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To: MW who wrote (1930)	12/17/1998 5:22:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3015

mw, another one is: yahoo.com …a more robust system that allows the input of individual zips in addition to the featured metro areas. For example, 80631 nets Greeley, CO which you can see is not featured in the metro listings, but returns info similar to what Local Source is attempting to provide (and more of it, with wider coverage): search.local.yahoo.com In fact, several other companies are playing this card, with varying degrees of success—INKT on the 'better' end of the scale, and WKWG on the 'bleh' end. SRCM is not doing anything particularly interesting here, but good luck with it, if that's the basket where you want to put the eggs. And no, you really shouldn't push the AOL thing as a 'beta test' - that statement is misrepresentative, at best.

To: MW who wrote (1930)	12/17/1998 5:49:00 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3015

<<WHO else has the network to be able to sell local advertising nationwide??? "EVERYBODY!">> Everybody huh?? Obscure reference. If you've never heard of a TV character named "Kanyon", you won't get it. Another one??? Who are the others??? I mentioned "Yahoo! Get Local" earlier. Here's another (and there's more where that came from): matchlogic.com In the meantime srcm already has in place due to the IT Network a national advertising sales force for local content and it's a huge opportunity to leverage that sales force for interactive tv. There's always opportunity. Having the means to take advantage of it, that's another story. Why do you presume that every name you hear is automatically better than srcm?? I don't presume anything. I look at the respective outfits, and, after I stop laughing, I make a subjective judgement. I've seen DoubleClick ads for a long time. As they claim, they've been in on the Net-advertising thing pretty much since the birth of the concept. If anyone knows that biz, it's them. Meanwhile, the LocalSource/IT Network site screams "Low Budget" at me. While I'm not naive enough to invest in a company just because they have a glitsy web site, I sure as hell wouldn't invest in a supposedly Internet-savvy company with a website as amateurish as that one. What is your agenda?? With me it's a conscience thing. Having done my darndest to warn you, I won't feel so bad when your money ends up in my account when all is said and done. <<(Insert here comment about how today's movement in the stock price proves you right.)>> Today's movement in the stock price proves me right. (Insert comment here about how these are not the droids we are after.)