketplace," said Foley."I look forward to building on the success of Gary 's leadership and continuing the tradition with an accelerated growth strategy that will take ACCENT to the next level."

ACCENT was recently ranked among the Top 100 U.S. Marketing Services Agencies as #36 Marketing Services Agency and #22 Direct Marketing Agency in Advertising Age's 18th Annual Advertising Marketing Services Report (May 2005). Also, Greater Louisville, Inc., recognized ACCENT as a High Impact Company, which acknowledges fast growing companies earning consecutive years of positive operating profit (March 2005).

Background on Foley:

Kevin has more than 13 years' experience in operations and technology, including the development and implementation of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) infrastructuresfor Fortune 1000 companies. Kevin has been a key contributor at ACCENT for seven years. Inhis most recent role as Chief Information Officer, Kevin was responsible for all IT strategic andtactical initiatives for ACCENT. Kevin also lead ACCENT's implementation team, which is responsible for the planning, build-out, staffing and operational set up of all new contact centers including all contract negotiations. While at ACCENT, Kevin has also served as Executive Vice President of Operations, Marketing and Sales and also as Chief Operations Officer. Before joining ACCENT in 1998, Kevin spent eight years with GE in various engineering, operations, IT, finance and management roles. While at GE, Kevin was trained in Six Sigma and ISO 9001 standards. Kevin is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and is a native of Louisville, KY.

About ACCENT:

ACCENT is an international provider of customer relationship management solutions that partners with Fortune 1000 companies to market, sell, service and retain their customers through customer care, loyalty marketing and customer satisfaction programs. Founded in 1993 and 90 percent majority owned by Canada-based MDC Partners, Inc., the fast-growing company employs more than 2,000 people in seven U.S. cities, Trinidad, and the Philippines .

For more information, visit www.accentonline.com or call 812-206-6200.