New Hope Natural Media Joins the IX-ONE™ Product Data Exchange as a Founding Member Boulder, CO, October 16, 2014 – New Hope Natural Media today announced it has joined the IX-ONE™ product data exchange as a founding member. IX-ONE is the industry’s new membership-based product information solution. IX-ONE provides independently verified and standardized product information. IX-ONE physically handles each item to capture product images and attributes to create a centralized hub for manufacturers to access and share their product information. Product data and images are royalty free. Members can use, post, and share their information from one centralized database the industry can trust to be complete and accurate. Bill Tuohig, Vice President and Product Leader of New Hope Natural Media said, “As the leading media resource and information provider for the natural, organic and healthy products industry we are excited about the introduction of IX-ONE and its centralized industry product database. This new technology is expected to speed product on-boarding, support order management and further foster natural products. We believe IX-ONE will have a profound impact on the efficiency of bringing new products to market, which will help to further grow the industry.” “New Hope Natural Media connects the natural products market place; their support, encouragement and council are invaluable to us. We are pleased to be partnering with them,” said IX-ONE’s CEO Troy Benscoter. About New Hope Natural Media New Hope Natural Media is the leading media resource and information provider for the natural, organic and healthy products industry, with print, in-person/event, and e-business products and services. About IX-ONE IX-ONE (www.ix-one.net) is the Natural, Organic and Specialty Product Industry’s product data and image exchange, developed by The Data Council, Inc. IX-ONE is a membership-based solution that provides independently verified and standardized product information to industry vendors, brokers, distributors, retailers and key partners. The IX-ONE exchange allows its members royalty-free use of all applicable data and images to run their businesses including internal systems, marketing, billing and more. They physically handle and image every product annually including capturing all available data. ### MEDIA CONTACTS Heather Smith New Hope Natural Media (303) 998-9232 hsmith@newhope.com David Williams IX-ONE dwilliams@ix-one.net (401) 934-1841