ABCNEWS.com Provides Blanket Iowa Caucus Coverage; 40-Person Coverage Team In The Field And Latest Technology Translates Into Unparalleled Coverage

Business Wire, Jan 18, 2000

Business, Technology & Political Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000

As Iowans prepare to cast the first votes of the 2000 election cycle, ABCNEWS.com will be covering the Iowa caucus in full force. Drawing on the vast resources of ABC News - TV, radio and Internet - ABCNEWS.com, part of GO.com (NYSE:GO), will provide daily coverage and analysis beginning today, adding new features each day leading up the vote on January 24.

"Using the latest technology and a 40-person coverage team on the road, ABCNEWS.com is kicking off the election season with comprehensive, on-site coverage of the Iowa caucus to millions of Americans." said Bernard Gershon, vice president and general manager, ABCNEWS.com. "Our package is meant to take full advantage of the interactivity and immediacy for which the Internet is known, and gives voters another resource by which to make informed decisions."

In addition to up-to-the minute, on-site news, analysis and polling from dozens of reporters in the field, ABCNEWS.com's coverage of the Iowa caucus will include:

- On-site video reports from ABCNEWS.com's chief Washington

correspondent Ann Compton from Friday, January 21 to Tuesday,

January 25

- Interactive surveys and results of entrance polls taken as voters

head into the caucus meetings

- Up-to-the minute audio status reports from ABC Radio from 5:30

a.m. to 11:30 p.m. on January 24, as results are shown - ABCNEWS

projections and delegate estimates

- Live, on-site production of Sam Donaldson's Internet-only news

Webcast, SamDonaldson@ABCNEWS.com

- Live and on-demand video of caucus coverage on Nightline, World

News Tonight, This Week and Good Morning America

- Audio ABC Radio reports beginning on January 19

- Live video chats from ABCNEWS commentators and other experts

- Interactive candidate bios and profiles, audio and video of

post-vote speeches, timelines and issue positions

- Comprehensive background and analysis of the complex caucus

process

- Comprehensive directory of links to the best information on the

caucuses, including news, travel and weather guides

ABCNEWS.com's "2000 Vote" coverage includes: reports from more than 40 ABCNEWS correspondents on the election trail, including daily briefings from the road with the candidates; streaming video and audio of candidate debates and other events; weekly surveys and analysis from the ABCNEWS polling unit; up-to-the-minute vote results and ABCNEWS projected winners of the primaries and November elections; exit poll data after polls close; Ann Compton's daily "On Background" column on politics; SamDonaldson@ABCNEWS.com, a live, three-times-a-week Internet-only program; the weekly "Here's The Point" audio program hosted by ABC News Political Director Mark Halperin; searchable video; on-demand video and transcripts from Nightline, Good Morning America, This Week and World News Tonight; video and audio political commercials; a weekly "Politics Challenge" quiz; and daily comprehensive coverage from ABCNEWS.com's political team.

ABCNEWS.com is part of GO.com, created as part of the recent merger between Infoseek Corporation and The Walt Disney Company's online unit, Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG). GO.com oversees many of the Web's most popular sites and services, including the GO Network portal, ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, ESPN.com, ABCSports.com, NFL.com, NBA.com, NASCAR Online, Family.com and Mr. Showbiz.