SFU Business student Milun Tesovic and MetroLyrics profiled

SFU Business student Milun Tesovic and co-founder of MetroLeap Media, which operates MetroLyrics, was recently profiled on Shaw Cable’s The Express and GlobalTV’s Morning News.

In addition to the notice from local media, Milun Tesovic and MetroLeap Media co-founder Alan Juristovski have also been announced as finalists in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs of the Year Awards.

VANCOUVER, BC–(Marketwire – July 9, 2009) The world’s most prestigious business awards program for entrepreneurs has named founders of MetroLeap Media, Inc., operators of MetroLyrics (www.metrolyrics.com), the world’s top lyrics site(i), Pacific region finalists in the technology and media category. The distinguished award recognizes the company’s founders, Alan Juristovski and Milun Tesovic, amongst the year’s most promising entrepreneurs in Canada. Ernst & Young selected MetroLeap Media’s leaders for their innovative approach to media and technology, entrepreneurial excellence, execution of strategy, and impressive business growth metrics despite the current economic downturn.

MetroLyrics is the top trusted source for licensed song lyrics and music content worldwide, featuring a database with hundreds of thousands of lyrics from more than 16,000 artists, which continues to grow daily as new music is released. With more than 32 million unique monthly visitors, and more than 100 million monthly page views, MetroLyrics receives more traffic than many of the best-known sites in the music industry(ii).

(i) May 2009 comScore Media Metrix data
(ii) June 2009 MetroLyrics Google Analytics