NewsFactor Network Announces Content Distribution Agreement With Yahoo!; Yahoo! News to Feature Technology News From NewsFactor Network

Business Wire, Jan 4, 2001

Business Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2001

NewsFactor Network, a leading e-business and technology news agency and publisher, today announced a content distribution agreement with Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a global Internet communications, commerce and media company.

Under the agreement, NewsFactor Network is providing technology news to Yahoo!(R) News (http://news.yahoo.com) and My Yahoo! (http://my.yahoo.com), joining technology content providers such as Reuters (Nasdaq:RTRSY), Associated Press, CNET (Nasdaq:CNET) and ZDNet.

Specifically, NewsFactor Network delivers a continuous full feed of breaking news stories from its wide range of NewsFactor media properties to Yahoo! News' millions of readers.

"Yahoo!'s extensive global distribution is a perfect vehicle to extend NewsFactor's content and brand name to millions of technology news readers," said David Geller, co-founder of NewsFactor Network.

"Yahoo! News is committed to making the best content available to consumers, and technology news is an important part of that commitment," said Kourosh Karimkhany, senior producer, Yahoo! News. "We are pleased to offer our readers NewsFactor Network's insightful analysis and comprehensive coverage of technology news."

About NewsFactor Network

With world-class journalists and real-time news-gathering technology, NewsFactor Network(TM) offers e-business and technology news and information in multiple languages, updated every five minutes, 24 hours a day.

NewsFactor Network is composed of some of the Internet's best-known e-business and technology news sites, including the NewsFactor portal, the E-Commerce Times(R), the Linux Insider(TM), TechNewsWorld.com(TM), Wireless NewsFactor(TM), CRMDaily.com(TM), osOpinion(TM), allEC.com(TM) and FreeNewsFeed.com(TM), as well as these e-mail newsletters: the E-Commerce Minute(TM), the CyberCrime & Security Report(TM), the CRM Industry Daily Alert(TM) and the Wireless Industry Daily Alert(TM).

NewsFactor Network is owned and operated by Triad Commerce Group LLC, a privately held Internet media company, based in Los Angeles. For advertising information, call toll-free 888/528-8280 (U.S. and Canada) or 818/528-1100, or visit online at http://www.NewsFactor.com.

Note to Editors: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. NewsFactor Network, TechNewsWorld.com, Linux Insider, Wireless NewsFactor, CRMDaily.com, osOpinion.com, allEC.com, FreeNewsFeed.com, the E-Commerce Minute, CyberCrime & Security Report, CRM Industry Daily Alert and Wireless Industry Daily Alert are trademarks and the E-Commerce Times is a registered service mark of Triad Commerce Group LLC. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.