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To: Trooper who wrote (1335)	2/24/1999 11:58:00 AM
From: GARY P GROBBEL	Respond to of 1530

Last price .53 up .07 vol 600,000: MSH Entertainment Set to Launch Internet Site To Enter $1 Billion Children's Market NEW YORK, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- MSH Entertainment Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: MSHE - news) announced today that it has launched its own Internet company targeted at the $1 billion children's marketplace. Called JustKids.com, MSH indicated that it expected to be online by the second half of 1999 and will operate out of Sausalito, California. Commenting on the development, Robert Maerz, chairman of the family-oriented, multi-platform entertainment company stated that ''with the acquisition of Abrams/Gentile Entertainment under our feet, we are now in a position to move aggressively to tap this huge and growing market.'' Abrams/Gentile is one of the nation's foremost developers of toys and animated programming for children. Aiming to capitalize on the advantages of ''vertical integration'' of entertainment, marketing, communications and technology, Jonathan Stathakis, president and chief operating officer of MSH explained that ''we decided that we needed to have our own internet company as a major component of the Company if we were to fully capitalize on our strengths in family entertainment and merchandising. ''We are well along in the development and packaging of a number of toys and children's merchandise which are being readied for what we expect will be the leading children's shopping mall on the web.'' JustKids.com will be headed by Bob Heyman, an Internet marketing pioneer and web site developer and the founder of Cybernautics, which was acquired by U.S. Web Inc. in 1997. At the outset, JustKids.com will focus on aggregating content -- rich web sites into an interactive network created with an eye toward convergence with television and the Internet. The activities of the new operation will include the merchandising of educational interactive toys and related products carefully developed in-house. These products will be both stand alone products as well as spin-offs related to other projects and programming. Mr. Heyman noted that ''there are an estimated 9.8 million children today using the net and that number will probably triple over the next four or five years. ''Importantly, in the children's marketplace, no dominant 'category killer' player has emerged similar to Amazon.com in the book sector.'' MSH will begin acquiring web sites developed by others as well as sites custom built by and for MSH. These sites will be commercially scaled with the addition of network wide advertising sales and the utilization of branded content and characters. With its acquisition of AGE, MSH now has a library of over 150 hours of quality children's animation programming. Mr. Heyman noted further that ''we believe that a dynamic future opportunity of the Net will be the delivery of cartoons on demand.'' As a wholly owned MSH subsidiary, Mr. Maerz explained that ''JustKids.com's business activities will include development and ownership rights associated with its activities, including toys, books, book publishing, home video, CD-ROM, motion picture and television animation. ''We are also actively seeking joint venture partners, acquisition rights to programming, development, packaging and co-production projects that will, in turn be licensed directly to broadcast networks and the net. ''The goal of these endeavors is to build a library of diverse multi-media properties in which MSH will either own or have a substantial equity interest. This news release includes certain statements that may be considered forward looking under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to a number of important risks and uncertainties that could cause the contemplated transactions not to occur.

To: Trooper who wrote (1335)	2/24/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: GARY P GROBBEL	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1530

2.62/2.81: Datalink.net Awarded Patent For Real-time Transaction Alert System Unique Technology Turns Data into Information SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1999--Datalink.net (OTC-BB: NETD - news), a Silicon Valley based Internet company, announced it has been issued a patent for its Real-time Transaction Alert System, the technology powering its popular suite of financial wireless information services. The newly patented technology uses state-of-the-art Intelligent Agents to provide real-time information to wireless devices such as pagers, PCS phones and wireless-enabled personal data assistants. The technology is the result of three years of research and development that established Datalink.net as the leader in Web-to-Wireless(TM) personal information services. ''Datalink.net is pleased that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recognizes the strength and importance of our intellectual property claim,'' said Anthony LaPine, Datalink.net CEO. ''The Real-time Transaction Alert technology is at the heart of our most popular, award-winning QuoteXpress® service.'' This service tracks the latest changes in the performance of stocks, as designated by the subscriber. ''We expect to apply the technology to other services to provide customers with up-to-the-minute, critical information when they're mobile, such as traffic and travel information,'' LaPine added. The proprietary technology is already revolutionizing the way people receive information. ''Instead of sorting through large amounts of information from newspapers, broadcasts and the Internet themselves, our customers use Datalink.net's Intelligent Agent services and have all that raw data instantly converted into useful information,'' LaPine said. Datalink.net - Where the Web Meets Wireless(TM) Datalink.net is the first Internet-based company to deliver premium, personalized financial and lifestyle information to wireless devices. Its Web-to-Wireless(TM) platform combines real-time data feeds, the World Wide Web and wireless communications. These services deliver individually tailored information customers want, when they want it. Datalink.net is rated the number one choice for wireless financial information by SmartMoney Magazine. Company services are marketed through Datalink.net's e-commerce Web site at datalink.net. Statements in this release that are not strictly historical are ''forward-looking statements'' and subject to risk and uncertainty. Factors that affect actual events or results materially include, but are not limited to: (i) the Company's ability to obtain adequate financing to further its current and future business strategies; (ii) the Company's ability to attract and retain its employees; (iii) the Company's success against competitive products and services and (iv) the effects of business and economic conditions generally. Contact: Datalink.net Paul Roberts, 408/367-1724 p_roberts@datalink.net or Simon McGarry Public Relations Michael Adler, 650/596-5877 madler@shandwick.com