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INTERNET.COM ACQUIRES LINUXSTART.COM EXPANDING ITS LINUX/OPEN SOURCE RESOURCES
(Darien, CT--December 22, 1999)-- internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM), the E-Business and Internet Technology Network (http://www.internet.com), today announced that it has acquired LinuxStart.com (http://www.linuxstart.com), a leading resource and search engine for the Linux community providing Linux information, tools, applications and more. LinuxStart.com has international editions with versions in English, German, French, and Spanish, among others. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Recent internet.com Linux initiatives include the acquisitions of LinuxCentral.com (http://www.linuxcentral.com), a leading e-commerce site which sells hardware, software and other products geared for the Linux and Open Source communities; LinuxToday.com (http://www.linuxtoday.com), one of the largest Web sites serving the Linux and Open Source communities; and LinuxPlanet.com (http://www.linuxplanet.com), a provider of Linux news and tutorials for system administrators, developers and business professionals.
"internet.com is now a leading information resource serving the needs of the Linux/Open Source communities, both domestically and internationally, and we are continuing to build our presence in this field through acquisition, organic growth and by leveraging traffic through our network of Web sites which now have over 90 million monthly page views," stated Alan M. Meckler, chairman and CEO of internet.com Corporation.
internet.com Corporation (http://www.internet.com) based in Darien, 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 89 Web sites, 71 e-mail newsletters, 101 online discussion forums and 75 moderated e-mail discussion lists with over 2 million unique visitors that generate more than 90 million page views monthly. Total "views", which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are now over 150 million per month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Arabia, Asia, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. In addition, internet.com with its related internet.com Venture Fund I and Venture Fund II is an investor in a growing number of business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.
Interested advertisers should contact the Ad Sales department at adsales@internet.com or (203) 662-2962. For e-commerce and licensing opportunities, contact David Arganbright, Vice President, Commerce and Licensing, at darganbright@internet.com or (203) 662-2858.
"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, when available.
Contact:
For more information contact:
Steve Rubel
Schwartz Public Relations
(212) 677-8700 x23
steve.rubel@schwartzpr.com
Nicole Catalano
internet.com Corporation
(203) 662-2870
ncatalano@internet.com
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