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internet.com Expands Streaming Media News Coverage
(WESTPORT, CT--JULY 27, 1999) internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM), The E-business and Internet Technology Network, has added Streaming Media News (http://www.internetnews.com/streaming-news) to its award-winning news site, InternetNews.com (http://www.internetnews.com). The section will expand internet.com's daily news coverage with a new section devoted to the latest developments in sound, video and animation on the Internet."This is something of a milestone for streaming media technology companies," said internet.com editor-in-chief, Gus Venditto. "Coverage of Internet multimedia has always been part of InternetNews's mandate, but with bandwidth rising at a rapid rate, and the pace of development in the field exploding, streaming media developments require their own special section."
The new section will give InternetNews.com's staff additional space to cover developments from established leaders in the field, like Real Networks (Nasdaq: RNWK), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), and the growing field of emerging companies, like Intervu (Nasdaq: ITVU), MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP), and Instant Video Technology (Nasdaq: IVDO).
Venditto emphasized that while the primary focus will be on the streaming technologies for delivering video and audio, the section will look closely at all forms of Internet multimedia, including businesses that are built around the popular MP3 format.
InternetNews.com is part of internet.com's Internet News Channel, the Web's leading online News source for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals. The channel is comprised of other award-winning sites focused 100% on the Internet industry including NewsLinx (http://www.newslinx.com), AtNewYork (http://www.atnewyork.com) and InternetNewsRadio (http://www.internetnewsradio.com).
internet Corporation, based in Westport, Connecticut, 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 63 Web sites, 44 E-mail newsletters, 55 online discussion forums and 52 moderated E-mail discussion lists with over 1.8 million unique visitors that generate over 47 million page views monthly. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Canada, the United Kingdom, Arabia, Australia, Asia, France and Israel.
"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 "Risk Factors" in the Company's Prospectus dated June 25, 1999, Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.
For more information contact:
Hillary Dietz
(203) 341-2989
hdietz@internet.com
Nicole Catalano
(203) 341-2870
hdietz@internet.com
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