Lycos Licenses People Directory and Email Directory From InfoSpace.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 1996--InfoSpace Inc., an innovator of Internet technology, today announced that its People Directory, which offers instant access to over 100 million U.S. and Canadian listings, and AccuMail, the largest and most accurate email directory in the world, will be directly available from Lycos, a leading Internet search company. Users can access these directories from the Lycos site <http://www.lycos.com>. InfoSpace is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded by Naveen Jain BIO Naveen Jain is a founder and CEO at Intelius, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Intelius was started in Janurary 2003 with a mission to empower consumers with online information for personal protection and intelligent decisions. , formerly group manager for MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). at Microsoft. InfoSpace Directory Services offer instant access to U.S. and Canadian listings of people, businesses and government offices. InfoSpace Directory Services also include InfoSpace Atlas, which allows users to plot any address in the United States on a map, InfoSpace Neighborhood Search, which helps you find people or businesses near your home, business or any other address, AccuMail, the most accurate email directory in the world, and InfoSpace's Fax and Toll-Free directories. These services can be seen at <http://www.infospace.com>. "Our goal is to provide information and services that people find useful in their daily lives," says Naveen Jain, president of InfoSpace. "Lycos has developed a search technology that differentiates it on the Internet and partnering with Lycos enables us to provide these services and information to a much wider audience of the Internet." "Lycos is an established destination for finding information quickly and accurately." said Robert J. Davis, president and 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. of Lycos. "By adding InfoSpace's services to our site, we are now giving our users access to the most comprehensive people and email directory on the Internet." InfoSpace, founded in 1996, has it's headquarters at 8528-154th Ave. NE Redmond, WA 98052. The family of InfoSpace products include: AccuMail; InfoSpace Atlas; InfoSpace Neighborhood Search, which helps you find people or business near your home, business or any other address; InfoSpace White Pages; InfoSpace Yellow Pages; InfoSpace Blue Pages; InfoSpace Toll Free; InfoSpace Fax. InfoSpace respects an individual's right to privacy by availing on-line users to only those telephone numbers and addresses printed in white page, yellow page and blue page directories. Lycos Inc., an Internet exploration company, was founded specifically to find, index and filter information on the Internet and World Wide Web. CMG CMG Coastal & Marine Geology (USGS) CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (stock symbol) CMG Companion (of the Order Of) St Michael and St George CMG Computer Measurement Group Information Services See Information Systems. Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) ) is a majority shareholder in Lycos Inc. through its strategic investment and development business unit, CMG("at" sign)Ventures. CMGI is a leading provider of direct marketing services investing in and integrating advanced Internet, interactive media and database management technologies. -0- The Lycos "Catalog of the Internet" Copyright, 1994, 1995, 1996 Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). . All rights reserved. All other product or service marks mentioned herein are those of respective owners. CONTACT: InfoSpace Inc. Punam Agrawal, 206/882-1602 punam(at)infospace.com http://www.infospace.com or Lycos Inc. Sarah Garnsey, 508/229-0717 x 228 sgarnsey(at)lycos.com http://www.lycos.com |
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