[0] YouthStream Media Networks Brings Director Cameron Crowe to Campuses Across the U.S.

Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2000

Students at 25 Campuses Will Get "Almost Famous" Sneak Preview 

Plus Live Via Satellite Q&A Session With Academy Award(R)

Nominated Director

YouthStream Media Networks (NASDAQ: NETS), an integrated media and marketing services company targeting teens and young adults, announces an advance screening event of the new DreamWorks Pictures film "Almost Famous," this Wednesday, September 13.

YouthStream's Network Event Theater division will show the film, director Cameron Crowe's first since his Academy Award(R)-nominated hit "Jerry Maguire," simultaneously on 25 campuses nationwide at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific. Immediately following the film will be a Q&A session with Crowe, which will be simulcast live via satellite from New York's Village East theater. Students from all participating campuses will be able to ask Crowe questions.

The advance screening event, which occurs two days before the nationwide release of the film on September 15, is the cornerstone of YouthStream's "Almost Famous" cross-media campaign for 13-24 year-olds. College students will be exposed to YouthStream's on-campus media blitz at the Network Event Theater campuses, including advertising and publicity in campus newspapers, wallboards, posters and banners. In addition, YouthStream's site Teen.com, a leading community for 13-19 year olds, will be featuring content about the film.

"We are very excited to kick off Network Event Theater's 2000-2001 season with such a high-profile event," said Ray Bianco, General Manager, Network Event Theater. "'Almost Famous' looks to be a huge hit, especially with the young adult market, and our integrated media campaign for the film is getting the buzz out in advance of opening weekend. Plus our ability to have thousands of students participate in the live Q&A with Cameron Crowe will put a personal touch on this movie for them and further expedite word of mouth."

Set in 1973, the film chronicles the funny and often poignant coming of age of 15-year-old William (newcomer Patrick Fugit), an unabashed music fan who is inspired by the seminal bands of the time. When his love of music lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview the up-and-coming band Stillwater, William embarks upon an eye-opening journey with the band's tour. The semi-autobiographical tale mirrors Crowe's own teenage years, when he joined the staff of Rolling Stone and profiled many influential artists of the 1970s. The film also stars Academy Award(R) winners Frances McDormand ("Fargo") and Anna Paquin ("The Piano"), as well as Billy Crudup ("Jesus' Son"), Jason Lee ("Chasing Amy"), Kate Hudson ("200 Cigarettes"), Fairuza Balk ("The Waterboy") and Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Talented Mr. Ripley").

Founded in 1995, YouthStream's Network Event Theater division provides film studios with a cost effective, one-stop solution for on-campus screenings and promotions. YouthStream acquires advertisers and sponsors to defray much of the studios' costs associated with the screenings. In addition, YouthStream handles all on-campus promotions for the films, thus significantly reducing the studios' expenses, time and effort.

Network Event Theater's advance screenings are located and promoted on campuses with a total combined enrollment exceeding well over one million students. Its closed circuit satellite and digital projection technologies allow campus theaters to screen movies simultaneously and participate in live question-and-answer sessions with directors and cast members assembled at an advance screening location. In addition to DreamWorks, Network Event Theater also works with New Line Cinema, Warner Bros., Universal Studios, Disney, Sony Pictures Entertainment and other major studios.

About YouthStream Media Networks

YouthStream Media Networks delivers the young adult market to advertisers, educators, and the entertainment industry through its unique combination of online and offline media. The Company's conventional media properties reach this prime demographic through more than 7,000 high schools and 2,000 U.S. college campuses, and its Internet communities serve over 3 million members. YouthStream's properties include: sixdegrees.com, the premiere online community for 18-24 year-olds; Teen.com, the leading online community for 13-19 year-olds; the nation's largest on-campus event marketer and poster seller at colleges and universities across the country; Network Event Theater, the country's only national network of campus movie theaters; American Passage, the leading college newspaper advertising placement service; Beyond the Wall, the `'Ads as Art" poster catalog; Campus Voice, the largest out-of-home editorial wall media network on college campuses; HotStamp, the largest free postcard advertising brand in the nation; and Pulsefinder, the nation's largest college student opinion panel.