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HOT NEWS..a REAL MONSTER!! ZDNet, Monster.com in content deal By Sam Ames, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 12:27 PM ET Sep 17, 1999 NewsWatch SAN FRANCISCO, (CBS.MW) -- Shares of ZDNet rose Friday after the company announced an alliance with Monster.com that would bring technology career information in European markets to ZDNet's Web sites. Under terms of the agreement released in a statement, Monster's Career Channel will become the exclusive career-content provider on ZDNet's (ZDZ: news, msgs) "Jobs" channel for its European sites. Shares of ZDNet rose 3 5/16 to 17 5/16 on a volume of 600,900 shares, nearly three times the stock's average trading volume over the past three months. ZDNet is also a participant in a coalition of auction sites teaming up to compete against EBay (EBAY: news, msgs). See related story. Monster.com is owned by TMP Worldwide, a job recruitment advertising agency network. Shares of TMP (TMPW: news, msgs) rose 2 5/8 to 64 1/4. Today on CBS MarketWatch Witching hour lifts stocks Gateway shares boosted by upgrade Adobe shares rise after strong earnings Competition targets EBay auctions Greenspan warns of Y2K panic More top stories... CBS MarketWatch Columns Updated: 9/17/99 1:03:22 PM ET The Monster.com and ZDNet partnership carries across all of the European countries where Monster is present which includes the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. The companies say the alliance will provide greater access for European residents to the Monster Career Network in Europe, as ZDNet provides technology and Internet content for many of the portal sites in Europe. The partnership will also give visitors to the ZDNet, an information technology Web site with a presence in most European markets, access to technical jobs in their country and across the continent. Visitors to ZDNet's Jobs Channel, will have access to job postings in information technology, engineering, architecture and design and can post their resumes on the Monster sites and apply for an individually customized job search agent. The Monster career network is a division of Monster.com, headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts in the United States. It is a global online careers network with 8.1 million unique visits per month to its sites. Based in San Francisco, ZDNet develops and maintains the ZDNet Web site and focuses on technology, Internet content and commerce. ZDNet is a division of Ziff-Davis. (ZD: news, msgs) Shares of Ziff Davis rose 15/16 to 16 1/16.