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StartSpot Mediaworks Announces Agreement
With Factiva
StartSpot Network Now Offers Visitors Access to more than 6,000 Global News and Business Information Sources from Factiva

EVANSTON, Ill. (August 22, 2001) - StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. (http://www.startspot.com), publisher of the StartSpot Network, a growing network of award-winning vertical information portals on the Internet, including LibrarySpot.com and HeadlineSpot.com, today announced an agreement with Factiva (tm), a Dow Jones & Reuters Company. Under the agreement, StartSpot Mediaworks will offer visitors access to Factiva's collection of global news and business information through the Dow Jones Interactive Publications Library(tm).

The Dow Jones Interactive Publications Library(tm)from Factiva offers more than 6,000 global news and business information sources, including Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, plus more than 6,000 other sources from around the world. Registration, searching and headlines from the Dow Jones Interactive Publications Library are free, with a cost of $2.95 for each full-text article subsequently retrieved.

"Our visitors rely on the 'Spots' to provide them with easy access to the best and most relevant online resources for a topic," said Ian de Hueck, President and CEO of StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. "As a result of our agreement with Factiva, we are pleased to provide them with access to millions of articles from the Web's widest and deepest archive of news and industry publications."

"The StartSpot Network offers a strong collection of powerful topic-specific research resources," said Clare Hart, president and CEO of Factiva. "With the addition of Factiva's global content collection, StartSpot visitors now have access to news and business information from around the world to meet their research needs."

About Factiva

Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global news and business information through its Web sites and content integration solutions. Factiva's mission is to be the indispensable provider of business information and customized solutions, which inspire its customers' best business decisions, globally and locally.

About StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc.

Published by StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc., the StartSpot Network (http://www.startspot.com) is a growing network of award-winning vertical information portals designed to make finding the best topical information on the Internet a quick, easy and enjoyable experience. Headquartered in the Northwestern University/Evanston Research Park in Evanston, Ill., StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. strives to create exemplary, high-utility Web resources that also engage, enlighten and inspire. For more information, please visit http://www.startspot.com.

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