ABCNEWS.com Announces Plans for 2000 Presidential Convention Coverage.

Business/Political Editors & High-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2000

ABCNEWS.com, part of GO.com (NYSE:GO), will provide complete coverage of the 2000 presidential conventions in Philadelphia and Los Angeles from a variety of angles -- using the latest technology to bring users gavel-to-gavel, up-to-the-minute reporting.

ABCNEWS.com's daily coverage will feature live 360-degree photos from the convention; message boards; and video and audio chats with political experts, delegates, ABCNEWS correspondents and VIPs. ABCNEWS' Internet operations run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will use both online and television resources to provide the most comprehensive and interactive coverage on the Web.

Daily coverage will include:

--  Extensive news reports on the day's activities
--  Coverage and transcripts of speeches
--  Speaker profiles
--  Event schedules that will highlight key gatherings and parties
--  Special interests watch
--  ABCNEWS tracking polls

In addition, ABCNEWS.com will be utilizing its existing streaming
programs significantly throughout the conventions:

--  Sam Donaldson will host his Webcast "[e-mail]" at
    the special time of 7:30 p.m. EDT, and a live video chat daily at
    11 p.m. EDT.
--  "Political Points" will share the latest political news, insight
    and analysis from ABCNEWS.com and The New York Times at 1:30 p.m.
    and 8 p.m. EDT.
--  World News Now's Allison Stewart will host a daily Webcast at 9
    p.m. EDT, offering users an irreverent look at convention
    activities and parties.
--  Ann Compton's Webcast "On Background" will profile an interesting
    convention delegate each day.

All of the streaming video Webcasts will be available live and will be archived for viewing on demand at ABCNEWS.com.

ABCNEWS.com will create a remote newsroom near the convention floor and Internet Alley so its users can get instantaneous reports the minute news occurs. The Vote 2000 team consists of approximately 40 ABCNEWS.com writers, producers and technical support. Of this team, 20 will be present at both conventions, 15 will be dedicated to the conventions full-time in the New York bureau, and at least five ABCNEWS correspondents will be working with ABCNEWS.com at all times.

"We want to bring the 2000 presidential conventions to our users' homes and offices," said Bernard Gershon, senior vice president and general manager of ABCNEWS.com. "The presidential conventions are a four-day, 24-hour, political news blitz -- if we have the ability to cover it minute-by-minute, why wouldn't we allow our users to get the closest thing to actually being there?"

"There are several different angles for our convention coverage," said Gershon. "We have our traditional gavel-to-gavel convention and political coverage, reports from renowned ABCNEWS correspondents Sam Donaldson and Peter Jennings, and then each night we will offer our users an irreverent look at convention life, geared toward our younger demographic from World News Now's Allison Stewart."

"With all that has happened with technology in the past four years, people are going to notice a huge change in how these conventions and this year's elections are covered," said Steve Jones, executive producer of ABCNEWS.com. "The Internet lets ABCNEWS.com deliver news faster, in more detail, and in greater variety than any medium. Our users will experience the conventions like never before."

To complement ABCNEWS.com's up-to-the minute coverage, its political staff has put together several additional features:

--  "Rewind" -- video clips of past monumental convention moments and
    audio remembrances of past conventions from ABC personalities
--  Comprehensive guides to the host cities
--  Profiles of key convention players
--  Interactive packages exploring this election's issues
--  Interactive/multimedia biographical packages on Al Gore and George
    W. Bush
--  An advance preview of convention security
--  "Future Stars" -- a look at the next generation of convention
    leaders.

ABCNEWS.com's Republican convention coverage will begin July 31, 2000, and conclude Aug. 3, 2000. Coverage of the Democratic convention will run from Aug. 13-17, 2000. "[e-mail]" usually airs daily at 12:30 p.m. EDT. "Political Points" is streamed daily at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Both Webcasts can be found on ABCNEWS.com and all are archived.

ABCNEWS.com is part of GO.com, the Internet business of The Walt Disney Company. GO.com manages some of the Internet's most popular Web sites, including the GO.com portal as well as ABC.com, ABCNEWS.com, ABCSports.com, Disney.com, Disneystore.com, DisneyTravel.com, Family.com, ESPN.com, ESPNstore.com, EXPN.com, Movies.com, Mr. Showbiz, Soccernet, NFL.com, NBA.com, NASCAR Online and Soccernet.

Steven M. Bornstein is the chairman of GO.com, which has headquarters in North Hollywood, Calif., and operations in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Seattle; New York; Bristol, Conn.; and London.