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Exhibit 99.1
INTERNET.COM ACQUIRES CLICKZ.COM, A LEADING ONLINE
ADVERTISING AND MARKETING RESOURCE
(New York, NY - September 11, 2000)- internet.com Corporation (Nasdaq: INTM),
the Internet Industry Portal, today announced that it has acquired the ClickZ
Network of (www.clickz.com) Web sites and related Internet advertising and
marketing properties and the ClickZ conferences. The consideration for this
acquisition totals $16.0 million in a combination of $10.0 million in cash and
$6.0 million in restricted common stock, with additional cash and restricted
common stock consideration to be paid based on future performance.
The ClickZ Network offers cutting-edge commentary from industry insiders as well
as original case studies and unique insight on affiliate marketing, b2b
marketing, brand marketing, digital living, ebusiness reports, ecommerce
commentary, email marketing and email marketing case studies, emarketing
statistics and strategies, media buying, planning and selling, search engine
optimization and small business advice. ClickZ.com reaches media buyers and
planners, Web and email advertising firms, list vendors and agencies, ad and
commerce based publishers, and Web developers each business day. ClickZ.com's
advertisers and sponsors include DoubleClick, Engage, Hewlett Packard,
MessageMedia, Winstar Interactive, FloNetwork, Commission Junction, Qualcomm,
TargitMail.com and Burst! Media, to name a few.
"This is the most significant acquisition internet.com has made to date.
ClickZ.com, with a staff of over 25 employees and freelancers, has built a solid
reputation throughout the industry and the world as a leading resource for news
and analysis about the online marketing and advertising industries. The ClickZ
Network is an ideal fit with internet.com's other Internet marketing resources,
including ChannelSeven.com, AdResource.com and the Internet Advertising Report.
We now cover every angle within the emarketing category," said Alan M. Meckler,
Chairman and CEO of internet.com. "Furthermore, ClickZ.com adds a critical
audience to the internet.com network and we are now positioned to extend the
marketing objectives of our advertisers and ecommerce partners even further. We
envision tremendous synergies with internet.com and ClickZ.com and we are very
excited that this entire team is joining us. We expect that this acquisition
will immediately be accretive to internet.com on a cash earnings basis and, on a
bottom line basis, due to the amortization of acquired intangibles over a three
year life, we anticipate a dilution to earnings."
"The acquisition, combined with internet.com's existing emarketing resources,
solidifies its position as a leading provider of content and information serving
the online advertising and marketing industries," said Andy Bourland, CEO and
Publisher of the ClickZ Network. "We are excited to now be part of the
internet.com network and we look forward to working with the internet.com team.
We have always respected the world-class quality of internet.com's editorial
content and think that this is a perfect
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home for ClickZ.com" added Ann Handley, President and Chief Content Officer of
the ClickZ Network.
The ClickZ.com Internet media properties will be integrated into internet.com's
Ecommerce/Marketing Channel which is also home to other prominent Web sites
including: AdResource (www.adresource.com), allNetResearch
(www.allnetresearch.com), Cyberatlas (www.cyberatlas.com), ChannelSeven.com
(www.channelseven.com), DomainBook.com (www.domainbook.com), DomainNotes.com
(www.domainnotes.com), Ecommerce-Guide.com (www.ecommerce-guide.com),
InternetDay (www.internetday.com), Internet Advertising Report
(www.internetnews.com/IAR), Refer-It (www.refer-it.com), Search Engine Watch
(www.searchenginewatch.com) and TurboAds (www.turboads.com).
About ClickZ.com
In addition to its network of Web sites and related Internet media properties,
ClickZ.com produces conferences throughout the year focusing on online marketing
and advertising. "B2B Email Strategies" will be held September 13-14th at the
Millenium Broadway Hotel in New York City, followed by "B2C Email Strategies" on
November 14-15th in Long Beach, CA. For information about registration and
sponsorships, go to (http://www.clickzconference.com).
About internet.com
internet.com Corporation (www.internet.com), the Internet Industry Portal, is
headquartered in Darien, CT. It is a leading provider of global real-time news
and information resources for Internet industry and Internet technology
professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. internet.com
operates a network of 131 Web sites, 220 e-mail newsletters, 136 online
discussion forums and 78 moderated e-mail discussion lists with over 2.2 million
unique visitors that generate over 140 million page views monthly. Total
"views," which include Web site page views, e-mail newsletter views and e-mail
discussion list views, are now over 200 million per month. internet.com's global
presence includes editions for Arabia, Asia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China,
Espanol, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand,
South Africa, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. internet.com, with its related
internet.com Venture Funds I, II and III, is an investor in a growing number of
business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.
Interested advertisers should contact Susan Leiterstein, Vice President and
Publisher of internet.com, at [email protected] or (203) 662-2962. For
commerce and licensing opportunities, contact David Arganbright, Vice President,
Commerce and Licensing, at [email protected] or (203) 662-2858.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: Statements in this press release regarding internet.com Corporation's
business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that
involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and
uncertainties, which could cause actual results to
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differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see
internet.com's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date of this
press release, and internet.com assumes no obligation to update the
forward-looking statements after the date hereof.
For more information contact:
Steve Rubel
Schwartz PR Interactive
(212) 677-8700 x23
[email protected]
Mary Ann Boland
internet.com Corporation
(212) 547-7939
[email protected]
All current internet.com Corp. press releases can be found on the World Wide Web
at http://www.internet.com/corporate/press.html.
