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Since this is a press release, I figure it's okay that I didn't ask 
permission to forward to the list ...  FYI and hopefully this will spark 
discussion of push vs. pull.

Richard Layman, Mgr., Business Development, and Research Producer
Computer Television Network, 825 6th St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-4325
---- 202-544-5722 ---- 202-543-6730 (fax) ---- rllayman@netcom.com


Contact: Rich Vancil, Individual
Voice: 617-273-6000  ext. 403
Email: rich@individual.com
or
Contact: Shawn Whalen, Schwartz Communications
Voice: 617-431-0770
Email: swhalen@schwartz-pr.com

INDIVIDUAL, INC. AND NETSCAPE LAUNCH PERSONALIZED NEWS SERVICE FOR
NETSCAPE 3.0 USERS

New HTML-Enabled Version of NewsPage Direct is One of the First Offerings 
in Netscape's Inbox Direct Service; Gives Users News from Over 600 Sources 

BURLINGTON, MA -- Individual, Inc. (Nasdaq: INDV), a leading provider of
customized information services, announced today that through an alliance
with Netscape (Nasdaq: NSCP), its NewsPage Direct(TM) service will be
available to Netscape Navigator(TM) 3.0 users. The service is one the
first available as part of Netscape's Inbox Direct(TM) service, a
breakthrough e-mail service that builds on the core mail functionality
unique to Netscape Navigator. 

Individual, Inc. will be premiering its new HTML version of NewsPage
Direct in this special offer to Netscape users. This powerful enhancement
allows Individual to send personalized news Web pages directly to users'
e- mail boxes each weekday morning. Each issue contains relevant story
headlines and news briefs for up to 20 relevant stories drawn from over
600 information sources, organized according to the users' preference,
with direct links to the full-text version of the story. 

"Now through Individual you can get your own personalized
newspaper/cyberzine delivered directly to your e-mail box each day,
complete with hyperlinks, graphics, and Web page formatting," said John
Zahner, Vice President of Business Development at Individual, Inc. "We're
extremely pleased to be one of the first services able to offer Web pages
to readers via e-mail, taking full advantage of the imminent convergence
of e-mail and Web technologies." 

In addition to the new HTML format, Netscape users will be able to use
NewsPage's updated "quick-registration" form to both register for the
service and set-up their news profiles in a matter of minutes. "This new
expedited registration process allows users to quickly set up their
specialized news profiles, and makes it easy for them to modify their news
profiles as their interests change," said Jay Campbell, Product Manager
for NewsPage. 

"Individual, Inc. has a long history of providing top-quality text content
via the Web," said Alex Edelstein, Group Product Manager for Netscape
Navigator. "With their new HTML version of NewsPage Direct, they will
deliver some of the richest content yet, directly to the Inboxes of
Netscape Navigator users." 

NewsPage (http://www.newspage.com) brings news from more than 600
information providers to its users, with coverage of over 2,500 business
topics across 30 industries. Newer features include Company Tracking, with
news and stock quotes on 20,000 public and private companies; and NewsPage
Direct, an enhancement which offers proactive delivery of headlines and
news briefs for up to 20 relevant stories to a user's e-mail box every
weekday morning. Users can access the full-text versions of these stories
on the Web by clicking on the topic and advertiser URLs included with each
issue or launching their Web browsers. 

Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software
for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the
Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development
tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for
next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ the symbol
"NSCP," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View,
California. 

Individual, Inc. is a pioneer and leading innovator of electronic
personalized information services. Through its exclusive information
retrieval, filtering and delivery technologies, Individual brings highly
relevant, precisely targeted news, information, and advertising to more
than 280,000 readers worldwide. Individual's services include First! for
corporate enterprises; NewsPage, a comprehensive custom news site on the
World Wide Web (http://www.newspage.com); BookWire, a book and publishing
information site on the Web (http://www.bookwire.com); and FreeLoader, the
first Web off-line delivery service (http://www.freeloader.com).
Individual's strategic partners include Lotus, Knight-Ridder, Microsoft
Corp., NETCOM, Netscape and Toshiba. Individual is headquartered in
Burlington, Mass., with offices around the world. Visit Individual on the
Web at http://www.individual.com. 

NOTE: First!, NewsPage, BookWire, and FreeLoader are trademarks of
Individual, Inc. Netscape, Netscape Navigator, and Inbox Direct are
trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. All other product names
are trademarks of their respective companies. 


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