Read All About It: USA TODAY Delivered to your Door via Strategic Agreement with Kozmo.com; Kozmo Launches Newsstand Category by Delivering USA TODAY to Kozmo Customers in 11 U.S. Cities

Business Wire, Oct 4, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000

Kozmo.com announced today a distribution agreement with USA TODAY to provide delivery of the newspaper at home or the office to Kozmo customers in 11 cities nationwide.

Kozmo will promote delivery of USA TODAY through a newly launched "Newsstand" category and in connection with Kozmo's breakfast offerings. USA TODAY will promote Kozmo in paper in the New York City area.

Gerry Burdo, President and Acting CEO of Kozmo.com said: "Providing delivery of USA TODAY will be a great benefit to our time-starved customers and will perfectly complement our breakfast offerings. Each morning, our members can order up fresh breakfast and all of the day's news from USA TODAY without ever leaving home. We look forward to working jointly with USA TODAY to promote delivery to our more than 300,000 Kozmo members nationwide."

"We're excited to be the first newspaper offered to Kozmo.com members," said Larry Lindquist, senior vice president, circulation of USA TODAY. "We hope to better serve our readers' needs through Kozmo's quick and efficient delivery effort."

About Kozmo.com

Since launching in 1997, Kozmo.com (www.kozmo.com) has revolutionized the online shopping experience by combining the promise of the Internet with the convenience of e-mmediate delivery. We provide instant gratification by delivering thousands of items from our web site to our customers in under an hour: videos, DVDs, CDs, books, magazines, meals, snacks, drinks, electronics, home essentials and health and beauty aids. Backed by a nationwide distribution network of dedicated employees, and guided by a proprietary fulfillment system developed by our own engineers, Kozmo now serves 11 cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and our hometown of New York.

About USA TODAY

USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. It is published via satellite at 36 locations in the USA and five sites abroad. With a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide.