POPM - Friday August 4, 6:57 am Eastern Time
Press Release
PopMail.com Appoints Stephen Spohn Interim CFO
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2000--PopMail.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:POPM - news), a leading permission and affinity-based content and e-mail marketing company serving clients in professional sports, entertainment and media, today announced Stephen Spohn, former Vice President of Finance for PopMail.com, has been appointed interim CFO. Tom Orr, having fulfilled his one-year commitment as CFO, will remain a PopMail.com board member, but will focus his efforts on the Cafe Odyssey restaurant group.
Gary Schneider, CEO of PopMail.com, stated, ``We are delighted to have Steve serving in an expanded capacity with PopMail.com, as he has always been and will continue to be an intricate member of the PopMail team. He has played a key role in helping PopMail reach its goals thus far, and I look forward to working with Steve in his expanded position.''
About Steve Spohn
Mr. Spohn most recently served as Vice President of Finance at PopMail.com, reporting directly to the CEO. In 1999, Mr. Spohn joined IZ.com, a convergent media startup company, as the Director of Business Development. In January 2000, he facilitated the successful merger between IZ.com and PopMail from both financial and operational perspectives. Prior to PopMail and IZ, Mr. Spohn worked on various information systems, operational and investment related projects at Softbank, one of the world's leading investors in the Internet. In his role with Softbank, he relocated to Southern California in 1998 as the sole Softbank representative at Kingston Technology Company, Softbank's then largest operating division. Prior to Softbank, Mr. Spohn worked at Arthur Anderson LLP in Boston as an Audit Manager working in a broad variety of industries, including technology and distribution.
About PopMail.com, Inc.
PopMail.com, Inc. is a permission marketing and affinity-based e-mail marketing company serving the needs of individual businesses in a one-on-one relationship with its customers. The Company targets four main vertical markets for its network services, including broadcast, media, sports and entertainment. Clients include the 1999 Stanley Cup Champion Dallas Stars, the NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs, Disney, NBC and others. Combining these e-mail solutions allows companies to cut through the clutter and inefficiencies of traditional marketing and begin promoting and effectively branding the topics and items of interest to their viewers, listeners, fans and customers.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a ``safe-harbor'' for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made by or to be made by the Company) contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating to plans for future expansion. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future; and accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of the Company. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, completion of definitive purchase agreements, ability to obtain needed capital, ability to attract and retain key and other personnel, those relating to development activities, dependence on existing management, leverage and debt service, domestic or global economic conditions, and changes in customer preferences and attitudes. For more information, review the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Contact:
PopMail.com, Inc., Irving
Adrienne Campbell, 972/550-5589
Adrienne.campbell@us.popmail.com
or
Continental Capital & Equity Corporation, Longwood
Dodi B. Handy, 407/682-2001
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