iTURF and US Women's National Soccer Team to Broadcast Interactive "Champion's Chat Room" Live Online At gURL.com
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 23, 1999--iTurf Inc. (Nasdaq:TURF - news) today announced that it will broadcast ''The Champion's Chat Room,'' a unique interactive press event with the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, live over the Internet at www.gURL.com, on Saturday, September 25, beginning at 2 p.m. (MT). Matt Pinfield, an MTV VJ, will host the event.
The Champion's Chat Room is designed to be an open forum for media and invited guests to learn more about the recently-crowned World Champions and their upcoming rematch with Brazil in Denver. Players will answer questions about how life has changed since their World Cup victory over China, as they prepare to play Brazil in Denver at Mile High Stadium on September 26.
Online guests of the Champion's Chat Room can post questions to the players in real time and have their questions answered in the open forum, allowing media members and fans from around the world to also take part.
Esther Drill, Executive Editor of gURL.com, stated, ''We are thrilled to be broadcasting the event with the U.S. Women's Soccer Team live over the Internet. Our readers are huge women's soccer fans and we are excited to bring them more information and inspiration from the world champions.''
gURL.com is a part of the iTurf network of websites. iTurf Inc. is a leading online destination focused on consumers between the ages of 10 and 24. Through its network of websites, iTurf provides a complete offering of community, content and commerce services which include: interactive magazines, proprietary content, chat rooms, posting boards, personal homepages, e-mail, and online shopping. In addition to gURL.com, the iTurf network of websites includes OnTap.com, dELiAs.cOm, discountdomain.com, droog.com, TSISoccer.com, contentsonline.com, dotdotdash.com and StorybookHeirlooms.com. iTurf is a subsidiary of dELiA*s Inc. (Nasdaq: DLIA - news).
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