NEWS!! I wonder if I should by the other stock mentioned?? Here it is..
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1999-- A.D.A.M. Internet Health's ADAM.com group (Nasdaq: ADAM - news) today announced a license agreement with Internet portal Excite, Inc. (Nasdaq: XCIT - news) that makes ADAM.com a content partner for the Excite Health Channel.
ADAM.com's content, including the A.D.A.M. Online Medical Encyclopedia and portions of A.D.A.M.'s award-winning visual medical content, will provide Excite users unique health education information. Each of the thousands of pages of ADAM.com content will be branded with a link to ADAM.com, a premier consumer health information and e-commerce web site to be launched this spring.
''We are pleased to work closely with Excite to provide important health information to millions of their daily users,'' said Robert S. Cramer, Jr., A.D.A.M.'s chairman and CEO. ''The Excite agreement is a strong endorsement of A.D.A.M.'s position as the leading Internet health information provider. This will also be an excellent opportunity to generate increased awareness and introduce new users to ADAM.com.''
''Excite is thrilled to offer A.D.A.M.'s incredible collection of clinical and visual health information to Excite Health Channel users,'' said Joe Kraus, Excite's senior vice-president and co-founder, Excite, Inc. ''We believe this is just the start of a strong relationship between Excite and A.D.A.M.''
The Excite-A.D.A.M. agreement is a major step for A.D.A.M.'s new Internet initiative, ADAM.com, making A.D.A.M. the leader in Internet health information.
About A.D.A.M. Internet Health, Inc.
Based in Atlanta, A.D.A.M. Software, Inc. d/b/a A.D.A.M. Internet Health is an online health information content developer with over 500 gigabytes of medical illustration, animation, video and interactive 3D content. A.D.A.M. is developing ADAM.com - one of the premier destination sites on the Web for consumer health and medical information. A.D.A.M. also has a business to business division that licenses content and software components to the healthcare, education and other professional markets. A.D.A.M. works with industry leading companies such as Cerner, IDX, QuadraMed, Healtheon, WebMD and Pearson Education.
Statements in this news release concerning A.D.A.M.'s future results, performance or expectations are forward-looking statements. Actual results, performance or developments could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements as a result of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors including those described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases and other communications.
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Contact:
A.D.A.M. Internet Health, Atlanta
Kevin Noland, 770/541-5145
knoland@adam.com
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