Focus Media Announces the Schedule of Its 2012 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

SHANGHAI, Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Focus Media Holding Limited ("Focus Media" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: FMCN) today announced that that it is scheduled to hold its 2012 annual general meeting of shareholders on December 10, 2012. The related Meeting Notice, Proxy Statement and Proxy Card for this meeting will be posted at http://ir.focusmedia.cn once they are ready. Please visit http://ir.focusmedia.cn for more details.

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ABOUT FOCUS MEDIA HOLDING LIMITED

Focus Media Holding Limited (Nasdaq: FMCN) operates China's largest lifestyle targeted interactive digital media network. The Company offers one of the most comprehensive targeted interactive digital media platforms aimed at Chinese consumers at various urban locations. The increasingly fragmented and mobile lifestyle of Chinese urban consumers has created the need for more efficient media means to capture consumer attention. Focus Media's mission is to build an increasingly comprehensive and measurable interactive urban media network that reaches consumers at various out-of-home locations.

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