USA Networks, Inc. Appoints Julius Genachowski Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Business Wire, July 24, 2000

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000

USA Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: USAI) announced today that Julius Genachowski has been appointed Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. In this capacity, his responsibilities will include overseeing all of USAi's legal affairs. He will report to Victor Kaufman, Vice Chairman of USAi. Mr. Genachowski replaces Thomas Kuhn, who announced in February that he would resign his position as General Counsel of the Company after effecting a transition of his responsibilities to a successor.

"Julius Genachowski came to USAi with a unique and impressive background, and he now has broad experience and a track record of accomplishment inside our company. With this promotion, Julius will be able to contribute on a broader level, applying his knowledge of USAi and his legal and strategic skills and judgment. Julius is a terrific addition to our senior corporate management group, and we are grateful he is as excited about the opportunity as we are to have him do it," said Victor Kaufman. Mr. Kaufman continued, "Tom Kuhn has been an integral part of our executive team during our most critical years of growth. The foundation he helped establish and the wise counsel he brought to the decision making process are now established benchmarks within USAi, a credit to Tom's hard work. We respect his decision to move on, and we support him in whatever endeavor he chooses next."

Since December 1997, Mr. Genachowski has served as General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Business Development of USA Broadcasting. Since January 2000, he has also held the position of Vice President, Corporate Development at Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, Inc. Prior to joining USA Broadcasting, he served as Chief Counsel to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, after serving as Special Counsel to William E. Kennard, then FCC General Counsel and now FCC Chairman. Mr. Genachowski served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter and, before that, to retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. He was also a law clerk to Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Prior to law school, Mr. Genachowski worked in Congress on the staff of the Select Committee investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, and for then-U.S. Representative, now Senator, Charles E. Schumer. Mr. Genachowski received his J.D. in 1991 from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, where he was co-notes editor of the Harvard Law Review; and his B.A. in history, magna cum laude, from Columbia College in 1985.

USA Networks, Inc. is a company focused on the new convergence of entertainment, information and direct selling. Formed in February 1998, the Company is organized into three distinct but interrelated units which include the following assets: USA Entertainment's USA Network, USANetwork.com, SCI FI Channel, SCIFI.COM, TRIO, NWI, Studios USA, StudiosUSA.com, USA Films, USAFilms.com and USA Broadcasting; USA Information and Services' Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch (NASDAQ: TMCS), Match.com, Hotel Reservations Network (NASDAQ: ROOM), Internet Shopping Network and Precision Response Corporation; and USA Electronic Retailing's HSN, HSN International, HSN Interactive.