CNN's On-demand Video Destination Launches as Part of CNN.com's New Look.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1998--CNN Interactive's award-winning Web site, CNN.com, today introduced its enhanced new look with the launch of CNN Videoselect, a section for on-demand video news. Videoselect draws upon CNN's immense video resources, including constantly updated newscasts from CNN Headline News and a full range of individual news reports, as well as the latest Larry King Live and Crossfire programs. Textual information accompanies each video, offering additional information and hyperlinks to related stories on the Web. Also, video of breaking news and live events will continue to be linked off CNN.com's and AllPolitics.com's home pages, as well as other news pages.

"CNN Videoselect will help maintain CNN.com as the home of quality news video on the Web," said Mark Bernstein, vice president and general manager, CNN Interactive. "Users have accessed our video in ever-growing numbers, and we are pleased that people who want to have a video news experience online will be able to rely on us for a wide range of news reports and major interviews."

CNN.com's new look enables easier movement around the site with a faster download of the home page; more headlines above the fold at the top of the main news pages; and the introduction of highlight boxes with the latest headlines at the bottom of story pages. The new look incorporates an increased use of interactivity, such as polls and message boards and multimedia, all of which have proven to be popular with CNN.com's users.

The home page's new design allows users to chose different online news experiences: browsing, using the navigation menu; headlines and links to related stories and sites; multimedia relying on CNN Audioselect, a service offering live audio feed of five CNN networks, and CNN Videoselect; a quick read with News Summary, a constantly updated news summary; or customized, using CNN's acclaimed personalized news site CNN CustomNews.

"The goal of this redesign is to make the news more accessible to our many users so they can experience the breadth and depth of information that we produce on a daily basis," said Scott Woelfel, vice president and editor in chief, CNN Interactive. "As the leading source for breaking news on the Internet, we have worked hard to have an attractive home page, but one which anyone can access without long download times."

The top new features added to the site are:

-- Desktop Headlines: launched in a separate window, users can monitor the latest news while performing other tasks on their desktop and can click on scrolling headlines to obtain the full reports;

-- A breaking news banner added to the home page to alert users;

-- Highlighted areas on the site to promote CNN.com's in-depth specials, material written exclusively for the Web by CNN correspondents around the world;

-- The newly titled Entertainment section, featuring the latest news about books, movies, television and music, including World Beat, a section dedicated to global music news set to launch June 6;

-- The addition of two new Travel categories: Pursuits, which introduces travelers to the world's culinary hotspots, as well as exploring outdoor activities and weekend getaways; and Essentials, a key resource center with a currency converter, travel adviser and Web handbook.

The CNN Web sites generate more traffic and attract more unduplicated Internet users than any other company's general news and information Web sites. The CNN Web sites averaged more than 77 million page impressions per week during May 1998.

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