Countrywide Home Loans Selects MessageMedia to Launch Its E-Messaging Program.BOULDER Boulder, city, United States Boulder, city (1990 pop. 83,312), seat of Boulder co., N central Colo.; inc. 1871. A Rocky Mountain resort and a suburb of Denver, it is the seat of the Univ. of Colorado (1876). , Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1999-- Online Leader Expands Its Resource Efforts by Providing Personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. Real Estate Information Via E-Mail to Its Subscriber Base MessageMedia Inc. (Nasdaq: MESG MESG Maximum Experimental Safe Gap MESG Medical Education Solutions Group MESG Mediterranean Shipping Group MESG Mowlem Environmental Sciences Group (UK) ), a leading provider of e-mail-based customer relationship management and direct marketing services, announced today it has been selected by Countrywide coun·try·wide adv. & adj. Throughout a whole country; nationwide: launched a fundraising campaign countrywide; a countrywide search. Adj. 1. Home Loans, Inc., a national leader in residential finance, to launch its e-messaging program for its Realtor Realtor In the United States a designation used to describe a member of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Notes: The term "realtor" is a registered trademark and encompasses agents, brokers and associates who are members of a real-estate firm associated with Advantager site. Realtor Advantager is providing real estate agents with timely newsletters via e-mail containing valuable information enabling them to offer customers some of the most up-to-date loan options available. Realtor Advantage, an online productivity tool that offers several interactive features in addition to information on current loan rates and services, now expands its services by offering real estate agents a convenient, personalized method of communication. In addition, MessageMedia's services will provide URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. tracking to measure the amount of traffic generated to the Countrywide Web site (www.countrywide.com). The content of the newsletter will fall under the following categorical That which is unqualified or unconditional. A categorical imperative is a rule, command, or moral obligation that is absolutely and universally binding. Categorical is also used to describe programs limited to or designed for certain classes of people. headings: Success Spotlight, Buyer Quick Tip, Seller Quick Tip, Realtor Advantage News and Technology Fast Fact. These categories enable real estate agents to learn more about customer care, how to maximize productivity and how to stay ahead of their competition in local markets. They will also receive information on interest rates and guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. , as well as real estate industry facts and figures. "We needed to build a comprehensive communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. to provide up-to-the-minute information to our online business partners," said Cameron King, executive vice president of Countrywide's e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. division. "By partnering with MessageMedia, Countrywide can use e-mail as a cost-effective way to create an ongoing client dialog to build stronger relationships." "Countrywide has always been at the forefront of business innovation and the company can now use e-mail to provide faster, more efficient service to its business partners," said Robin Green, vice president of sales and marketing for MessageMedia. "MessageMedia's e-messaging services enable online leaders like Countrywide to utilize e-messaging to grow solid, long-term relationships with clients." About Countrywide Countrywide.com is the largest direct lender online. Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. Dean Witter's Internet mortgage report named Countrywide as the
"best investable play" on the Internet. Through cutting edge
technology, Countrywide.com saves consumers time and money by offering
complete online loan applications. The site features competitive rates
for a full range of home loan products as well as access to
Countrywide's state-of-the-art underwriting Underwriting1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt). 2. The process of issuing insurance policies. systems and electronic business integration systems. Founded in 1969, Countrywide Home Loans is a member of the S&P 500 and the primary subsidiary of Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CCR 1. CCR - condition code register. 2. CCR - (Database) concurrency control and recovery. ). Countrywide is headquartered in Calabasas, CA with more than 550 offices and over 11,000 employees nationwide. About MessageMedia Inc. MessageMedia (Nasdaq: MESG) is a leading provider of e-mail-based customer relationship management and direct marketing services. The Company offers a comprehensive suite of outsource messaging services for information delivery, e-commerce services, permission-based direct marketing, ongoing customer communications and real-time customer feedback solutions using industry standard Internet protocols Refers to all the standards that keep the Internet running. The foundation protocol is TCP/IP, which provides the basic communications mechanism as well as ways to copy files (FTP) and send e-mail (SMTP). . MessageMedia's customer portfolio includes clients from the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , publishing, direct marketing, retailing, software and electronic commerce industries. Clients include E
RADE, AOL, Apple,
Yahoo!, Microsoft, GeoCities, Intuit, CMP Media, Barclays Bank, EDS,
CNBC, Universal Studios and Bertelsmann.
After the recent acquisitions of Decisive Technology and Revnet
Systems Inc., SOFTBANK and its affiliates now own approximately 44
percent of the outstanding common stock of MessageMedia Inc. Pequot
Capital Management, a Connecticut-based research-intensive investment
firm with more than $5 billion in assets under management, is also a
major investor in MessageMedia.
"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act: With the exception of the historical information contained
in this release, the matters described herein contain forward-looking
statements that involve risk and uncertainties. These forward looking
statements include but are not limited to, the company's continued
ability to provide timely newsletter delivery and technical features
such as URL tracking, the continuing effectiveness of e-mail to assist
clients in creating ongoing customer dialogue and growing long-term
customer relationships, the newsletter's ability to help real estate
agents improve productivity and risks associated with Countrywide's
use of e-mail to provide faster and more efficient service to business
partners. Risk factors include, but are not limited to, the
integration of a new senior management team, MessageMedia's limited
operating history, the integration of recent acquisitions, risks
associated with pending and future acquisitions, the anticipated
fluctuations in operating results, the uncertain acceptance of new
services being offered, and undeveloped and rapidly changing market
and other factors detailed in MessageMedia's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 and its most recent
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All companies and product names are
trademarks of their respective owners. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date hereof. MessageMedia undertakes no obligation to
release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking
statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after
the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
MessageMedia Inc.
6060 Spine Road, Boulder, Colo. 80301
Phone: (303) 440-7550; Fax: (303) 440-0303; www.messagemedia.com
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