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GO Network Launches National Search to Find Ultimate Go-Getters; Celebrity Assistant Kicks Off Search to Award Selected GO Network GO-Getters with Over $1,200 in Cash and Prizes.


SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1999--

Today, Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq:SEEK), home of GO Network(TM) (www.go.com), announced a national search that invites people to tell the world why they are an ultimate go-getter.

"In this day and age, it's getting more difficult for people to accomplish everything they need to as there are just not enough hours in the day," said Harry Motro, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and president of Infoseek. "GO Network has developed a program to reward people who embrace the Internet and use it as a tool to turn information into action, therefore making it possible for them to accomplish things both at work and in their personal lives." So What Is A GO Network GO-Getter?

A GO Network GO-Getter knows the measure of time and understands the value the Internet can provide by making everyday tasks easier and more time-efficient. These GO-Getters represents people constantly on the go, able to accomplish multiple tasks at once while still finding time to enjoy life.

Beginning on June 10 and running through June 24, consumers can enter the search by logging onto www.go.com. Based on criteria stated in the rules, one winner from each of the following three categories will be chosen as an official GO-Getter: -0-

--       Teachers and Professors and Others
--       Executive Secretaries and Personal Assistants
--       Nannies and Child Care-givers


-0-

All three winners will have the opportunity to represent the GO Network GO-Getters program in their hometowns and will receive more than $1,200 in cash and prizes. Winners will be announced on July 27, 1999.

Personal Assistant to the stars, LeeAnn Heck heck  
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Used as a mild oath.

n. Slang
Used as an intensive: had a heck of a lot of money; was crowded as heck.



[Alteration of hell.
, will serve as the Ambassador of the GO Network GO-Getters program. Heck has been in the entertainment industry for more than 15 years, serving as a personal assistant to celebrities such as Robin Wright Penn and Faye Dunaway Faye Dunaway (born Dorothy Faye Dunaway on January 14, 1941) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Biography
Early life
Dunaway was born in Bascom, Florida to Grace April Smith, a homemaker, and John MacDowell Dunaway, Jr., a career army officer.
. Clients from her business Consider It Done have included Sheryl Crow, Minnie Driver and Billy Bob Thorton.

"As a personal assistant, I have been up against some tight deadlines and learned how useful the Internet is in finding things fast," said LeeAnn Heck, Ambassador of the GO Network GO-Getters program. "I am honored hon·or  
n.
1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate.

2.
a. Good name; reputation.

b.
 that GO Network selected me to serve as the Ambassador of such an exciting program that rewards the accomplishments of other go-getters around the country," said Heck.

About Infoseek

Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq:SEEK) is the home of GO Network, a premier global media network enriching people's daily The People's Daily (Chinese: 人民日报; Pinyin: Rénmín Rìbào), a daily newspaper, is the organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, published worldwide  lives by combining integrated Internet services with leading consumer brands. Now one of the top five sites on the Internet, GO Network was launched in January 1999 by Infoseek, in partnership with The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
Disney, Walter Elias Disney
 Company (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:DIS (Data Instrumentation Systems) See DST.

Dis

god of nether world; identified with Pluto. [Rom. Myth.: Leach, 315]

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), and is the online home of leading world brands such as ABCNEWS.com for news, ESPN.com for sports, Disney.com and Family.com for kids and family, Infoseek for search, and Disney.com and ABC ABC
 in full American Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928.
.com for entertainment.

In addition, Infoseek licenses its Ultraseek Server search and navigation software to companies for their own intranet, extranet and Internet sites. Infoseek is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information about Infoseek, please visit Infoseek's corporate Internet home page at info.infoseek.com or to request additional information about Infoseek, call our Investor Relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
 Request Line at 408/543-6960 or visit our new investor relations web site at www.ir-infoseek.com.

Note to Editors: Infoseek, Ultraseek and the Infoseek logo shown are trademarks of Infoseek Corporation, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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