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To: hoffy who wrote (237)	8/12/1999 7:42:00 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 293

(PR NEWSWIRE) Talk City Makes Deal With Amazon.com Auctions for Online Com Talk City Makes Deal With Amazon.com Auctions for Online Community Sponsorship ECommerce Leader Becomes Premiere Auctions Provider for Online Community Provider CAMPBELL, Calif., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Talk City, Inc. (Nasdaq: TCTY), a provider of online communities for businesses and consumers, today announced that Amazon.com Auctions will become a major sponsor of its consumer community site, talkcity.com. Amazon.com Auctions has signed a contract to be the premiere auction provider on Talk City. As part of the arrangement, Amazon.com Auctions has a secured "slotting" presence on Talk City's Web pages. The deal is expected to drive new users to Amazon.com's auction service, which was launched in at the end of March of this year. "Talk City's large user base and strong demographic make us a great fit for Amazon.com Auctions," said Peter Friedman president and CEO of Talk City. "We believe both communities will greatly benefit from this arrangement." Talk City routinely outperforms community sites, such as Geocities and theglobe.com, in terms of average time spent on site and per month for at home users, according to Media Metrix. About Talk City Talk City is a provider of online communities and interactive services for businesses and consumers. Talk City offers businesses a wide range of services that help them develop and expand online relationships with customers, suppliers and employees. These services include designing fully integrated, customized communities, producing online events, conducting online market research and facilitating online meetings. For consumers, Talk City operates a network of online communities located at www.talkcity.com. The network includes 20 topical categories, over 50 themed communities, 50 co-branded network participant communities and thousands of user-generated communities. Some of the Talk City network participants include Cox Interactive Media, The Hearst Corporation, the National Broadcasting Company, Inc., WebTV Network, Excite@Home and AT&T WorldNet. Forward-looking information contained herein concern the Company's future prospects and other forecasts and statements of expectations. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward looking statements made by the Company as a result of, among other things, the Company's ability to implement new services, maintain and enhance the attractiveness of its product offering, to retain and expand its moderator network, to increase its audience of loyal and engaged users maintain differentiation from other online community providers, maintain or improve the number or quality of network partners and customers, as well as other risk factors described in the Company's prospectus filed with the SEC and dated July 19, 1999. SOURCE Talk City, Inc. -0- 08/12/99 /CONTACT: Mary Devincenzi of Krause Taylor & Associates, 408-871-4254, for Talk City, Inc./ /Web site: talkcity.com (TCTY) CO: Talk City, Inc.; Amazon.com ST: California IN: MLM SU: CON *** end of sto

To: hoffy who wrote (237)	8/12/1999 9:19:00 PM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 293

How about another cash play? Cracked IPOs. Last month, community Web site builder TalkCity.com (TCTY: news, msgs) raised $60 million, before fees, then saw its stock get crushed. Yeah, so the California company is losing money hand-over-fist -- $7 million or so in its most recent quarter. Still, revenues and page reads are soaring, and TalkCity's chat-technology, built around subject themes like "Star Wars," is, well, groovy. Something like 50 media companies, including magazine publishers, cable TV channels, Internet channels and even the Microsoft Network, have chosen Talk City's products to run online community programming. cbs.marketwatch.com