AOL's Digital City and Netscape Announce Availability of Digital City's Local Content on Netscape's Netcenter

VIENNA, VA, and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (November 4, 1998) - AOL's Digital City, Inc. and Netscape Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:NSCP) today announced the debut of Digital City's local content and community guides on the Netscape Netcenter portal site. Building on Digital City's current position as the leading Internet Online Local Content Network, this introduction makes Digital City's content from 50 US markets, already available to millions of users through AOL, AOL.COM, and CompuServe, readily accessible to Netscape Netcenter's millions of users. The addition of exciting local content to Netscape Netcenter furthers Netscape's commitment to provide best-of-breed programming for Netcenter members.

Netscape is aggressively promoting Netcenter's Local Channel with a button on the Netcenter homepage and links throughout other areas of the Netcenter service. Netcenter's Local Channel, now programmed by AOL's Digital City, features local perspectives and information on headline news, weather, sports, entertainment listings, movie listings, dining guides, event guides, auto guides, and relocation guides. Netcenter's Local co-branded channel is hosted under Netscape's domain, netscape.com, and incorporates a similar navigation scheme and look and feel to the other channels on Netcenter. Netscape and AOL's Digital City also integrates local community building features such as message and graffiti boards. Users of the Netscape Communicator client software will also be able to easily access the Netcenter Local Channel programmed by Digital City.

Paul DeBenedictis, President of AOL's Digital City, said, "The launch of Digital City on Netscape Netcenter significantly expands our distribution by making our local content available to millions of Netcenter visitors." "The Digital City local strategy is working and the growing numbers of interactive marketing partners and dollars are proof."

The increased presence and unparalleled distribution are driving local, regional and national advertisers to AOL's Digital City. With almost 5,000 interactive marketing partners and tens of millions of dollars in advertising and e-commerce revenue on an annual basis, AOL's Digital City has a full time localized sales force dedicated to generating revenue at the local level while also leveraging the power of America Online's interactive sales team, the largest in the industry. Some of its most well-known partners and advertisers include Barnes & Noble, Hotel Reservations Network, Cigna, Geico, Lexus, Metropolis Bicycles and others across the country.

"We evaluated the local online content networks and selected AOL's Digital City because it has the best reach and the best content by far," said Mike Homer, executive vice president and general manger of Netscape's Netcenter division. "AOL's Digital City on Netscape Netcenter expands Digital City's reach significantly and increases the quality of our content offerings - a win-win for both companies."

Netscape Netcenter is Netscape's fast-growing portal site that provides users with a home base on the Internet. From Netcenter, users can navigate the Internet, access a broad range of consumer and business content and services and communicate with others online. The site includes 17 content channels and a set of leading-edge services, including Netscape-branded Search, Netscape Contact, SmartUpdate, Software Download, Member Directory, My Netscape personalization service, and WebMail.

AOL's Digital City, Inc. and Netscape Communications Corporation announced in August a two-year strategic agreement to make Digital City the exclusive local content provider to the local channel on Netscape's newly redesigned and expanded Netcenter portal site. Under terms of the agreement, the Netcenter Local Channel is co-branded by Netscape and AOL's Digital City. The co-branded channel features a look and feel consistent with the other channels on Netcenter.

Digital City, Inc., the nation's largest and the Internet Online's most popular local city resource and community guide reaches more than 3 million people every month according to Media Metrix. Digital City provides an array of interactive products in 50 cities and delivers locally relevant news, community resources, entertainment and commerce in a dynamic and easy-to-use format. Available on America Online at Keyword: Digital City and on the web at www.digitalcity.com, Digital City combines useful local information, expert reviews, and the personal contributions of the people who use the service to help residents get the most from their communities. Based in Vienna, VA, Digital City, an AOL Studios business, is owned primarily by America Online and Tribune Company.

America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia, is the world's leader in branded interactive services and content. America Online, Inc. operates two worldwide Internet online services: America Online, with more than 13 million members; and CompuServe, with approximately 2 million members. America Online, Inc. also operates AOL Studios, the world's leading creator of original interactive content. Other branded Internet services operated by America Online, Inc. include AOL.COM, the world's most accessed web site from home; Digital City, Inc., the number-one branded local content network and community guide on AOL and the Internet; AOL NetFind, AOL's comprehensive guide to the Internet; AOL Instant Messenger, an instant messaging tool available on both AOL and the Internet; and ICQ, an instant communications and chat technology on the Internet.

Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of software and services for businesses that want to transform the way they create and keep customers in the emerging Net Economy. The company offers a full line of enterprise software solutions, professional services, and a leading Internet portal to help companies build, buy, or outsource Internet applications that drive revenue growth, build customer loyalty, and create new levels of business efficiency. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol NSCP, Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.

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