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INTERNET.COM EXPANDS DAILY COVERAGE OF INTERNET VENTURE CAPITAL WITH LAUNCH OF INTERNETVCLINX.COM AND INTERNETVCWATCH.COM WEB SITES
(New York, NY-February 7, 2000)--internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM), The E-Business and Internet Technology Network (http://www.internet.com), today announced the launch of two new Web sites to track the explosive growth of venture capital investments in Internet companies. The sites are InternetVCLinx.com ( http://www.internetvclinx.com) and InternetVCWatch.com (http://www.internetvcwatch.com).
InternetVCLinx.com features headlines from the most respected sources of venture capital news available and will cover leading venture capitalists, their funds and the trends in their deal flow specifically related to the Internet industry. All headlines are available free of charge to interested subscribers via an e-mail newsletter available at (http://e-newsletters.internet.com).
InternetVCWatch.com offers a database of nearly 2,000 Internet venture capital firms, deals and companies that have received venture funding. Visitors to the site can search, screen and link directly to a venture capital firm and the companies they have funded using a variety of screens. Users can view the expanded "VC Buzz" daily report, which brings comprehensive coverage of the latest news on deals, people and VC firms, all for free. In addition, users can obtain detailed articles from "VC Watch" authors and track the "VC Meter" of the dollar values of deals so far in 2000.
Both sites are part of internet.com's Internet Stocks/VC Channel (http://www.internetstockschannel.com), which provides comprehensive coverage of Internet and technology stocks through its network of industry recognized Web sites and e-mail newsletters including the Internet Stock Report (http://www.internetstockreport.com), ISDEX, InternetStockList, IPODEX, Silicon Alley Stocks, Wall Street Research Net (http://www.wsrn.com) and InternetVCBuzz.
"We look forward to extending our coverage of one of the most compelling components of the Internet industry," said internet.com chairman and CEO Alan M. Meckler. "By expanding our Internet venture capital coverage with InternetVCLinx.com, InternetVCWatch.com and other proprietary content, internet.com has created one of the most powerful financial resources on the Web for Internet and technology investors."
internet.com Corporation (http://www.internet.com), based in New York, NY, is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com operates a network of 94 Web sites, 72 e-mail newsletters, 101 online discussion forums and 75 moderated e-mail discussion lists with over 2 million unique visitors that generate more than 90 million page views monthly. Total "views", which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are now over 150 million per month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Arabia, Asia, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, South Africa and the United Kingdom. In addition, internet.com with its related internet.com Venture Fund I and Venture Fund II is an investor in a growing number of business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.
Interested advertisers should contact the Ad Sales department at [email protected] or (203) 662-2962. For e-commerce and licensing opportunities, contact David Arganbright, Vice President, Commerce and Licensing, at [email protected] or (203) 662-2858.
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For more information contact:
Steve Rubel
Schwartz Public Relations
(212) 677-8700 x23
[email protected]
Nicole Catalano
internet.com Corporation
(203)-662-2870
[email protected]
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