YLNE news:
Monday March 20, 10:12 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Youthline USA, Inc. Announces Partnership With The Academy of Natural Sciences
Partnership to Provide Unique Programs For Schools, Families, Educators, and Students
HOWELL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000--Youthline USA, Inc. (OTCBB:YLNE - news), a multimedia company providing educational and entertainment products and services to America's youth, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, an international museum of natural history, to offer unique and dynamic cross-promotional programs to further enhance Youthline USA's leading educational content.
As part of the partnership, the Academy of Natural Science will provide content that will be featured in Youthline USA's newspaper and on its website from March through June 2000. On a bi-weekly basis, Youthline USA will dedicate one of its pages to science including such features as BirdCast, a website dedicated to tracking bird migrations; Urban Rivers Awareness; Dinosaurs A-Z; Careers as Scientists; Endangered Species; Earth Day 2000, and other information that will stem from the projects and archives of the Academy.
``Youthline USA is truly a remarkable and unique educational product. We look to Youthline USA as a way of reaching children in the Philadelphia region, across the country, and indeed across the globe, to share with them the exciting content that the Academy has to offer. We anticipate that this partnership will create many opportunities for both of us,' said Heather Schultz, Director of Public Relations of the Academy of Natural Sciences.
Youthline USA publishes a weekly newspaper covering world, national, and regional news, and the Company also provides a subscription-based Internet service giving students access to the tools they will need to succeed in tomorrow's academic and business world. Youthline-usa.com, like the
newspaper, has created a fun, productive work environment that promotes learning by blending news with interactive features, puzzles, and contests. In addition, the Youthline USA site provides a vast selection of archives and specialty features developed to educate and entertain its readership.
``This partnership demonstrates our commitment to bringing the highest quality information to students and educators, and we are confident that Academy of Natural Science contributions achieve this goal. The tremendous growth in the circulation of our newspaper and the rapidly growing number of schools signing up for our Internet service are both indications that we are succeeding in our attempt to create and provide edutainment excellence,' said Saki Dodelson, President of Youthline USA.
Youthline USA recently launched the first regional insert to its national paper in the Philadelphia market and has developed several other partnerships with leading organizations in the Philadelphia market, providing its subscribers with unique promotional opportunities.
About the Academy of Natural Science
Founded in 1812, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia is the oldest research science institution in the Western Hemisphere and a world leader in the fields of natural science, research, education and exhibition.
Popular features in the Academy's Museum include the new exhibit, Dinosaur Hall, home to fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex and the newest carnivore on the block, Giganotosaurus, the biggest meat-eating dinosaur ever discovered. There's the hands-on experience, The Dig, where visitors dig for real
fossils; Butterflies, the exhibit with live tropical butterflies that fly all around you, taking you to the
heart of the rainforest; the Live Animal Center (LAC) that cares for over 100 wild animals unable to survive on their own in the wild; and the children's nature museum, Outside In. Changing exhibits highlight the ongoing research of Academy scientists. The Academy has four research groups: the Biodiversity Group, The Patrick Center for Environmental Research, The Estuarine Laboratory and the Maritza Biological Field Station.
Biodiversity Group studies the identity, relationships, and ecology of organism. Through the Academy's vast biological collections and individual research efforts, Academy scientists explore the diversity of life forms, and their evolution, adaptations, survival and extinction.
The Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences examines water quality issues and their relationship to living resources. It is considered a pioneer and a leader in developing new means to assess water quality.
The Estuarine Research Laboratory on the Patuxent River in Maryland focuses on the natural processes occurring in estuaries and costal oceans. The Estuarine Research Laboratory offers diverse educational programs for teachers, students and concerned citizens.
The Maritza Biological Field Station in the Guanacaste National Park, Costa Rica, was established in 1988. Surrounded by undisturbed tropical dry forest, Maritza is a site for Costa Ricans and members of the International research community to study tropical streams, dry-forest and cloud forest ecosystems.
About Youthline USA
Youthline USA provides innovative, value-added educational and multimedia products and services
to the school, library and home market. The Company offers a unique, fun and interactive
Internet-based educational service for students, teachers, parents, and librarians. Youthline's website,
www.youthline-usa.com, is a subscription-based site providing students with access to the tools they
will need to work in tomorrow's business world.
Youthline's newspaper is geared for children aged 8 to 13. The newspaper fosters reading writing,
and creativity by presenting news in an age-appropriate and age-sensitive format. Every issue
consists of 16 full-color pages of news, including world and national news, sports, politics,
economics, science, health and computers. Youthline USA's newspaper presents news and current
events in a lively and vivid format to captivate its young audience. Youthline USA simultaneously
connects young students across the nation while introducing them to current events, news and
cultures from around the world.
In addition to the 16 page national newspaper, four-page regional inserts are available with local
political, sports, and human-interest news. All inserts are full-color and afford the opportunity for
local advertisers to reach local populations
Youthline USA recently launched its monthly magazine, a publication that provides an in-depth look
at issues relevant and important to the youth of America. The magazine not only presents material in a
more durable format, but it also allows for the presentation of fun, interactive activities, linking news
and timely issues in a manner that is exciting for kids. This full-color publication is enticing for national
advertisers who are looking for a forum that is eye-catching, appealing, and long-standing.
Youthline-usa.com is an educationally oriented product offered to schools and individuals that
reinforces academic skills by introducing news articles with accompanying activities, daily stock
market tips and virtual stock market game, and email accounts for all users. Website subscribers also
have access to Youthline USA's vast online archive databases that incorporates five years of Ingenius
news and activities. Schools in Washington, Chicago, Atlanta, and Tennessee have all signed on for
this innovative, educational, and exciting new program.
Among Youthline USA's recent acquisitions are: Ingenius, a multi-media programming and news
archive with a database consisting of 1,560 news stories; and LessonStop
(http://www.lessonstop.org), a Website for innovative K-12 teachers to seek, share, and discuss
ideas for classroom activities. LessonStop develops Internet-based lesson plans on topics such as
creative writing, studies in world cultures, science, and mathematics-all for the entire K-12 range. A
complete corporate profile for Youthline-USA may be found at smallcapnewswire.com.
Youthline USA is a registered trademark of Youthline USA, Inc.
Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: with the exception of the historical
information contained in this release, the matters described herein contain forward-looking statements
that involve risk and uncertainties that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein
described, including but not limited to product development and acceptance, manufacturing,
competition, regulatory and/or other factors, which are outside the control of the company.
Contact:
Youthline USA, Howell
Melissa Coopersmith, 732/886-0833 ext. 110
melissa@youthline-usa.com
or
Vision Consulting
Billy Hayes, 212/509-4565 ext. 522
billy@visioncc.net
or
Market Voice Inc.
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