EMAZING and Email Shows Put the Show Online; EMAZING, Inc. and Email Shows, Inc. Enter New Entertainment Content and Marketing Agreement.

Business/Entertainment Editors

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2000

EMAZING.com, (www.EMAZING.com) the Internet's premier provider of free information, entertainment and services via email, has entered into the world of virtual drama with its new agreement with Email Shows, Inc., the pioneer in email entertainment marketing.

"We're always looking for high quality content partners and branded co-marketing partners," said David Evans, president and CEO of Email Shows, Inc. "EMAZING was a natural choice because of their leadership in email publishing and distribution."

EMAZING.com will initially offer marketing promotions for Email Shows products including: "The Boy Next Door," "Wish You Were Here," "Word of Mouth" and an eQuel promotion for the new Lions' Gate film, "Love & Sex."

"Our mutual goal is to provide our subscribers with quality entertainment via email that appeals to their individual passions," said Joe Pierce, CEO of EMAZING. "Email Shows offers strong creative and innovative content across many genres and demographics."

Email Shows is a New York-based Internet entertainment company that allows viewers to observe the lives of virtual characters as they interact through email.

EMAZING.com offers a unique variety of informative and entertaining email services, including more than 100 daily tips on topics ranging from art to Microsoft Windows, plus horoscopes, comics, games, greeting cards and private email chat. EMAZING.com has grown from just 100,000 subscribers to more than ten million in less than a year. EMAZING.com is a service of EMAZING, INC., a Louisville, Kentucky based email publisher founded in 1998 by industry veterans Joe Pierce, Bob Ford and David Harpe. EMAZING is a fully-owned subsidiary of 550 Digital Media Ventures, a SONY Group Company.