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INTERNET.COM EXPANDS GLOBAL REACH WITH INTERNATIONAL SITES IN HONG KONG, ITALY, KOREA, SINGAPORE AND TURKEY
(New York, NY-October 25, 2000)-internet.com Corporation (Nasdaq: INTM), the Internet Industry Portal, today announced the launch of five new international business-to-business portals for the Internet industry-hongkong.internet.com (http://hongkong.internet.com), italy.internet.com (http://italy.internet.com), korea.internet.com (http://korea.internet.com), singapore.internet.com (http://singapore.internet.com) and turk.internet.com (http://turk.internet.com). The sites will feature original local content written by local journalists, as well as content from the North American edition of internet.com (http://www.internet.com). The sites will be available in the native languages respective to each country (with the exception of Hong Kong being in Chinese) and will be incorporated into internet.com's growing portfolio of global properties, now consisting of 22 international editions.
"As the Internet continues to flourish worldwide, it is essential to provide these countries with a resource that is vital for information and analysis on new technologies and trends affecting the Internet industry," said internet.com Chairman and CEO Alan M. Meckler. "These international additions further complement our aggressive global strategy, giving us a first mover advantage in providing business-to-business Internet content worldwide."
italy.internet.com is the latest site launched as part of the joint venture between internet.com and VNU Business Publications. The launch of korea.internet.com is a joint venture between internet.com and Mirae Corporation of Seoul, Korea. The launch of korea.internet.com is sponsored by E-net Corporation, Samsung Investment Trust & Securities Company, Ltd. and Uniwide Technologies. Both hongkong.internet.com and singapore.internet.com are wholly owned and operated by internet.com and the launches of these two sites are sponsored by Netvalue. turk.internet.com is a joint venture between internet.com and Intervizyon, Inc. and its launch is sponsored by Koç.net.
About internet.com
internet.com Corporation (http://www.internet.com), the Internet Industry Portal, is headquartered in Darien, CT. It is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com operates a network of 143 Web sites, 260 e-mail newsletters, 136 online discussion forums and 78 moderated e-mail discussion lists that generate over 170 million page views monthly. Total "views," which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are over 225 million per month. According to NetRatings, internet.com has nearly 3 million unique users in the United States alone. Over 25% of internet.com's views are from outside of the U.S. internet.com's global presence includes editions for Arabia, Asia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Espanol, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Kingdom. internet.com, with its related internet.com Venture Funds I, II and III, is an investor in a growing number of business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.
Interested advertisers should contact Susan Leiterstein, Vice President and Publisher of internet.com, at adsales@internet.com or (203) 662-2962. For commerce and licensing opportunities, contact David Arganbright, Vice President, Commerce and Licensing, at darganbright@internet.com or (203) 662-2858. For international information, contact Mitchell Eisenberg, Vice President, International Business and General Counsel, at meisenberg@internet.com or 203-662-2800.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding internet.com Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see internet.com's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date of this press release, and internet.com assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements after the date hereof.
For more information contact:
Steve Rubel
Schwartz Public Relations
(212) 677-8700 x23
steve.rubel@schwartzpr.com
Mary Ann Boland
internet.com Corporation
(212) 547-7939
mboland@internet.com
All current internet.com Corp. press releases can be found on the World Wide Web at (http://www.internet.com/corporate/press.html)
