VaultReports.com Introduces Message Board About Salon Internet

Business Wire, June 24, 1999

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1999--

Today the leading workplace portal VaultReports.com (http://www.VaultReports.com) introduces a message board for employees at Salon.com (NASDAQ: SALN), the San Francisco-based internet company that went public this week.

Part of VaultReports.com's much-praised Electronic WaterCooler(tm) network of company-specific message boards, the Salon.com message board is designed to be a place where the company's employees and other people can freely exchange information about Salon - whether they trade notes on pay, culture, or other worklife issues. The VaultReports.com message board for Salon.com can be accessed by visiting: www.VaultReports.com/links/Salon

In addition to hosting message boards, VaultReports.com publishes a range award-winning "insider" guide books on top industries, including the recently released VaultReports.com Guide to the High Tech Industry. This book can be ordered by visiting (www.VaultReports.com/links/HighTech) or calling 1-888-562-VAULT.

About VaultReports.com

In January, VaultReports.com (http://www.VaultReports.com) was one of only two career web sites honored by Yahoo Internet Life as "Best of the Best Sites for 1998." A leading workplace portal, VaultReports.com publishes "insider" guides on over 1,500 companies and 50 industries. Nine weeks ago, VaultReports.com launched its Electronic WaterCooler(tm), the first-ever network of company-specific bulletin boards. Located at http://vaultreports.com/links/MessageBoards, Vault's Electronic Watercooler(tm) allows employees around the world to dish the latest gossip about their company or other companies -- all within the uncensored domain of the VaultReports.com web site. VaultReports.com was founded in 1996 by H.S. Hamadeh, Samer Hamadeh, and Mark Oldman, recent graduates of Stanford and Wharton.