BANGKOK, THAILAND--(Marketwire - Jan 16, 2013) - World Moto, Inc (OTCBB: [ FARE ]) (OTCQB: [ FARE ]) ("World Moto" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that business and technology editors of The Bangkok Post and Manager Daily have conducted an in depth interview with the management of World Moto. Changing the way the world goes around, World Moto is a global authority on the $500 billion dollar a year motorcycle taxi industry and inventor of the Moto-Meter, the world's first motorcycle taxi meter.

The interview took place in Bangkok, January 9th, 2013, and full articles are anticipated to be released by the publications within two weeks. In addition, both have expressed that they will be covering the Company on an ongoing basis.

The Bangkok Post is a highly regarded English language broadsheet, published in Bangkok, with a circulation of approximately 75,000 ([ www.bangkokpost.com ]). The online edition is the most widely read English language Thai news service around the world.

Manager Daily's Circulation is around 100,000. This is the core asset of the Manager Media Group. The online edition of the paper is Thailand's most popular news website. Manager Daily is a Thai-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. The paper is a broadsheet, and emphasizes political and business news. The newspaper is a highly popular Thai news source. The Company is delighted to have attracted local media interest of this calibre.

World Moto's CEO Paul Giles stated, "We are very pleased to be getting ongoing media attention from such prestigious publications as Bangkok Post and Manager Daily."

Watch the Moto-Meter in use on motorcycle taxis: [ http://www.worldmoto.com/videos.php ]

About World Moto

World Moto, Inc is the global authority on the $500 billion dollar a year motorcycle taxi industry and creator of Yes, the "Need it Now!" service. World Moto has revolutionized the taxi industry by inventing the Moto-Meter, a landmark device that CNN, Newsweek, Wired, Moneylife, among others, are calling "the world's first motorcycle taxi meter" and "world's first portable taxi meter" and "first-ever black box for motorcycles," while the Times named it "one of the most significant innovations of this decade" and Fast Company declared it [ "The First Real Taxi Meter Innovation in 100 Years...a $3 billion dollar idea." ]

Watch the Moto-Meter in use on motorcycle taxis: [ http://www.worldmoto.com/videos.php ]

Watch Yes: [ http://www.worldmoto.com/yes.php ]

To find out more about World Moto, Inc. (OTCBB: [ FARE ]) (OTCQB: [ FARE ]), visit our website at [ www.worldmoto.com. ] Details of the Company's business, finances, appointments and agreements can be found as part of the Company's continuous public disclosure as a reporting issuer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database.

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