Teen.com Receives PC MAGAZINE's Prestigious Editor's Choice Award; Teen.com Takes the Top Score as the Best on the Web for Teens.Business/Technology Editors and Education/Entertainment Writers ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2000 Teen.com, the premiere Web site experience for teenagers, and a subsidiary of YouthStream Media Networks(TM) (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 :NETS), announced today that it has received PC Magazine's prestigious Editor's Choice award. PC Magazine, the leading consumer magazine for professionals with interests in computer trends and technology, and a circulation over 1 million, grants this award only to a select group of outstanding performers. Teen.com was chosen as the winner of the Best on the Web for Teens. Teen.com achieved the highly coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. spot by providing a reliable, credible site full of entertaining and interactive content that both teens and parents support, and was chosen over AWZ AWZ Ahwaz, Iran (airport code) .com, Alloy alloy (ăl`oi, əloi`) [O. Fr.,=combine], substance with metallic properties that consists of a metal fused with one or more metals or nonmetals. .com, Bolt.com, Cyberteens.com and Technoteen.studentcenter.com. In the November 21st issue of PC Magazine now on the newsstands, writer, Kathy Yakal, analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. and reviewed a total of six popular Web sites appealing to teenagers in her article "After Hours Adv. 1. after hours - not during regular hours; "he often worked after hours" : Teenage Webland." "Teen.com, our Editor's Choice, is a monster of a site," wrote Yakal, and gave Teen.com PC Magazine's highest 5 Dot Rating of excellence. "Chat and message boards are active, with a good selection of topics -- perhaps the best we've seen -- to get the ball rolling, including Advice, Look and Feel Good, Homework, Political Issues, Entertainment, and, yes, one called Intimate. Here, though, site monitors patrol more regularly for offensive content than those at other sites evidently do," she continued. Yakal commented on the range of topics teens can provide feedback, as well as express their personal opinions on many different areas available on the Web site. "There's plenty of serious stuff here too. In a section on eating disorders eating disorders, in psychology, disorders in eating patterns that comprise four categories: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, rumination disorder, and pica. Anorexia nervosa is characterized by self-starvation to avoid obesity. , for example, some people were supportive and empathetic em·pa·thet·ic adj. Empathic. em  pa·thet i·cal·ly adv. , while others were condemning con·demn tr.v. con·demned, con·demn·ing, con·demns 1. To express strong disapproval of: condemned the needless waste of food. 2. . The ePals features matches people with similar interests and the poetry section and journal channel provide another forum for sharing teens' introspective in·tro·spect intr.v. in·tro·spect·ed, in·tro·spect·ing, in·tro·spects To engage in introspection. [Latin intr moments." For example, Miranda, a Teen.com visitor took the opportunity to share her thoughts about the site via Teen.com's Suggestion Box: "I really like Teen.com because there are so many different things to do here. There's a lot of ways to project your own opinion and see other people's point of view. There are also a lot of helpful hints." Teen.com visitor Lisa is thrilled thrill v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v.tr. 1. To cause to feel a sudden intense sensation; excite greatly. 2. To give great pleasure to; delight. See Synonyms at enrapture. to have found a place on the Web to meet others like herself. "I am so glad that I found this site because it keeps getting better and better. Teen.com is the place for our generation." In Yakal's article she continues to describe some of the other aspects of the Web site that she found impressive: "You'll also find links to college information, along with a good homework section, beauty, fashion and games. This site has it all." About Teen.com Teen.com is one of the most popular places to find teens on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . It contains daily features and columns including advice, diaries, poetry contests, fashion, beauty, movie and music reviews, homework help, games, jokes, news, horoscopes, college information and a free daily E-mail newsletter. Teen.com is a division of YouthStream Media Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETS - news). About YouthStream Media Networks YouthStream Media Networks delivers the teenage and young adult market to advertisers and the entertainment industry through its unique combination of online and offline media. The company's conventional media properties reach this prime demographic through more than 7,000 high schools and middle schools and 2,000 U.S. college campuses, and its Internet communities serve over three million members. YouthStream's properties include: sixdegrees.com, an online community for 18-24 year-olds; Teen.com, the leading online community for 13-19 year-olds; Trent Graphics, the nation's largest on-campus poster seller at colleges and universities across the country; Network Event Theater, a national network of campus movie theaters; American Passage, the leading college newspaper advertising placement service; Beyond the Wall, the "Ads as Art" poster catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. ; Campus Voice, the largest out-of-home editorial wall media network on college campuses; HotStamp, the largest free postcard advertising brand in the nation; and Pulsefinder, the nation's largest college student opinion panel. Except for the historical information herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports, including the annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000. See Teen.com online at http://www.teen.com Online press releases http://www.teen.com/pr/pressreleases.html |
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