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Talk City, AltaVista, Put Internet Communities at Users' Fingertips
CAMPBELL, Calif., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Talk City Inc. (Nasdaq: TCTY - news), a provider of online communities and interactive services for businesses and consumers, has created co-branded online communities with AltaVista Company based on www.talkcity.com, the consumer community offering from Talk City Inc. . Visitors to AltaVista's local portals can now take advantage of Talk City's network of communities, spanning topical categories, popular themes and thousands of user-generated communities, where they can enjoy such services as moderated chat, home pages, special event production, message boards and online event guides.
To further increase ease of access, users of Compaq Presario personal computers are now able to access these co-branded communities directly by pressing the ''People'' key on their Presario keyboards. Presario users will be routed directly to the community area of an AltaVista partner's local portal serving their geography, or to My AltaVista, a service that offers users customizable local news, business directories, mapping services, entertainment listings and shopping guides, located at my.av.com. These community areas will offer the full complement of Talk City offerings, including thousands of moderated chat rooms, hundreds of thousands of home pages, personals, polls, discussion boards, and other community services.
The Talk City and AltaVista co-branded communities are expected to go live in the fourth quarter of 1999.
''AltaVista creates Web destinations that are an integral part of people's daily lives. We believe the ability to create and participate in online communities is an important aspect of today's Web experience.'' said Bruce Murray VP of Marketing at AltaVista Local Portal Services. ''Talk City offers the industry's leading online community solution, and we look forward to working together with them.''
About Talk City
Talk City is a provider of online communities and interactive services for businesses and consumers. Talk City offers businesses a wide range of services that help them develop and expand online relationships with customers, suppliers and employees. These services include designing fully integrated, customized communities, producing online events, conducting online market research and facilitating online meetings. For consumers, Talk City operates a network of online communities located at www.talkcity.com. The network includes 20 topical categories, over 50 themed communities, 50 co-branded network participant communities and thousands of user-generated communities. Some of the Talk City network participants include Cox Interactive Media, The Hearst Corporation, the National Broadcasting Company, Inc., WebTV Network, Excite@Home and AT&T WorldNet.
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