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To: Sandra who wrote (52857)	2/5/1999 11:29:00 PM
From: Tim Luke	Respond to of 119973

and it will reward you well sandra....... tim

To: Sandra who wrote (52857)	2/7/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: TokyoMex	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 119973

TSCN news after hours,, Friday ,, TELESCAN SIGNS STRATEGIC AGREEMENT WITH PLAYBOY ONLINE TO DEVELOP CUSTOMIZED INVESTMENT CONTENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSTON, Friday, February 5, 1999 Telescan Inc. (Nasdaq: TSCN) today announced an agreement with Playboy Online to develop customized financial and investment information for Playboy.com, the business' advertising- and e-commerce-supported Web site. The new financial section for Playboy.com will offer a range of market information on stocks, options and commodities, market news, commentary and analysis, as well as quotes, portfolio analysis, company information and linkage to corporate Web sites. David L. Brown, Telescan's chairman and chief executive officer, said: "We are pleased to join with Playboy to offer its Web-savvy customers the information and sophisticated market analysis they need to be successful investors and enable them to keep track of their financial performance. Playboy is the latest addition to Telescan's expanding list of premiere alliance partners who look to us for our Internet expertise in building and operating customized Web sites and our proprietary financial analytical tools." The financial site will provide Playboy Online visitors with tools and content enabling them to stay current on market developments and corporate news as well as review personal portfolio performance. Among the key features Telescan will provide are personal e-mails alerting users to price changes, volume developments and news events concerning users' personal portfolio holdings. "Playboy Online's affiliation with Telescan will significantly enhance the personal finance offerings on Playboy.com," said Buford Smith, president of Playboy Online. "This latest partnership is part of our continuing effort to make Playboy.com a major destination site on the Web. Not only can men come to our site to be entertained, and to buy music, books and other lifestyle products, but now they also will be able to track the stock market and manage their investments without leaving the site." Under the agreement, Telescan will develop and manage the investment segment of the site, while Playboy will be responsible for marketing it. The firms will share advertising revenue generated by the section. The section will offer some powerful financial tools. Among the graphs users will be able to create are: comparisons of up to ten stocks on a single graph; comparison of an individual stock's performance to its industry group; technical analysis using ten indicators including MACD, Wilder RSI and Stochastics Users, and multiple indices plotted on a single graph. In addition, the service will offer reports including: a summary of Vickers Insider Trading data presented on a graph with multiple links for further analysis; Zack's quarterly earnings reports; graphic portrayal of portfolio analysis with ratings for each security in the portfolio, as well as an overall portfolio rating along with proprietary Telescan Rankings. Telescan, based in Houston, is an industry leader in providing innovative solutions for online technology, data retrieval and Internet services. The company develops and operates major online networks and Internet sites serving the financial, publishing, entertainment and technology-transfer industries. Its Wall Street City supersite provides the most comprehensive suite of search tools, technical analysis and financial data on the Internet. * * * Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA) is an international multimedia entertainment company that publishes editions of Playboy magazine around the globe; creates programming for Playboy TV networks and home video distribution around the world; operates a direct marketing business, including Critics' Choice Video, Collectors' Choice Music, Playboy and Spice catalogs and Web sites; markets Playboy-branded consumer products sold worldwide; operates Playboy Online, which includes the Playboy.com and Playboy Cyber Club Web sites; and will reenter the gaming business with the opening of the Playboy Casino & Beach Hotel on the Greek island of Rhodes. "Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this news release that may be considered forward-looking statements could be subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These include uncertainties in the market, competition, legal success of marketing efforts and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports. The company assumes no obligations to update the information in this release.