Lycos Is Premier Channel Partner for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0

Business Wire, Oct 6, 1997

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1997--

CompaniesOnline Channel Available on Lycos-Powered Microsoft Internet

Explorer 4.0 Active Channel Guide

Personal Internet Guide company, Lycos, Inc., in concert with the launch of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, today announced the launch of the CompaniesOnline Active Channel content for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. As a Personal Internet Guide to company information, the CompaniesOnline Active Channel content will provide users with unprecedented delivery of Dun & Bradstreet information on Fortune 1,000 public and private companies in the United States. This follows the recent announcement that Lycos was selected to host the Microsoft Active Channel Guide, which guides users to Active Channel content that correspond with their topics of interest. The Lycos-powered Microsoft Active Channel Guide is now available to users of Internet Explorer 4.0.

The information in CompaniesOnline will include such topics as: lawsuits, liens and judgments; changes in corporate management and net worth; mergers and acquisitions; and earnings reports. The result is a powerful business information tool that is delivered straight to the user's desktop for a continual flow of valuable business intelligence.

"Lycos' CompaniesOnline Channel is a great example of top-notch Active Channel content," said Will Poole, senior director of business development, Internet client and collaboration division Microsoft Corp. "Lycos is continuing to help Microsoft deliver `the Web the way you want it' to users of Internet Explorer with their compelling Active Channel content and the Lycos-powered Internet Explorer Active Channel Guide."

"Internet Explorer 4.0 will provide Lycos with potentially billions of branding exposures," said Robert J. Davis, president and CEO of Lycos, Inc. "As the company selected to build and host Microsoft's Active Channel Guide, we're pleased not only with the success of that launch, but is also happy to be able to offer important channel content in CompaniesOnline, available through Internet Explorer 4.0."

Produced in part by Lycos, the Active Channel Guide provides users of Internet Explorer 4.0 with easy access to the rich world of Internet channels including news, sports, business, entertainment, and lifestyle. By taking advantage of Lycos' search technology, the Active Channel Guide enables users to locate specific channels of interest from among the many being developed all over the world for Internet Explorer 4.0. The Active Channel Guide is an integral component of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, which is available for download now at http://www.microsoft.com/ie/ie40/features

About Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com)

Lycos, Inc. (NASDAQ:LCOS) is a rapidly expanding, global Internet navigation center, dedicated to helping the increasing number of online users locate, retrieve and manage relevant information on the Internet and World Wide Web. Lycos' free navigational-assistance services -- located on the Web at http://www.lycos.com -- offer users personalized, ease- of-life information tools, such as TOP 5%, a Directory of Web site reviews voted #1 by Internet World Magazine, StockFind and GTE Yellow Pages.

In addition to offering its world-renowned Lycos search and spidering technology covering more than 100 million URLs, Lycos offers 19 Lycos WebGuides -- Internet activity centers housed within the Lycos service providing a broad range of key information resources. Headquartered in Framingham, Mass., Lycos maintains U.S. offices in New York City, Pittsburgh and San Francisco, and international offices in Germany, Italy and France.

CMG Information Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMGI) is a majority shareholder in Lycos, Inc. through its strategic investment and development business unit, CMG@Ventures. CMGI is a leading provider of direct-marketing services investing in and integrating advanced Internet, interactive media and database management technologies. -0-

(c) 1997 Lycos, Inc. All rights reserved. Lycos(R) is a registered trademark of Carnegie Mellon University. All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of respective owners.

CONTACT: Lycos, Inc. Ruder Finn

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508-424-0453 212-593-6394

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