Redherring.com to Provide Editorial Content for Go2Net's Silicon Investor First
IPO Commentary Provider for Personal Finance Hub, Ranked the 'Stickiest Site on
the Web'
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Redherring.com today
announced an agreement with Go2Net (Nasdaq: GNET) in which visitors to Go2Net's
popular Silicon Investor personal finance discussion and information site
(http://www.siliconinvestor.com/) now will be able to read initial public
offering (IPO) commentary from Redherring.com. Nielsen NetRatings recently
ranked Silicon Investor the "Stickiest Site on the Web," as investors use the
site to post and read messages, build portfolios, and read news and commentary.
Redherring.com will provide articles and commentary to the "Market Insight"
section of Silicon Investor daily. Each in-depth IPO feature will include links
to related stories, referenced companies and people, all of which are available
on the Redherring.com site.
In addition, Redherring.com will supply daily headlines on investing and
technology business topics to Silicon Investor's "Company News" channel, which
is available throughout the Go2Net Network. Users who search for company news on
the Go2Net Network will access Redherring.com headlines based on specific
company ticker symbols. The relationship makes Redherring.com the first content
provider to make IPO commentary available to Silicon Investor's "Company News"
channel.
"Redherring.com clearly is a market leader in private-equity market news and
analysis," said Bryan Burdick, Go2Net senior vice president and managing
director of Silicon Investor. "The new relationship gives our site's users a
powerful business tool to enhance their investment research process."
Jeff Cain, Redherring.com's vice president of business development, said,
"Silicon Investor has a broad audience of smart and savvy investors, who have a
specific interest in better understanding how trends in technology impact their
daily investment decisions. They will appreciate and benefit from our
technology-business news and analysis."
About Go2Net, Inc.
Go2Net (http://www.go2net.com) is one of the Internet's leading networks,
providing consumer services, business services, and enabling services. The
company offers through the World Wide Web a network of branded properties and
aggregated content in the categories of search and directory, personal finance,
multi-player games, small business services and e-commerce solutions. The
company also develops Internet technologies for its own network and for license
to strategic partners. The Go2Net Network is home to many of the Internet's
leading vertical destinations, including: MetaCrawler, Silicon Investor, the
HyperMart Network, PlaySite, Dogpile, and 100Hot.
About Redherring.com
Redherring.com blends strategic business data with the unique Red Herring
insider perspective to create an online, interactive link between business,
technology and capital. Unmatched in its personality and predictive power,
Redherring.com provides news analysis and opinion on today's top stories, ideas
and investments, explaining what's new in the business of technology and why it
matters to the business leaders and investors who are shaping the future of
business.
About Red Herring Communications
Red Herring is an integrated media company that provides strategic technology
business information to the leaders of technology driven businesses. Founded in
1993 to create and publish a national magazine, the company has evolved into the
leading source of insider perspective on technology and business. Today, Red
Herring Communications produces, distributes and broadcasts its unique blend of
news, commentary and analysis online, in print and through events. These media
venues provide coverage of technology business news and events that is
opinionated, predictive and actionable. Red Herring Communications is privately
held and is based in San Francisco.
SOURCE Red Herring Communications
CONTACT: Barry J. Zusman of Plesser Associates, 212-319-8383, or
bzusman@plesser.com, for Red Herring Communications
URL: redherring.com
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