Charter Media adds comprehensive FREE 15 minute bond market prices and delayed stock quotes to Briefing.com intra-day market analysis service on the Internet!; Briefing.com (http://www.briefing.com) - the first service delivering intra-day analysis of the stock, bond, and foreign exchange markets on the World Wide Web - now provides stock quotes and live bond quotes every 10-15 minutes.

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1996--Charter Media today announced the availability of free bond and stock quotes on the World Wide Web (http://www.briefing.com). Briefing.com now includes information from Charter Media, Inc., the pioneering intraday analysis firm on the Web, Garvin Information Systems, LLC (GIS), the undisputed leader in supplying global fixed income, money market, and foreign exchange pricing to market professionals world-wide, Data Broadcasting Corporation (DBC), a leading provider of NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ stock information, and Capital Management Sciences, Inc. (CMS), wholly owned by DBC and a leading provider of Corporate, Agency, and CMO information.

"Our ability to distribute professional quality money market rates and U.S. Treasury bond prices through the leading commentary provider on the World Wide Web presents a wonderful opportunity for us to reach a large number of individuals previously unable to take advantage of our information," said Michael Mayhew, President and CEO of Garvin Information Systems, Inc.

"The relationships with GIS and DBC now allows us to combine our innovative market analysis with comprehensive U.S. stock quotes and Wall St. quality fixed-income pricing - furthering our goal of providing individual investors with information comparable to that available to professional investors," said Richard Green, president and CEO of Charter Media. "Each enhancement brings us ever closer to the goal of being a one-stop market information service accessible to any investor."

"Briefing.com is not only a leading investment site through which we can distribute our comprehensive U.S. stock pricing but also a very appropriate forum to disseminate our CMS subsidiaries' high quality Corporate, Agency, and CMO information" said Alan Hirschfield, president and CEO of Data Broadcasting Corporation. "Any investor who wants this information can now easily access it - by using the World Wide Web."

The services on briefing.com include the following:

Real-time Benchmark Treasury quotes updated every 15 minutes - includes key Money Market and Fed Fund rates.

Up to 7 stock quotes at once - 15 minute delayed - on any firm listed through the NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX exchanges.

Real-time corporate bond quotes updated every 10 minutes - an overview of the most active issues, A - AAA.

Real-time selected FNMA and GNMA quotes updated every 10 minutes -

Real-time selected CMO pricing updated every 10 minutes

Testimonials regarding briefing.com:

"I find your site very well laid out. It is an excellent way to get a snapshot of the market plus additional analytical commentary if needed, an A+ site!

S.T.

"Keep up this unique website! Anyone can list active stocks or highs and lows but real-time commentary is something else."

J.B. Edlow

Accessed at URL http://www.briefing.com, briefing.com has already been awarded the prestigious "Top 5% of the Web" award by Point Communications, Inc., a top World Wide Web rating firm.

a "Four Star" rating in the February 1996 NetGuide Magazine.

a "Wonders of the Web" award in January 1996 by CNNfn.

a prominent position in the article "Investments on the Web" in the February 1996 Boardwatch magazine

The service is currently available at no cost.

Charter Media, Inc. was established in 1993 to provide professional real-time information to individual investors through the Internet. The powerful capabilities of the Internet and particularly the World Wide Web allow virtually any individual investor or money manager on a world-wide basis to access on-line information produced by Charter Media. A team of professional analysts provide unbiased market analysis and commentary.

About the founder:

Charter Media, Inc. was founded by Richard Green. He was formerly president and CEO of MMS International, the premiere financial forecasting company providing on-line market analysis and commentary via a wide variety of information systems. Green, through MMS, has provided market information to professional traders at banks and brokerages through quote systems such as Telerate, Reuters, Bloomberg, and Knight-Ridder MoneyCenter since 1979. His commentaries through on-line services have been read by traders at all 100 of the world's largest banks and major central banks on a daily basis -- over 25,000 market participants worldwide.

During his 11 year tenure as president and CEO of MMS International, Green successfully brought the company from $1 million in annual revenue to over $40 million in annual revenue, and was responsible for the transition of MMS International from a private firm to a successful member of the S&P Business Group, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., in 1989.

-0-

Notes to Editors: Briefing.com is a trademark of Charter Media, Inc. Garvin Information Systems, LLC is a subsidiary of MAI plc Capital Management Sciences, Inc. is a subsidiary of Data Broadcasting Corporation NYSE is an abbreviation for the New York Stock Exchange AMEX is an abbreviation for the American Stock Exchange NASDAQ is an abbreviation for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation Exchange "Top 5% of the Web" is a trademark of Point Communications, Inc. "Wonders of the Web" is a trademark of Cable News Network, Inc.

CONTACT: Charter Media, Inc.

David Beasley, 415-851-9300

[e-mail]

or

Charter Media, Inc.

Richard Green, 415-851-9300

[e-mail]