BigStar.com Named Exclusive Movie Retailer for Spree.com and Gay.com.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 1999-- BigStar Entertainment Inc (Nasdaq: BGST BGST Bradley Gunnery Skills Test ), which operates www.BigStar.com, the leading online movie superstore, today announced two more strategic content and commerce agreements with Spree.com and Gay.com. BigStar will be the exclusive video/DVD retailer on both sites. This follows a similar agreement with FortuneCity.com, the 25th largest Web property in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . David Friedensohn, 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 BigStar Entertainment, said, "Recent figures from Media Metrix, NextCard and PC Data have confirmed BigStar.com as the number one online retailer of movies both in terms of traffic and actual purchases. This is a position BigStar will maintain through aggressive partnerships with the most prominent online Web properties." BigStar.com and Spree.com Established in April 1997, Spree.com is the number one shopping rewards program on the Web. The Spree.com marketplace sells millions of products online from brand-name merchants including Barnes and Noble. Registered members are offered cash back shopping, a free Web site, special discounts and promotions and additional cash back on referred sales. BigStar.com will be the exclusive movie store providing easy access to its wide selection of videos cassettes, laserdiscs and DVDs. BigStar.com replaces the existing Spree.com movie store. Peg McGregor, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , of Spree.com, said, "This agreement with BigStar.com demonstrates our commitment to bring top brand names, services and product selection to our members. We are excited to be able to offer BigStar's unparalleled selection of movies to our members." BigStar.com and Gay.com The Gay.com Network is the largest gay and lesbian online community with over 1.7 million unique visitors A count of how many different people access a Web site. For example, if a user leaves and comes back to the site five times during the measurement period, that person is counted as one unique visitor, but would count as five "user sessions. and over 7 million visits a month. Media Metrix ranks Gay.com in the top 25 in several categories including, average usage days per visitor, average minutes spent per usage month and average minutes spent per unique page view. BigStar.com will be prominently featured throughout the Gay.com Network, including the "Arts and Entertainment" channel and Gay.com's onQ community on 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. . "BigStar is a leader in content relevant merchandising, and has successfully tailored their commerce programming to address the interests of our growing community," said Mark Elderkin Mark Elderkin (born September 27, 1963) is an entrepreneur who founded Gay.com in 1994 with his partner Jeff O. Bennett. As CEO, became the largest and fastest growing media company serving the gay demographic. Elderkin served as President and COO of PlanetOut Inc. , president and chief operating office, Online Partners, parent company of Gay.com. About Spree.com Spree.com, "your cashback cashback Noun 1. a discount offered in return for immediate payment 2. a service by which a customer in a shop can draw out cash on a debit card cashback cash n (= discount connection," is home to the largest cashback shopping rewards program on the Internet. The centerpiece of spree.com's shopping rewards program is the spree marketplace -- a top-rated Internet marketplace See vertical portal and Web hub. featuring millions of products from brand-name merchants. Spree.com's cashback rewards program is absolutely free to join and offers cashback shopping to every registered member. In addition, through the unique and powerful spree member network, members can even earn cashback on purchases made by people referred by their direct referrals -- not only on the first purchase made by their referrals, but on every subsequent purchase those people make in spree.com's marketplace. Spree.com launched its first Web property in April of 1997. About Gay.com Online Partners develops and manages targeted online communities with significant e-commerce potential. Its first global property - the Gay.com Network - is the leading online community serving gays and lesbians, hosting over 3.5 million hours of connection time each month with over 7 million visits each month. Online Partners is based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . The Gay.com Network includes Gay.com, Gay.net and onQ on AOL. It provides a mix of online and offline products and services to consumers and advertisers. In support of this, the Gay.com Network has forged partnerships with Internet leaders such as AOL, CommTouch, DoubleClick, LookSmart and Volano; and leading gay content providers, including The Advocate, Ferrari Travel, GAYBC Radio Network, Genre, Girlfriends, Hero, Lesbian News, Rainbow Query and over 70 influential gay and lesbian newspapers worldwide. Gay.com, Gay.com Network, and Gay.net are trademarks of Online Partners.com,Inc About BigStar Entertainment BigStar Entertainment, (www.BigStar.com) is the leading online filmed entertainment superstore, based on customer traffic to its Web sites. BigStar.com is exclusively dedicated to filmed entertainment products and sells videos, digital video discs (DVDs) and laserdiscs. This news release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the future events or the future financial results of BigStar Entertainment. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in BigStar Entertainment's reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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