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To: Roderick Ciferri who wrote (84)	5/8/1998 12:40:00 PM
From: John T. Hardee	Respond to of 27722

HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 1998--''Emerging Company Report,'' the nationally syndicated television program that profiles emerging growth companies (http://www.emergingcompany.com), features an interview with the chief executive officer of HomeCom Communications (Nasdaq:HCOM - news), which provides secure and innovative Internet-based solutions to the financial-services industry. Internet-based companies have caused quite a stir on Wall Street lately as companies like Oracle Communications (Nasdaq:ORCL - news), Netscape (Nasdaq:NSCP - news), America Online (Nasdaq:AOL - news) and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW - news) have captured and are holding investors' attention. HomeCom Communications CEO Harvey Sax, appearing this week on ''Emerging Company Report,'' said the Internet is becoming as much of a staple in the office as the fax machine did 15 years ago, ''and you haven't seen anything yet. We currently host more than 10,000 Web sites. Our customers include Time Warner (NYSE:TWX - news) and the CIA, for whom we designed a secure e-mail system. ''Our philosophy is to design Web sites which are more than a company brochure. The future of the Internet for business is the ability for consumers to interact, purchase and be serviced, all from the company's Internet site. This is what we do for our clients.'' Other companies being watched on ''Emerging Company Report'' this week include: SmartTire Systems (OTC/BB:SMTR - news), whose wireless tire-monitoring system is being used with the run-flat tires being sold by Michelin and Goodyear; Universal Ice Blast Inc. (OTC/BB:UIBI - news), which manufactures and markets ice-blasting machines for use in industrial cleaning -- Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F - news) is a customer; United States Basketball League (OTC/BB:USBL - news), the only professional sports league that is publicly traded. ''Emerging Company Report'' airs each Friday evening at 11 ET/8 PT and again on Sunday morning at 11:30 ET/8:30 PT. Perhaps the next success story like Compaq (NYSE:CPQ - news) or Digital Equipment (NYSE:DEC - news) is currently an emerging growth company. To find the cable-TV channel in your city or to actually watch the program being broadcast right on your computer, visit ''Emerging Company Report's'' Web site at emergingcompany.com.

To: Roderick Ciferri who wrote (84)	5/14/1998 11:14:00 AM
From: John T. Hardee	Respond to of 27722

Increased Traffic Results in Additional Bandwidth Capacity at NetRadio Network (This will improve the quality of the music over the internet.) ----------This is great news-------------- MINNEAPOLIS, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As one of the pioneers in ''radio broadcasting'' on the Internet, NetRadio Network ( netradio.net ), a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq: NAVR - news), has completed the recent installation of additional high-speed Internet communications capabilities. This enviable task has been implemented in order to meet the continuous surge in demand for its content and the ever-increasing number of visitors to the NetRadio Web site. ''Our decision to offer more than 150 highly specific, on-demand audio channels was driven in large part by direct feedback from our users,'' said Jan Andersen, NetRadio's Senior VP of Sales & Marketing. ''Our average traffic growth rate of 8% per week last year confirmed the validity of our business model and compelled us to increase our capabilities. Equally important, we saw an average return rate of 73% among first-time visitors to our site, a remarkable achievement by any marketing yardstick. Now, with the added bandwidth in place, we will be better able to provide a consistently high quality listening experience for the close to 3 million audio sessions and more than 18 million page-views which occur every month.'' ''That's the kind of audience we were looking for when we built our site, a model based on obtaining consumer loyalty, first and foremost,'' stated Eric Paulson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Navarre Corporation. ''While professional Major League Baseball teams continually strive to fill the seats of their stadiums, we stream our 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week channels to a growing 'sell-out' crowd of more than 80,000 global visitors every day,'' said David Witzig, NetRadio's VP for Content & Commerce Development. ''And, thanks to the many Web surfers who have made NetRadio a part of their daily, online routine, NetRadio's 150+ channels of on-demand, originally programmed music and information are now more than twice as many as any other music site on the Net.'' RealNetworks ( real.com ), the established market leader and pioneer in the delivery of real-time media over the Internet, has recently awarded NetRadio the 1998 ''NetSquawk'' Streamers Award at their recently concluded RealNetworks Conference '98 in San Francisco. This award is given by a panel of Internet luminaries to ''The Best RealAudio(TM) Net-Only Radio'' Web site. About NetRadio Network NetRadio Network, a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation, was the first Internet-only radio network and is currently the world's largest on-demand Webcaster of originally programmed audio content, with over 150 channels of on-demand music and information. A multi-winner of Internet Excellence awards, the NetRadio Web site ( netradio.net ) is routinely visited every month by millions of listeners from around the world. NetRadio listeners can easily navigate the open Web site, enjoying the many channels of free music, news, and infotainment, even while surfing other Web sites, or while working offline on email and other software applications. About Navarre Corporation Navarre Corporation is a major publisher and distributor of quality consumer software and