CableSoft and The Monster Board Partner to Provide Job Listings to Hundreds of Thousands of Cable TV Viewers.

BURLINGTON, Mass. and MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 1998--CableSoft Corporation(tm), the leading provider of local, on-demand information for cable television viewers, and The Monster Board, part of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide (NASDAQ:TMPW), today announced a strategic partnership. Under the partnership, The Monster Board's Internet-based classified ads will be incorporated within CableSoft's information services, providing The Monster Board with a powerful new distribution model reaching millions of job candidates via cable television. CableSoft executed the first launch of its product to MediaOne's 80,000 broadband subscribeuse cable service," said Sonia Khademi, president and CEO of CableSoft. "The Monster Board has clearly estabnd its more than 50,000 job listings to people who do not have Internet access," said Miller Newton, COO of g their cable remote control. The Weather Channel, ESPN SportsTicker, Lotto Net and other information sourcesle at no charge to cable subscribers and will be easily accessible and sortable using a standard television ieve current, customized information through their TV sets using their remote control. CableSoft is changingBoard (www.monster.com) is the most successful career center on the World Wide Web, connecting top employers with job seekers online. The site receives more than 2 million visits per month by people accessing the site to look for job oppotheir career progression. Media Metrix/PC Meter's and Relevant Knowledge's June ratings reported that The MonBSMG Worldwide

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