ArtUP.com Networks -- OTC BB:ARTJ Debuts Today; All-inclusive Art Industry International Web Portal Begins Trading Today Under New Name and Ticker Symbol.

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1999--

ArtUP.com Networks (OTC BB:ARTJ), the parent company of ArtUP.com, an Internet art auction house, business-to-business network and art retailer, announced today that the company's stock is traded now under its new symbol - OTC BB:ARTJ. The company, formerly known as Deerbrook Publishing Group (OTC BB:DBPG), changed its name effective immediately to reflect the company's added focus on creating an all-encompassing Internet art network.

ArtUP.com Networks announced yesterday that it has created the Art Retail Technology Service (A.R.T.S.). The A.R.T.S program, which will is being offered to galleries and artists exclusively through the ArtUP.com Web portal, will provide free e-commerce enabled sites linked to ArtUP.com, free network support and e-mail service. Over 1,000 galleries and artists have already registered.

Galleries and artists will be able create the free interactive Web sites using ArtUP.com's proprietary template technology. They'll be able to customize the sites' content, flow, colors, etc. and even host their own independent online auctions, which can also be accessed through ArtUP.com.

ArtUP.com is an Internet art auction house, business-to-business network and art retailer. ArtUP.com has exclusive agreements with parent company ArtUP.com Networks and non-exclusives with several more printing and publishing companies. Artup.com is a business-to-business art network, online art auction host, and online art retailer.

ArtUP.com will be a vast worldwide network of artists and galleries that will turn other online art-related sites into allies that can partner with ArtUP.com to receive broad exposure in the art community. ArtUP.com will serve artists, galleries and collectors by providing a pipeline that brings people in the art community together without disruption to the existing channels.

ArtUP.com's business model is unique compared to many other Internet portals in that there is no negative price pressure in the art industry. Art is collectible and as such, everyone -- from the artists and galleries to collectors -- has a vested interest in maintaining the high value of art. Devaluing a collectible object, by nature, defeats the purpose of collecting. As a result, ArtUP.com believes its market estimates will be more reliable than those of many other Internet companies.

ArtUP.com conservatively projects its sales revenues to reach $17 million in fiscal year 1999 and $176 million by 2003. As a comparison, online auctions alone are predicted to reach $19 billion in 2003 - source: Forrester Research (Nasdaq:FORR). Independent auctions held by galleries and artists in ArtUP.com's A.R.T.S. will be art-only alternatives to the unfocused auctions run by popular services such as Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO), eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) and Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT). Microsoft announced last week that it was entering the online auction market by partnering with services like Lycos (Nasdaq:LCOS) and Excite @ Home (Nasdaq:ATHM).

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