(BSNS WIRE) 24/7 Media Adds 13 Sites to The 24/7 Network
24/7 Media Adds 13 Sites to The 24/7 Network
Business Editors/Interactive & Multimedia Writers
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1999--
Category Leaders Increase Reach in Popular Content Channels
24/7 Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: TFSM), one of the largest Internet
media companies, today announced that it has added 13 new Web sites to
nine of its content channels in The 24/7 Network.
The 24/7 Network, according to the August 1999 Media Metrix
Report, reaches 57.3% of online users in the U.S., making it the
largest network on the Web.
"The addition of these category-leading Web sites is another
validation of our ability to attract name-brand sites online to The
24/7 Network," said Mark Burchill, senior vice president, worldwide
business development at 24/7 Media. "These sites will help us continue
to expand our industry-leading reach, and will benefit from the
advertising relationships built by 24/7 Media's national sales force."
The Sporting News Online (http://www.sportingnews.com), one of
the most heavily trafficked sports sites on the Web, provides
non-network national and local sports coverage, insider information,
statistical insight, and experienced team reporters, has joined
24/7 Media's Sports Channel. Also new to the Sports Channel was
Golfuniverse.com (http://www.golfuniverse.com). Golf Universe, the
Web's most comprehensive golf course index, has a unique database of
over 24,000 golf courses that lets users find exactly what course they
need in any country on earth.
FreeAgent.com (http://www.freeagent.com), the Internet service
Web site that is building the largest and most useful network of free
agents on and off the Internet, joined 24/7 Media's Career Channel, as
did Prohire.com. Prohire.com (http://www.prohire.com/), a free online
employment service, allows users to submit their resumes, search for
jobs, or look into the job market in their specific geographic area.
Direct Hit (http://www.directhit.com), the leading provider of
popularity-based search engine products that helps make finding
information on the Internet fast and easy, joined 24/7 Media's Search
Engine Channel. Onelist (http://www.onelist.com), home to the world's
most visited email community, joined 24/7 Media's Community Channel.
Phonefree (http://www.phonefree.com) joined the 24/7 Media
Technology Channel. Phonefree allows users to make free phone calls
over the Internet. SmarTraveler (http://www.smartraveler.com) joined
the 24/7 Media Travel Channel. SmarTraveler features real-time and
route-specific traffic information for major metropolitan areas across
the country. Stratfor.com (http://www.stratfor.com), an online news
service, joined the 24/7 Media News Channel. Won.net
(http://www.won.net), Sierra.com (http://www.sierra.com), and NROS.com
(http://www.nros.com), all part of Havas Interactive's online gaming
network, joined 24/7 Media's Games channel. Adam.com
(http://www.adam.com), the leading online provider of health, medical,
and wellness information, joined 24/7 Media's Health Channel.
Adam.com's search engine finds text, graphics and hyperlinks for
common health topics, their clinical terms, symptoms, drugs,
treatments and related news stories. StreetAdvisor.com
(http://www.streetadvisor.com) joined 24/7 Media's Financial Channel.
The StreetAdvisor provides individual investors with timely, unbiased
positions and actionable analysis of individual stocks from Wall
Street experts.
About 24/7 Media, Inc.
Reaching more than half of all online users in the U.S., 24/7
Media, Inc. is one of the largest Internet media companies. Through
its global online advertising and direct marketing networks, 24/7
Media provides a full suite of online media sales services to
advertisers and Web publishers. Through its flagship networks, 24/7
Media represents more than 2.5 billion ad impressions per month on
more than 300 high-profile sites covering more than 20 countries. In
1999, 24/7 Media acquired Sift, Inc., a leading e-mail marketing
company, and ConsumerNet, provider of the Internet's largest
cooperative "opt-in" email database. Sift and ConsumerNet together
operate as 24/7 Mail, a division of 24/7 Media. 24/7 Media also owns
and operates 24/7 Profilz(TM), the first online co-op database of Web
user profiles used to deliver targeted online banner and email
campaigns. Based in New York, 24/7 Media, Inc. is a publicly traded
company with offices in 28 cities in 15 countries. For more
information please visit www.247media.com.
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CONTACT: Nancy Olds Mara Sipzener
24/7 Media Connors Communications
212.231.7119 212.807.7500
nolds@247media.com mara@connors.com
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