Cox Interactive Media Extends Newly Launched AutoConnect's Internet Presence Through Popular City Sites and Dedicated Sales Force.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1998-- 17 Cox City Sites Join With Yahoo!, Lycos and WebCrawler to Showcase Web's Leading Auto Site Finding that perfect car is aboutn all of its city and specialty sites in 25 maConnect-Cox Interactive Media relationship unid the two companies will share advertising revenue on these co-branded pages. In addition to the relatione major network based advertising rep firm. Coxbuy cars more efficiently using this local and nia is the nation's largest provider of local content on the Internet, surpassing every traditional media company and online provider. As a part of the partnership, AutoConnect will be featured on all 17 of Cox Interactive Media's "citventory is paired with comprehensive informatitantial resources on the $370 billion pre-owned anheim Auctions, Inc., a subsidiary of Cox Ent provide a variety of products and services to ed car listings. About Cox Interactive Media CIM (1) (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) Integrating office/accounting functions with automated factory systems. Point of sale, billing, machine tool scheduling and supply ordering are part of CIM. was launched in 1996 with the goal of building long-term brands and audiences on the Internet. Targeting key markets where Cox Enterprises Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. The company is private, 98% controlled by the octogenarian daughter of Cox, Anne Cox Chambers, and the two children of her late operates newspapers, television stations, radio stations and cable systems, CIM has quickly outpaced all other traditional media companies and online providers, emerging as the nation's most extensive online network of city, regional and national brands. Fueled by rapid growth, CIM has evolved from a two-person shop in 1996 to a market leader employing more than 350 people, with plans to expand to a staff of 450 by mid-1998. CIMnet currently includes 17 city sites and four specialty sites (www.cimedia.com). Cox Interactive Media, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., is headquartered in Atlanta. A leading media company, Cox Enterprises includes Cox Newspaper, Inc. (newspapers, direct mail marketing, 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. ), Cox Broadcasting, Inc. (TV, spot sales, television production, research, publicly-traded Cox Radio Cox Radio NYSE: CXR is a publicly traded company that holds a number of radio stations. Private company Cox Broadcasting, Inc., a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises owns all of the company's super-voting Class B common stock, and thus controls the company. , Inc.) and publicly traded Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Inc. (cable distribution, programming, broadband communications) in addition to Cox Interactive Media. The company is also the world's largest operator of automobile auctions through Manheim Auctions Manheim Automotive Services is the largest and highest volume wholesale automobile auction company in the world. As a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., Manheim provides services including financing, title work, transportation, recovery, auto body repair, dealership management , providing financial services, government auctions, online services and price guides. About ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. ADP Dealer Services Group provides turnkey solutions to over 18,000 auto and truck dealers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Latin America. ADP Dealer Services Group is the third largest business unit of Automatic Data Processing Same as data processing. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AUD AUD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Australian Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), which with over $4 billion in annual revenue and more than 400,000 clients, is one of the largest independent computing service firms in the world. More information on ADP and ADP Dealer Services Group is available via the Internet at www.adp.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Manheim Auctions and Manheim On-line are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Cox Enterprises, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. ADP is a registered trademark of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are properties of their respective companies. Not all features described above may be functional at launch. 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