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DIGITAL RIVER PROVIDES SOFTWARE Selection to PhotoHighway.com
Business Editors
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21,1999-- PhotoHighway.com, the world's first Internet portal community devoted to digital photography, today announced that Digital River, the leader in Web-based commerce for digital products will provide it's preeminent software delivery services to PhotoHighway.com members.
Digital River will provide digital imaging products from its database of over 100,000 digital products, including 30,000 software products and applications to PhotoHighway.com members. "Digital River will provide the digital imaging software that our customers require in order to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by digital photography," said Joe Byrd, COO of PhotoHighway.com, Inc. "We are particularly pleased that Digital River offers one of the most advanced customer service centers in the online software industry. We want to make certain that our members are delighted with their online software purchasing experience. Customers who are delighted with their shopping experience return time and time again." "Digital River is pleased to provide software delivery and transaction processing services to PhotoHighway.com," said Joel Ronning, CEO of Digital River. "As an April 1999 study by the leading e-commerce consulting firm, Jupiter Communications, makes clear, Digital River remains at the cutting edge with our customer-support solutions. We've just made a half-million dollar investment in top-of-the-line phone and email management systems that let us meet and exceed many of the customer service goals Jupiter outlines."
PhotoHighway.com will officially launch at PC Expo in New York at 9p.m. EDT on June 23. A special press reception recognizing outstanding achievements in photography this century will be held beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. Honorees include Jack Mitchell for his lifetime achievements in portrait photography, 20th Century Fox for their efforts to archive motion picture still photographs, and Sony for their scientific contributions to the advancement of digital photography. About PhotoHighway.com
PhotoHighway.com, Inc. (www.photohighway.com) is devoted to advancing all aspects of digital photography and providing photography enthusiasts at all levels an immediate gateway to the Internet as a way of sharing their photographs and their interests. PhotoHighway.com features content personalized to the digital photography needs of its members, including the latest news, product reviews, product shopping mall, special offers, photo contests, photo galleries, educational classes, chat rooms, interesting hyperlinks and more. Membership in PhotoHighway.com is free, and members will be able to personalize their view PhotoHighway.com to suit their interests. PhotoHighway.com Inc. is a California corporation. For sponsor inquiries or sales information, call (408) 748-0708 or email marks@photohighway.com. About Digital River
Digital River, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRIV), based in Minneapolis, is the largest online source of software and a leading outsource provider of Web-based commerce solutions. The company provides more than 5,000 software publishers and online retailers with its proprietary technology for Internet delivery of more than 100,000 digital products, including 30,000 software products and applications. For more information, visit Digital River's Web site at digitalriver.com.
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