Cox Interactive Media Names New Site Manager of Pittsburgh Studio

Business Wire, July 8, 1998

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1998--Cox Interactive Media (CIM), the largest provider and operator of local content web sites of the Internet, has named Linda Napolitano Hansen city site development manager of its Pittsburgh Interactive Studio. Launched in October 1997, the studio produces the Web site, RealPittsburgh.com (www.realpittsburgh.com). The site provides timely news, weather, sports and entertainment with a local focus. It obtains daily news from WPXI-TV Channel 11, owned by sister company, Cox Broadcasting.

Hansen, a Pittsburgh native, leads the Pittsburgh studio in the daily production of RealPittsburgh.com. Hansen will be responsible for day-to-day operations and developing strong relationships with local corporations and industries, with the goal of making RealPittsburgh.com Pittsburgh's number one Internet source for Pittsburgh news.

An industry veteran with extensive experience in media and communication, Hansen was previously associate publisher of In Pittsburgh NewsWeekly. She has also held account executive positions in radio for stations including WMYG, WSHH, WLTJ.

"Linda is the ideal person to lead our Pittsburgh studio, both because of her extensive experience in the media business and because of her unique insight into the Pittsburgh market," said Peter Winter, president of CIM. "She is well established in the Pittsburgh community, and knows how to translate the passions of Pittsburgh's local residents into an interactive Web site that sparks ongoing community interaction."

Hansen graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in political science. She resides on Pittsburgh's North Side.

CIM was launched in 1996 with the goal of building long-term brands and audiences on the Internet. Targeting key markets where Cox Enterprises operates newspapers, television stations, radio stations and cable systems, CIM has quickly outpaced all other traditional media companies and online providers, emerging as the nation's most extensive online network of city, regional and national brands, CIMnet(TM). Fueled by rapid growth, CIM has evolved from a two-person shop in 1996 to a market leader employing more than 350 people, with plans to expand to a staff of 450 by mid-1998. CIMnet currently includes 17 city sites and four specialty sites (www.cimedia.com).

Cox Interactive Media, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., is headquartered in Atlanta. A leading media company, Cox Enterprises includes Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, direct mail marketing, book publishing), Cox Broadcasting, Inc. (TV, spot sales, television production, research, publicly traded Cox Radio, Inc.) and publicly traded Cox Communications, Inc. (cable distribution, programming, broadband communications) in addition to Cox Interactive Media. The company is also the world's largest operator of automobile auctions through Manheim Auctions, providing financial services, government auctions, online services and price guides.

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