Jonathan Leess Promoted to Senior Vice President, Enhanced Television, for GO.com/ABC Television

Business Wire, March 21, 2000

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2000

In it's continuing push to provide simultaneous Internet and Television programming, GO.com has promoted Jonathan Leess to senior vice president and general manager, Enhanced Television. The Enhanced Television unit is a joint venture between GO.com (NYSE:GO) and the ABC Television Network, and is charged with developing "convergence" programming that leverages the companies' television and Internet assets to create new forms of interactive entertainment and services.

Leess, who has lead the Enhanced TV unit as vice president since its creation one year ago, pioneered the groundbreaking convergence effort. ABC's Enhanced TV currently enables television fans to access unique content via their personal computers synchronized to the second with ABC and ESPN programming. This year, GO.com, ABC and ESPN hosted Enhanced TV applications for all primetime regular season NFL football games airing on ABC and ESPN, the Nokia Sugar Bowl and the Super Bowl. The Enhanced TV telecast of Super Bowl XXXIV attracted a record 650,000. Users, accessing the application via sites such as ESPN.com and Superbowl.com, logged on for an average of 42 minutes. As senior vice president and general manager, Leess will continue to drive the growth of GO.com and ABC's convergence programming efforts as it eventually merges with television/internet single-screen devices, and will oversee all production, technical, sales and business development functions for the unit. In addition to its sports applications, the Enhanced TV unit will launch an interactive application for ABC's mega-hit show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" this month.

"Jonathan's experience in both television and Internet production makes him an ideal leader for our Enhanced TV effort, as he understands the needs of both the TV viewer and Internet user," Dick Glover, executive vice president, Internet media, for GO.com and ABC, Inc . "Jonathan was a leader in building converged applications for ABC and GO.com, and we look forward to having him create TV/Internet experiences for a wide range of programming so that all of our consumers can add to their viewing experience."

Added GO.com Chairman Steve Bornstein, "I have had the opportunity to work with Jonathan for many years and am extraordinarily pleased that he is leading this exciting and innovative endeavor. We have a unique opportunity to marry the television and Internet and will continue to experiment with and perfect convergence efforts that create innovative multimedia experiences."

Prior to leading Enhanced TV, Leess served as vice president, multimedia and interactive programming, at ABC Sports, where he managed ABC Sports Online as well as spearheaded interactive programming efforts such as the Monday Night Football and Fiesta Bowl Enhanced TV applications.

Before that, as vice president, production planning, for ABC Sports, Leess coordinated ABC Sports' worldwide television coverage and operations. He won the Individual Achievement Sports Emmy Award for his successful production coordination of ABC's live telecasts of the 1991 Pan American Games from Cuba.

Leess earned his bachelor's degree from New York University and resides in Chappaqua N.Y. with his wife and two sons.

About GO.com

GO Network is part of GO.com (NYSE:GO), which was formed in a 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, DisneyTravel.com, ESPN.com, EXPN.com, ABCSports.com, NFL.com, NBA.com, Soccernet, NASCAR Online, Family.com and Mr. Showbiz.