Friday February 26, 2:31 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: New Discoveries Publishing Corporation
New Discoveries Publishing Corp. Appoints Australian Agency for Worldwide Communications
SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Peter Michaels, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of software development company, New Discoveries Publishing Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: NWDP - news), today announced the appointment of Professional Public Relations (PPR) as the marketing and communications consultancy of records.
PPR, Australia's largest independent consultancy, is a privately owned company founded 28 years ago by its current Chairman, Peter Lazar. With offices in every State and Territory as well as New Zealand, PPR handled public relations and marketing for some of the world's leading brands - 3M, McDonald's, Retravision, Volvo, Bayer, Bristol Myers-Squibb, Discovery Channel and KLM. PPR is also affiliated with the Weber Golin Harris PR network worldwide.
Weber Golin Harris Public Relations Worldwide is the eighth largest public relations consultancy in the world, handling national accounts including America Online, IBM (storage system division), 3Com and National Semiconductor.
PPR will do all public relations, publicity, marketing and advertising for New Discoveries including the launch of a new TV network throughout Asia linked directly to a gaming Internet site.
''We're looking forward to managing marketing and communications for New Discoveries Publishing Corp. and are excited by the potential of the technologies being developed. PPR's global networking, including the Weber Golin Harris PR Group, means we are well equipped to service New Discoveries' markets around the world,'' said Richard Lazar, Managing Director of PPR.
The growth of the Internet is reflected in the performance of a range of stocks currently trading on Nasdaq. In the past three months, Excite, Inc. has risen by 96% from $50 to $98; CNET Inc. has risen by 91% from $59 to $113; Infoseek has risen by 117% from $34 to $74; Geocities has risen by 134% from $42 6/8 to $98 4/8; Netscape has risen by 87.5% from $42 to $75 6/8; Yahoo has risen 41% from $110 to $155; Amazon.com has risen by 37% from $72 5/8 to $125; Miscrosoft has risen by 28% from $119 to $152 7/8; Cisco Systems has risen by 30% from $76 to $99; and Lycos Inc. has risen by 43% from $65 to $93.
Mr. Michaels is also the founder and CEO of World Wide Web Casinos and a director of Australian Media Company (AMC). AMC recently signed an exclusive Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Norfolk Island (an external territory of Australia) to host an Internet gaming enterprise on the Island.
New Discoveries Publishing Corporation, a Nevada-based company, was formed in 1993 and approved for public trading in September 1998. It is dedicated to providing high quality gaming and entertainment with an emphasis on customer service.
New Discoveries Publishing Corporation has licensed its Internet gaming software to AMC and will receive royalties from this arrangement -- projected revenues could be over $US 25 million in the first year. For further information, visit the company's website at www.webcasinos.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained herein which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain delays in testing and evaluation of products and other risks detailed from time to time.
About Professional Public Relations
PPR is Australia's largest independent broad-based PR and communication consultancy, incorporating an array of specialty divisions covering corporate, financial, business-to-business and IT, consumer, health and pharmaceutical and environment sectors. The consultancy's approach to all communication is an integrated strategic public relations and marketing program for each client.
PPR is headquartered in Sydney, with offices in every state and territory of Australia as well as New Zealand. PPR is also affiliated with the Weber Golin Harris PR Group worldwide.
PPR's services include all aspects of media relations, product launches, marketing counsel and analysis, strategic planning and implementation, marketing support, creative development, awareness campaign implementation, strategic communication planning, print production, lobbying, issue and crisis management, multi-media production, corporate culture change programs, sponsorship and event management.
Subsidiary Operations:
Professional Marketing Consultants -- a marketing consultancy/advisory subsidiary which specializes in marketing and communications.
Vision Splendid -- PPR's video production and event management arm with experience in staging national corporate seminars, conferences and business road shows.
Art on Tap -- The award-winning, in-house art design and production studio at PPR, producing everything from invitations to newsletters, logos, annual reports, brochures, style guides, technical manuals, incentive scheme collateral and Internet sites.
For further information, please contact: Jennifer Parker, 61-2-9818-0919, Email: jparker@ppr.com.au; or Melanie King, 61-2-9818-0920, Email: mking@ppr.com.au, both of Professional Public Relations.
SOURCE: New Discoveries Publishing Corporation
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