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INTERNET.COM RELEASES CRITICAL REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE ISP MARKET

(New York, NY - April 24, 2001) - internet.com's (Nasdaq: INTM) allNetResearch.com (http://allnetresearch.internet.com) released a critical study last week analyzing the state of the crowded Internet Service Provider (ISP) marketplace. internet.com, together with Edgix Corp. and Insight Express LLC, surveyed more than 1,000 visitors to ISP-Planet (www.isp-planet.com), an internet.com property, in order to determine how ISPs plan to survive and thrive in today's market.

The study, The ISP Market: Challenges and Strategies for the Future, concluded that service providers recognize offering basic dial-up access is not enough anymore. Shrewd ISP operators are actively diversifying revenue sources by initiating broadband platform programs and deploying value-added services. The full report is on sale at a special introductory price of $195 on allNetResearch (http://allnetresearch.internet.com) through April 30, 2001. For more information or to order this report go to http://allnetresearch.internet.com/item/0,3008,2165381_1,00.html.

This study is the latest in a series of research reports produced by internet.com Corporation as it expands its media offerings beyond online content. The company has filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be renamed INT Media Group to better reflect its products and services which also include offline seminars and research services. The ISP Market report follows other recently released studies including Linux: You Get What You Pay For?, which is available at http://allnetresearch.internet.com/item/0,3008,2156311_1,00.html and Ready�or Not? IT Professionals Find Promise and Problems With the Wireless Web, which can be purchased at http://allnetresearch.internet.com/item/0,3008,2090641_1,00.html.

About allNetResearch
allNetResearch.com, part of the internet.com network, is one of the most complete marketplaces for Internet and IT research on the Web. With reports that cover eCommerce, computing and Internet services, Internet marketing, demographics, telecommunications and wireless, Internet finance and international, prospective clients can retrieve descriptions of publications and tables of contents, as well as buy reports online.

About internet.com
internet.com Corporation (www.internet.com), the Internet & IT Network, is headquartered in Darien, CT. It is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for Internet industry and information technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com owns and operates a network of over 160 Web sites, nearly 300 e-mail newsletters and over 400 online discussion forums that generate over 275 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 350 million per month. According to NetRatings, internet.com has 4.3 million unique users in the United States alone. Over 25% of internet.com's views are from outside of the U.S. internet.com's global presence includes editions for Arabia, Asia, Australia, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom. internet.com also produces over 20 offline seminars on Internet and IT-specific topics that are aligned with our network of Web sites and e-mail newsletters.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding internet.com Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Prospectus dated June 25, 1999, Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year, when available.

For more information contact:
Mary Ann Boland
Marketing and Public Relations Associate
212-547-7939
[email protected]

All current INT Media Group, Inc. press releases can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.internet.com/corporate/press.html.


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