Astounding 1st Quarter Growth for MAXIMUM PC Reported by CPAR April 12th Edition.

BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1999--

Computer Publishing & Advertising Report Released Q1 Advertising Page

and Revenue Standings for Computer Trade and Consumer Publications

MAXIMUM PC leads the way in advertising gains for first quarter 1999 among the computer and trade publications tracked by Computer Publishing and Advertising Report, published by Simba Information, Inc.

In the April 12, 1999 edition, CPAR reported, "Of the consumer publications, only four posted ad page increases in the quarter, including MAXIMUM PC (Imagine Media) which posted the largest gain at 105.6% to 161 pages. Its ad revenues also led the consumer side of the index, up 192.6% to $2.7 million."

Publisher Gene Burns commented, "It's a challenging time for all computer titles, so we are obviously very pleased that our hard work here at MAXIMUM PC is paying off in the market. These figures demonstrate that the advertising community recognizes the home enthusiast audience as an important target for their marketing message. MAXIMUM PC is the clear choice if they want to reach these consumers."

MAXIMUM PC, published by Imagine Media, launched in September 1998 and has recently been nominated for three 1999 Maggie Awards from the Western Publications Association based on its first three issues (September, October and November 1998). The nominations are for Best Computer & Telecommunication Consumer Magazine, Best New Consumer Publication and Best Overall Design respectively. The winners will be announced in late April.

MAXIMUM PC is the leading enthusiast magazine for computing at home. It's about buying the right system, making it run faster, and getting the most out of it. MAXIMUM PC is the only PC magazine giving its readers a complete multimedia experience: a monthly print magazine, an editorially driven CD-ROM loaded with the latest software, drivers and utilities to push the PC to its limits, and the MAXIMUM PC website (www.maximumpcmag.com) where visitors can further their knowledge and understanding of the products and technologies covered in the magazine.

About Imagine Media, Inc.

The privately held company, founded in 1994, is headquartered in Brisbane, and creates market-leading magazines, CD-ROMs, and Web networks founded on the premise of passion; passion for games, passion for business, passion for computers, and passion for the Internet. (www.imaginemedia.com). In addition to MAXIMUM PC, Imagine Media publishes MacAddict, Business 2.0, PC Gamer, PC Accelerator, PSM, Next Generation and Games Business,

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