Fantasy Sports, Inc. to Provide Co-Branded College Basketball Bracket Challenge to the New York Daily News.Business Editors/Sports Writers BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2001 Co-Branded Website To Be Promoted Through Offline and Online Media In a further expansion of its online game offerings, Fantasy Sports, Inc. (www.fantasycup.com), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Silverstar Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSTR SSTR Somatostatin Receptor SSTR Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction SSTR Solid State Track Recorder SSTR Small Business Technology Transfer Program SSTR Senior Staff Technical Representative ) today announced that it will be providing a free co-branded college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. and its online edition. The co-branded game will be extensively promoted from early March until the start of the tournament on March 15, 2001 on both NYDailyNews.com as well as through the newspaper. Greg Liegey of Fantasy Sports, Inc. said, "We are delighted to enter into an association with The New York Daily News, one of the country's leading newspapers, to provide an exciting interactive online contest for their readers. The college basketball tournament is one of the highlights of the sports year and we believe that our game will significantly enhance the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Daily News' sports fans' enjoyment of this event." "This alliance is further evidence of our goal to roll out new games in different sports categories as well as to increase our awareness among the approximately 30 million fantasy sports participants in the US. The game we are providing to the New York Daily News is a variation of a new subscription based tournament game for which a patent is pending," concluded Mr. Liegey. Jon Beck, of The New York Daily News, said, "New York Daily News Readers have been participating in fantasy sports games in both our print and online editions for the past couple of years. Response is always positive. We are continually looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. new ways to increase reader/user enjoyment and interaction. We believe the NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
About Fantasy Sports Fantasy Sports, Inc., founded in 1993, is one of the oldest and largest providers of predominantly fee-based fantasy sports games, accessible through their website at www.fantasycup.com. The company runs highly successful Spring, Fall and individual NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. race challenges, as well as a college football season challenge. It currently is developing other games including its patent-pending March Madness basketball bracket challenge. Fantasy Sports' subscription based games also provide easy access for free play through the US mail. About Silverstar Holdings Silverstar Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:SSTR) is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. , focusing on investing in businesses that stand to benefit from the economies of scale generated by Internet and other technology related platforms. It currently owns Fantasy Sports, Inc., a dominant provider of fee based Nascar related fantasy sports games; as well as a 33% fully diluted stake in Magnolia Broadband, Inc., a company developing broadband wireless fixed-access applications. The Company recently initiated a $2.5MM share buyback. About New York Daily News The Daily News is the best-selling daily newspaper in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and New York State and the fourth-largest metropolitan daily in the nation. The Daily News Online Edition offers broad based content and daily updates attracting large numbers of residents within the New York Tri-State area, as well as transplanted New Yorkers, tourists and others interested in the goings-on of the Big Apple. The statements which are not historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, additional financing requirements, development of new products, regulatory approval processes, the impact of competitive products or pricing, technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other uncertainties detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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