Blab Media Inc. Announces Strategic Relationship With Random House Inc.; Blab.com Goes Live Today With First Series of Internet Greeting Cards.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2000 Blab Media Inc. president Vince Commisso today announced that the company has entered into a strategic relationship with Random House Inc., the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher. The two companies will work together to create and distribute Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the greeting cards See e-card. based on a specific selection of Random House titles that will be featured on Blab.com, which goes live today with the first series of cards at www.Blab.com. "Blab.com is redefining the shape of Internet greeting Greeting is a way for humans[1] to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence, to show attention to, and/or to affirm or suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with card sites," said Commisso, "because it offers a dynamic of innovative entertainment choices. In September September: see month. , we were the first such site enabled with TouchSense technology. By collaborating with Random House, we are moving in a new and challenging direction. Our goal is to create cards that clearly convey the unique themes and meanings of each individual book we work with, and transforming them into greetings that our customers will enjoy sending or receiving." Terrence Cheng, Director of Corporate Online Marketing at Random House, stated that, "We are very happy to be working with a young and expanding company such as Blab.com. They provide us with a versatile and distinctive capability for promoting our books and authors. The work that they've done in the past is truly impressive, so we are confident that the greetings we create with Blab Media will inspire a broader readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. for Random House books." About Blab Media Inc. Blab Media Inc. is a rich media, entertainment business providing communication services for consumers and corporate clients. Blab.com is an operating division of the company, and combines fun and utility through its communication and entertainment services. A free online service, Blab.com is one of the Internet's largest electronic greeting card sites, and its tactile tactile /tac·tile/ (tak´til) pertaining to touch. tac·tile adj. 1. Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible. 2. Used for feeling. 3. technology, varied design styles, vibrant movement, streaming sound and color provide site visitors with an unparalleled interactive experience from BlabVites to BlabBuilder to BlabTrivia, with "more" to come. Blab Media Inc. is located at 77 Mowat Avenue, Suite 412, Toronto, NMBK 3E3 Canada; telephone 416/642-2520; Web site at www.Blab.com. About Random House Inc. Random House Inc. is a book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. division of Bertelsman AG, one of the foremost media companies of the world; Web site at www.randomhouse.com |
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