Bankrate.com Announces Five Awards; U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo! Internet Life, LocalBusiness.com, Forbes.com Best of The Web, and Interactive Week Award Bankrate.com.Business Editors/Technology Writers NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2001 Bankrate.com (www.bankrate.com), the Internet's leading consumer banking marketplace and a division of Bankrate, Inc. (Nasdaq:RATE), announced awards by five publications. U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. awarded Bankrate.com Best of The Web for Personal Finance. Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine website. It was created and launched by Barry Golson, the former executive editor of Playboy and TV guide. awarded the Investment channel for Bankrate.com, as one of the 100 Best Sites for 2001. LocalBusiness.com awarded Bankrate.com a placement in their 50 Businesses to Watch. Forbes.com Best of The Web again named Bankrate.com as one of the Best of The Web for personal finance, rates, mortgages and credit cards and Interactive Week's second annual Interactive 500 listed Bankrate.com as one of the top revenue producing companies, based on revenue generated from Web operations Web operations is a domain of expertise within IT systems management that involves the deployment, operation, maintenance, tuning, and repair of web-based applications. With the rise of web technologies since mid-1995, specialists have emerged that understand the complexities of . "We are thrilled to be recognized for our efforts by these five publications," stated Elisabeth DeMarse, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bankrate, Inc.. "Bankrate.com continues to offer timely, practical and valuable information, tools and resources to consumers. When making a personal finance decision - buying a home or car - researching rates for loans or credit cards - Bankrate.com is there to help." "These awards are testament to the superior information that Bankrate.com offers consumers," noted Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham (born August 21, 1976 in Montego Bay, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-American soccer striker, who currently plays for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer. Cunningham was born in Jamaica, but moved to Crystal River, Florida at the age of 14. , Chairman of the Board of Bankrate, Inc. "As the Internet's leading consumer banking marketplace, Bankrate.com will continue to offer the award-winning content, tools and research that users have been relying upon for over 20 years." "The "50 to Watch" list represents a diverse selection of emerging companies that will be making news over the next three months. Some of these companies possess tremendous growth potential and some face significant challenges in this volatile market," said Kurt Greenbaum, Executive Editor of LocalBusiness.com. "In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , we can learn as much from companies that are struggling as we can from those that are thriving. Our readers depend on the comprehensive B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business breaking news coverage that only LocalBusiness.com provides in each market and the "50 to Watch" list highlights those companies that should definitely be watched in the next quarter." About Bankrate.com Bankrate.com is owned and operated by Bankrate, Inc. (Nasdaq:RATE). Bankrate.com is the Internet's leading consumer banking marketplace, with an average of 1.6 million unique visitors per month connecting with over 4,000 financial institutions in 126 markets in 50 states. Bankrate operates a portfolio of personal finance channels, including banking, investing, taxes and small business finance. It is the leading aggregator of 100 financial products, including mortgages, credit cards, new and used auto loans, money market accounts and CD's, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees. Bankrate provides financial applications and information to a network of over 130 partners including MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), America Online (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. ), CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. and Smart Money. The company's information is also distributed through more than 100 national and state publications. About Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life (www.yil.com) is the world's largest consumer lifestyle magazine covering the Internet. With its mission to entertain, engage, educate and empower Internet enthusiasts, the monthly Ziff Davis Media (Ziff Davis Media Inc., New York, www.ziffdavis.com) A leading integrated media company that serves the computer, videogame and consumer lifestyle markets. Its offerings include PC Magazine and the PCMag.com Network, which includes PCMag.com, ExtremeTech. publication serves the New American Consumer(TM). Reaching one in nine of all daily Internet users in America and read monthly by over 5.3 million people, Yahoo! Internet Life chronicles the culture, content and community of the Internet. In January 2001, the four year-old magazine will surpass a circulation of 1.1 million copies per month, solidifying its place as one of the fastest-growing magazines in the history of publishing. Notable accolades include recognition as one of Advertising Age's Best Magazines of 1998; a Circulation Excellence Award from Circulation Management magazine; inclusion as one of Folio magazine's Top 10 Launches for the 90s; as three consecutive Top 10 Hottest Magazine citations from Adweek; and an award from Capell's Circulation Report as Top 10 Best Performer of 1999. About Forbes.com Best of the Web Forbes.com Best of the Web is a publication that focuses on the most useful and interesting features of the consumer and business Web. Its editors review thousands of Web sites in over 100 categories, ranging from brokerage to travel, and select one Forbes Favorite in each. Published by Forbes, it is a special issue that is mailed to Forbes magazine subscribers in between regular edition cycles. It is also sold separately on newsstands. Five new issues of Forbes.com Best of the Web are scheduled for 2001, including two business-to-business guides. About LocalBusiness.com LocalBusiness.com is a leading Internet provider of breaking local news and intelligence, tools and research resources for small- and medium-sized businesses in over 24 major markets across the United States. LocalBusiness.com generates 500 original news stories each week by a staff of more than 50 reporters and editors nationwide focusing on local breaking business news, including technology, venture capital and small business. The company's institutional investors include U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., the private equity fund sponsored by Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc., Rustic Canyon Ventures, a venture capital fund, and Tribune Ventures, the strategic investment unit of Tribune Company. LocalBusiness.com also publishes digitalsouth magazine (digitalsouth.com), the only publication that covers leading-edge technology companies, venture capital and finance from the Mason-Dixon line to the Florida Keys and west to Texas. About Interactive Week Interactive Week, a Ziff Davis Media publication, is the Internet's newspaper with a controlled circulation of 300,000 Internet business and technology professionals. It launched in 1994 as the first business-to-business paper for today's Internet economy. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Act. Investors are cautioned that actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by such statements and are advised to consult our current SEC filings for additional information concerning risk factors that affect the Company's business. |
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