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***PUB TALK: SEPTEMBER 14, 2000
"INTERNET WIRE -- LEVERAGING THE INTERNET TO DISSEMINATE YOUR COMPANY’S NEWS DIRECTLY TO JOURNALISTS, ANALYSTS AND THE CONSUMER"
By Mr. M. Reynolds Morgan, Director of Northwest Region, Internet Wire, Inc.
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Pub Talk starts at 6:00 p.m.
Open to the public.

Mr. Reynolds will discuss Internet Wire’s innovative approach to the distribution of public relations materials through the Internet. Come learn how your company can leverage exposure through press releases, media alerts, advisories, graphics such as headshots, product shots and charts, audio music, testimonials, sound bites, streaming video, and other innovative Internet-related ways.

ABOUT INTERNET WIRE

Internet Wire, Inc. (http://www.internetwire.com) is the leading Internet-based distributor of direct company news and other business communications materials. Internet Wire distributes direct company news, including press releases, financial announcements, graphics, multimedia files, and other business communications materials to a worldwide audience of news media, analysts and consumers via email, the Web, online syndication and secure modem-to-modem connections.

Internet Wire’s website currently displays up-to-the-minute company news in the content areas of technology, entertainment, business/finance, sports, medical, travel/leisure, health/lifestyle, food, education, government, legal and energy/environment. It also is transmitted to more than 44,000 editors and analysts and 1.6 Million consumers in these content areas via Internet Wire’s proprietary distribution channels.

Internet Wire content is carried on the Bloomberg global terminal system, syndicated online through iSyndicate, Screaming Media, Wavo and COMTEX News Network and is aggregated on 2,000-pus sites around the Web. With offices in Los Angeles, New York and Silicon Valley, the company was incorporated in January 1999, after evolving from gina.com which has been online since 1994.

In February 2000, Internet Wire announced that it closed its first preferred round of venture capital, a total of $17.5 million, led by Sequoia Capital and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Also participating in the Series A round were first-round investors Osprey Ventures, Montreux Equity Partners and Mindful Partners as well as Stanford University’s Daper Fund.

ABOUT M. REYNOLDS MORGAN

As director of the northwest region, Reynolds is responsible for all sales, staffing and journalist relations programs in Northern California, Oregon, Washington and western Canada. He is based in Internet Wire’s Silicon Valley bureau in Menlo Park, California. Reynolds brings more than 15 years experience in the news, communications and wire service industries, including a combined eight years at satellite-based public relations wire service companies, including Business Wire and PR Newswire. Reynolds joined Internet Wire after a successful six-year career at Business Wire, where he managed key accounts and local media relations programs at its Silicon Valley bureau. Reynolds has also worked at Health & You Magazine, Palo Alto Weekly, Peninsula Times Tribune, and the Sunnyvale Valley Journal. He is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) as well as a former board member of the Peninsula Press Club.

For further information:
Internet Wire, Inc.
5757 Century Blvd., Suite 365
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Tel: 800.77.IWIRE
Fax: 310.846.3700
Em: info@internetwire.com

Mr. M. Reynolds Morgan
Director of Northwest Region
Em: rmorgan@internetwire.com
Tel: 650.943.2364