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            <rptOwnerName>Horne William B</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>MARINA DEL REY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90292</rptOwnerZipCode>
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        <footnote id="F1">On July 1, 2008 reporting person entered into a Conversion and Note Termination Agreement (the &quot;Conversion Note&quot;) with the Issuer pursuant to which the entire principal amount outstanding and all interest accrued from inception of a certain promissory note through the date of the Conversion Note and other various amounts owed to Mr. William Horne together in the principal amount of $7,044 would be converted into 234,789 shares of common stock at $0.03 per share which such shares where issued on October 22, 2009.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ William B. Horne</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-04-14</signatureDate>
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0000728385
China Youth Media, Inc.
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0001333268
Horne William B
C/O CHINA YOUTH MEDIA, INC.
4143 GLENCOE AVE UNIT B
MARINA DEL REY
CA
90292
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2009-10-22
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On July 1, 2008 reporting person entered into a Conversion and Note Termination Agreement (the "Conversion Note") with the Issuer pursuant to which the entire principal amount outstanding and all interest accrued from inception of a certain promissory note through the date of the Conversion Note and other various amounts owed to Mr. William Horne together in the principal amount of $7,044 would be converted into 234,789 shares of common stock at $0.03 per share which such shares where issued on October 22, 2009.
/s/ William B. Horne
2010-04-14