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Visual Data Corporation Retains Middleberg + Associates As Its Public Relations Agency PR Newswire - March 30, 1999 08:45 NEW YORK, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq: VDAT), one of the only companies creating and distributing original video content for the Internet (http://www.videoviewer.com), announced the selection of Middleberg + Associates (M+A) to serve as its public relations counsel. Founded in May 1993, Visual Data Corporation (vdat.com ) was one of the top gainers on the Nasdaq in 1998. According to Randy Selman, President and CEO of Visual Data Corporation, "Middleberg is a public relations firm that understands our business and has extensive experience representing traditional and online media." Visual Data's VideoViewer.com (http://www.videoviewer.com) is one of the only broadcast networks on the Web that offers content specifically for high-speed Internet users. Visual Data Corporation has built substantial video content libraries on a variety of subjects and creates original content for the three most popular news and information categories on the Net: travel, healthcare and business. Visual Data's strategic partnerships include PR Newswire, a subsidiary of the United News and Media that provides breaking news and information; InterVu, which provides streaming media and Internet broadcast solutions; TravelWeb, a service of Pegasus Systems, Inc.; Interval International; Rezsolutions, the merger between Utell International and Anasazi Inc.; Physicians Online; and Intellihealth, a joint venture of Aetna US Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University and Health System. Founded in 1989, M+A is a mid-size New York City-based public relations agency. The firm represents a diverse roster of clients in financial services, new media and technology, and business-to-business services. M+A's clients include The Dreyfus Corporation, Datek Online, CBS MarketWatch, Prodigy, Sybase, Accuweather, Nickelodeon Online, The Equitable and The Industry Standard. "Inside PR" recently named M+A "Best Agency of the Year" in the small and mid-size category.<b/>