> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> NEWS RELEASE
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> Doublespace to Launch Suite101.com's Brand and Marketing Campaign
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> Vancouver, British Columbia, June 24, 1999 - Suite101.com, Inc. (OTC BB:
> BOWG) announced today that New York based Doublespace will head up
> Suite101.com's brand and marketing campaign. The award winning Doublespace
> specializes in online branding and digital strategy and has been retained
> to provide creative and technical solutions that will include advertising,
> brand awareness, site scalability, e-commerce architecture and a media
> plan to achieve Suite101.com's target goal of 250,000 Members by December
> 31, 1999. The marketing launch date is scheduled for September 1999.
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> "Doublespace's creative talents, technical expertise and positive Internet
> experiences, I believe, will go a long way in helping our people at
> Suite101.com direct our Membership marketing dollars achieve a critical
> mass of Members the prerequisite to Suite101.com's e-commerce
> initiatives," said Peter Bradshaw, CEO and President of Suite101.com.
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> "Suite101.com has the opportunity to re-invent the way community happens
> online," said Jane Kosstrin, Chief Creative Officer at Doublespace. "The
> Suite101.com experience will give smart people a place to thrive on the
> Web."
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> About Doublespace
> doublespace.com Founded in 1979, Doublespace began creating
> interactive products during the early 1990s. The 30-person firm provides
> comprehensive services in digital strategy and brand creation, and
> possesses unrivalled expertise in developing print and interactive media.
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> About Suite101.com
> Suite101.com: suite101.com is the first online community of
> Real People helping Real People find the best and most current information
> on the Internet. The
> Suite101.com solution focuses on Member-generated content created by Real
> People - web guides, called Contributing Editors, who scour the Internet
> for the best web sites in their areas of expertise.
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> They do all the work - the searching - so the Internet user does not have
> to. Suite101.com attracts Membership by offering its on-site award winning
> Best of Web Guide free. To date, Suite101.com's 680 Contributing Editors
> have published over 14,000 archived articles on topics ranging from
> politics to pets to gardening to hip hop music, led millions of Members
> and visitors to the best Web sites and moderated thousands of topic
> related discussions. In addition, it is Suite101.com's goal to provide to
> its visitors and Members an online based community that fosters user
> creativity and communication through Suite101.com's interactive and
> publishing features such as discussions, chat, polling and personalized
> pages.
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> Suite101.com's revenue model will concentrate on electronic commerce
> ("e-commerce"). Through e-commerce, Suite101.com intends to provide its
> consenting Members with access to the products offered by leading
> marketers and service providers ("E-Providers") whereby Suite101.com will
> participate with their E-Providers in a percentage of the proceeds from
> online transactions.
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> This Press Release may contain statements which constitute forward-looking
> statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
> Act of 1995, including statements regarding the plans, intentions, beliefs
> and current expectations of the
> Suite101.com, Inc. ("Company"), its directors, or its officers with
> respect to the future business activities and operating performance of the
> Company, its marketing plans and growth in Members. Investors are
> cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
> future business activities or performance and involve risks and
> uncertainties, and that the Company's future business activities may
> differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result
> of various factors, including, among others, unexpected delays in the
> implementation of its marketing plan, failure to achieve its target goal
> of Members, failure to implement its e-commerce revenue model, and the
> inability of the Company to raise such additional capital as may be
> necessary for the fulfillment of its business plan. Additional important
> factors that could cause such differences are described in the Company's
> periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
> the Company's annual report on Form 10-KSB, quarterly reports on Form
> 10-QSB and annual report on Form 10-K. The filings may be viewed at
> sec.gov.
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> Contact:
> Nancy McLeod
> Investor Relations
> Suite101.com
> Tel: 604-682-1400
> Fax: 604-682-3277
> nancym@suite101.com
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