InfoSpace announces licensing agreement with The McKinley Group; Magellan, The McKinley Group's Online Internet Directory Guide Chooses InfoSpace Inc. To Provide Telephone Directory Searches

Business Wire, July 11, 1996

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 1996--InfoSpace Inc., an innovator of Internet technology, today announced a licensing agreement with The McKinley Group, providers of Magellan Online Internet guide and search service.

The McKinley Group will license The InfoSpace Phone Directory which offers instant access to over 112 million U.S. and Canadian listings of people, government offices and businesses and includes Fax and toll-free numbers. The McKinley Group will also license AccuMail, the largest and most accurate email directory in the world, InfoSpace Atlas, which allows users to plot any address in the United States on a map and InfoSpace Neighborhood Search, which helps you find people or businesses near your home, business or any other address. Users can access these services from the Magellan site (http://www.mckinley.com).

InfoSpace is a privately held company founded by Naveen Jain, formerly group manager for MSN at Microsoft. InfoSpace provides innovative technology and products that enable users to easily locate people, government offices and businesses on the Internet. InfoSpace respects an individual's right to privacy by availing on-line users to only those telephone numbers and addresses printed in white page, yellow page and blue page directories. These services can be seen at (http://www.infospace.com). InfoSpace recently announced licensing agreements with Lycos and American Business Information.

"We are delighted that the McKinley Group has chosen InfoSpace as the provider of data and technology for searches on people, businesses and government," said Naveen Jain, president of InfoSpace. "This alliance takes us one step closer to our goal of providing the best data and technology for finding people, government listings and businesses, to as many users of the Internet as possible."

"Our Goal is to guide users to useful information on the Internet," said David Hayden. "Users will be able to access the InfoSpace directories from the PeopleFinder button on the Magellan site."

Magellan, the McKinley Group's innovative online Internet guide & search service, is available free to Internet users worldwide as a rated and reviewed resource for experts and novices alike. Unlike anything on the market today, Magellan helps Internet users to first preview detailed reviews of the sites of their choice, providing valuable information on quality and whether adult content is included, allowing users to make informed decisions about the sites they choose to access.

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InfoSpace, founded in 1996, has its headquarters at 8528 154th Ave. NE Redmond, WA 98052.

The family of InfoSpace products include: AccuMail; InfoSpace Atlas; InfoSpace Neighborhood Search, which helps you find people or business near your home, business or any other address; InfoSpace White Pages; InfoSpace Yellow Pages; InfoSpace Blue Pages; InfoSpace Toll Free; InfoSpace Fax.

Headquartered in Sausalito, Calif., The McKinley Group is an Internet publishing company that was founded in 1993 by a team of international publishers, technologists and information specialists committed to delivering the best published content including navigational and informational guides to the Internet. Combining its extensive, proprietary Internet directory, powerful Internet search tools, and renowned publishing expertise, McKinley provides access to high-quality, useful information to Internet users quickly and conveniently.

CONTACT: InfoSpace

Punam Agrawal, 206/882-1602

e-mail: punam(at)infospace.com

http://www.infospace.com

or

The McKinley Group

Christine Hinton, 415/289-1269

e-mail: chinton(at)mckinley.com