PCNA news with AT&T. Legal Website opening August 3rd.
Attorneys Online, Inc. Announces Joint Marketing
Agreement with AT&T
LAKE HELEN, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1999--Attorneys Online, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Publishing Company of North America, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCNA - news), today announced that it has entered into a Joint Marketing Agreement with AT&T (NYSE:T - news) whereby AT&T shall be the exclusive communications provider featured
on Attorneys Online's new legal portal scheduled to debut August 3, in conjunction with the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
Commenting on the agreement, Dottie Germain, PCNA's Vice President of Marketing and Business Development stated, ''Our portal has been designed to help attorneys more easily navigate the World Wide Web relative to legal issues and topics. In creating our site, we are partnering with companies that work extensively with the legal profession and will offer exceptional products and services to our users. Our agreement with AT&T is designed to market AT&T's services to attorneys nationwide and includes AT&T Wireless Service, AT&T WorldNet Service, and AT&T One Rate On-Line Long Distance Service. The
ability for legal professionals to communicate both efficiently and effectively is critical to the practice of law. As a world leader
in communications, AT&T has the products and services necessary to meet the needs of our users.''
Under the agreement, Attorneys Online will feature AT&T's icon on the front page of its legal portal through which visitors will be taken to the AT&T Communications Center. Attorneys Online will receive royalties for all sales initiated by visiting its legal portal.
The Publishing Company of North America, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries, PCNA Communications Corporation and Attorneys Online, Inc. are integrated full service providers of specialty publishing for bar associations nationwide. While having focused principally on print directories and related products and services, PCNA and its subsidiary companies are aggressively pursuing its online strategy of providing goods and services to the legal profession.
Contact:
The Publishing Company of North America Inc.
Peter S. Balise, President and CEO, 904/228-1000
or
InterWest Associates, 949/645-8325 |
