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Lycos and MicroCap1000.com Team Up [.18737]
in Stock Showcase
Business Editors/Technology Writers
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1999--
MicroCap1000.com, subsidiary of MicroCap Financial Services.com Inc.
(OTCBB:MFSI), and Lycos (Nasdaq:LCOS) announced that MicroCap1000.com
will be showcased through advertising within Lycos.com's Money Web
Guide.
The arrangement provides Lycos visitors daily, original news and
commentary on the MicroCap sector through advertising links to content
on MicroCap1000.com. The MicroCap sector, companies with market
capitalizations of under $500 million, represents the vast majority of
publicly held companies, yet this sector is under-followed by the
investment community and the media.
"We are pleased that Lycos recognizes the value of bringing its
visitors original content and information on this exciting sector,"
said Jay Matulich, Chairman of MicroCap1000.com. "This showcase is
part of our ongoing campaign to use our unique, cutting-edge content
and real-time index to attract subscribers to our site."
Two week's ago MicroCap1000.com reported that in just three
months it had 120,000 registered subscribers to its service. About
MicroCap1000.com: MicroCap1000.com, Ltd., a subsidiary of MicroCap
Financial Services.com, Inc. (MFSI), is a multimedia provider of
online financial news and information services to the investment
community and MicroCap companies and is designed to be the premier
source for information on the MicroCap sector. The Company, whose Web
site was fully launched in early October 1998, provides comprehensive,
Internet-based electronic publishing of unique content on the MicroCap
sector; online investor access services; and broadcasts over the
Internet through video-streamed netcasts of various financial
programs.
About Lycos, Inc.:
Founded in 1995, Lycos, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCOS) is a leading Web
media company and owner of the Lycos Network, the second most visited
hub on the Internet reaching 46.5 percent of Web users. The Lycos
Network is a unified set of Web sites that attracts a diverse audience
by offering a variety of services, including leading Web navigation
resources, homepage building and other Web community services and a
comprehensive shopping center. The Lycos Network is composed of
premium sites: Lycos.com, Tripod, WhoWhere, Angelfire, MailCity,
HotBot, HotWired, Wired News, Webmonkey and Suck.com. Lycos.com
(http://www.lycos.com), "Your Personal Internet Guide," is dedicated
to helping each individual user locate, retrieve and manage
information tailored to his or her personal interests. Headquartered
near Boston in Waltham, Mass., Lycos, Inc. is a global Internet leader
with a major presence throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Certain of the above statements may be forward looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties. In such instances, actual
results could differ materially as a result of a variety of factors,
including competitive developments and other risk factors listed from
time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission
reports.
For additional information regarding MicroCap Financial Services,
Inc., please contact Michael Jacobs at the Boca Raton, Florida office:
7280 W. Palmetto Park Road
Suite 202
Boca Raton, FL 33433
561-417-8053 (tel)
561-417-8054 (fax)
Email: mjacobs300@microcap1000.com
For additional information regarding MicroCap1000.com, please
contact Lisa Taylor at the Los Angeles, California office:
2425 Olympic Boulevard Suite 660E Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-828-8838 (tel) 310-828-7218 (fax)
Email: ltaylor@microcap1000.com
For additional information on Lycos, please contact Kirsten
Rankin at 781-370-2691, email: krankin@lycos.com.
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CONTACT: MicroCap Financial Services Inc., Boca Raton, Fla.
Michael Jacobs, 561/417-8053
561/417-8054 (fax)
Email: mjacobs300@microcap1000.com
or
MicroCap1000.com, Santa Monica
Lisa Taylor, 310/828-8838
310/828-7218 (fax)
Email: ltaylor@microcap1000.com
or
Lycos
Kirsten Rankin, 781/370-2691
email: krankin@lycos.com
KEYWORD: FLORIDA CALIFORNIA NEW YORK
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BANKING COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET
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Feb-08-1999 08:52 GMT
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