FEATURE/SkiingCompanyStore.com Arrives Just in Time for the Holidays; The Perfect Place to Find a Gift for the Winter Sport Enthusiast On Your Christmas List

Business Wire, Nov 28, 2000

Features Editors

FEATURE...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE FEATURES)--Nov. 28, 2000

Snow is here and so is SkiingCompanyStore.com from Times Mirror Magazines' Skiing Company (publishers of SKI, SKIING, FREEZE, TransWorld Snowboarding and Snowboard Life Magazines, as well as Warren Miller Films). Feeding the ski passion is the mission at the SkiingCompanyStore.com, where skiers and snowboarders can purchase gifts and other novelty items for their homes and offices -- from a ski wind chime to a book on the history of Vail Mountain.

Other sites from The Skiing Company include:

-- SkiNet.com, the most widely-recognized skiing site on the Web, has added new
features this year including live resort cams, same-day news reports from local
media, a new focus on gear, live snow reports, weather forecasts and in-depth
coverage of ski industry news.

-- SkiingMag.com, the site of world-renown SKIING, launched this season. It
offers an interactive take on skiing adventure including the Adventure Finder,
as well as video clips and dispatches from afield.

-- SkiMag.com, from SKI, the best-selling ski magazine in the world, makes its
debut this season. It offers expert advice on the ski lifestyle, insider info
on resorts and enhanced coverage of mountain property. Interactive features
include the online Reader Resort survey, discussion forums and chat rooms.

-- Snowboarding-Online.com, from Snowboard Life and TransWorld Snowboarding
magazines, features the inside scoop on resorts, instruction, equipment and
more.

-- FreezeOnline.com, from FREEZE magazine, is an online gathering place for
teenage skiers featuring the hottest photography and freeskiing's newest stars.


-- MySkiTrip.com is a new travel destination site from the editors of
SkiNet.com (launching Winter, 2000) that aims to make going skiing easier. It
combines the industry's most-trusted travel content with the functionality to
book a complete ski vacation package without having to visit several sites.
Look for real-time reservations, custom packages and vacation rental listings.

The Skiing Company is a division of Times Mirror Magazines based in Boulder, Colorado, that also publishes SKIING, FREEZE, Skiing Trade News and SkiNet.com. TMM titles include: Field & Stream, GOLF MAGAZINE, Motor Boating & Sailing, Outdoor Explorer, Outdoor Life, Popular Science, Ride BMX, Salt Water Sportsman, Senior Golfer, Snap BMX, Snowboard Life, Today's Homeowner, TransWorld SKATEboarding, TransWorld SNOWboarding, TransWorld STANCE, TransWorld SURF and Yachting. TMM is a division of Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB). On October 20, Tribune announced that TMM is being sold to Time Inc., a division of Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX).