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go2net, Inc. Announces Co-Branding Agreement With MindSpring
PR Newswire - September 03, 1998 08:45
Company to Provide Technology for MindSpring's Online Classics
SEATTLE, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- go2net, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNET), a leader in providing technology- and community-driven Web sites ( go2net.com ), today announced that it has signed a co-branding agreement to deliver PlaySite games on the Web site of MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSPG). MindSpring ( mindspring.com ), is a leading Internet service provider with over 393,000 customers nationwide.
The agreement gives MindSpring the ability to offer users access to a full-featured multiplayer Java gaming and chat community directly from the ISP's home page. go2net has signed and continues to pursue similar agreements with prominent sites that wish to offer users easy-to-use community-based games.
Financial terms of this agreement were not disclosed.
MindSpring will be given access to a co-branded version of the PlaySite Java games technology, developed by go2net Labs and hosted on go2net's servers. This games technology is currently implemented on go2net's own PlaySite ( playsite.com ), and on the Lycos Games ( playsite.lycos.com ) service. Games include Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Hearts, Spades, Gin, Cribbage, and other popular games. The technology also offers community features such as player ratings, instant messaging, and automated tournaments.
According to a recent Jupiter Communications study entitled Internet Games: Five Year Outlook, free game play will remain a key force in the online market. In extending its list of partners and licensees, go2net is positioning itself to benefit from this continuing trend.
About MindSpring
MindSpring is a leading Internet service provider focused on delivering outstanding service and support to its customers. By following its core values and beliefs, MindSpring is committed to doing an exceptional job of serving its customers, its employees, its owners and its community. MindSpring's dial-up subscribers can browse the World Wide Web, send electronic mail, participate in informative online chats and access over 20,000 newsgroups. MindSpring offers local Internet service in more than 375 locations throughout the United States. MindSpring is also a leading provider of Web Hosting services and domain registrations.
About go2net, Inc.
go2net, Inc. ( go2net.com ) offers a network of technology and community-driven Web sites focused on the following categories: personal finance, search, commerce, and games. The Company also develops Web-related software. go2net's properties include: Silicon Investor ( techstocks.com ), the Web's largest financial discussion site; StockSite ( stocksite.com ), which offers proprietary articles, portfolio tracking tools, company research and news relating to business and finance; MetaCrawler ( metacrawler.com ), a search/index guide that combines various existing search/index guides into one service (a "metasearch engine"); Hypermart ( hypermart.net ), the Web's leading provider of free business hosting services; WebMarket ( webmarket.com ), a one-stop comparison shopping service; and PlaySite ( playsite.com ), a Java-based multiplayer online games site. The Company's go2net Labs division develops innovative technologies for use on the go2net sites and for licensing to other Internet companies.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those relating to the Company's ability to grow its user and advertiser base. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the Company's extremely limited operating history, the competitive environment in which the Company competes, the early stage of the Web as an advertising medium, the Company's dependence on advertising revenues and the Company's dependence on strategic relationships to drive traffic to its Web sites. More information about the potential factors that could affect the Company's business and financial results is included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1997, and the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended December 31, 1997, March 31, 1998, and June 30, 1998, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE go2net, Inc.
/CONTACT: Kirby Winfield of go2net, Inc., 206-447-1595, or
kirby@go2net.com/
/Web site: webmarket.com
/Web site: hypermart.net
/Web site: metacrawler.com
/Web site: techstocks.com
/Web site: stocksite.com
/Web site: playsite.com
/Web site: mindspring.com
/Web site: go2net.com
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