Subject: Edprint and Medio announce new online papers From: bobwyman@medio.com (Bob Wyman) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 16:07:41 -0700

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The following press release was distributed locally here in the Seattle, WA 
area. Since it announces new online newspapers, I thought it would be 
appropriate for this group.

                bob wyman

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WOODINVILLE NEWSPAPER GROUP
JOINS MEDIONET ON-LINE NETWORK

REDMOND, Wash. -- June 5, 1995 -- Medio Multimedia Inc. is pleased to 
announce that the Woodinville Weekly, Northlake News, Valley View and 
Redmond Review have become the first affiliates of MedioNet, a hybrid 
CD-ROM/on-line network.

"Going on line is great for newspapers and our readers because it allows us 
to continually provide important updates and breaking information," said 
Carol Edwards, owner of EdPrint Inc., which publishes the papers.  " It also 
allows our local advertisers to sell their products and services to anyone 
on the Internet, and for us to interact with our national advertisers."

The newspapers are accessible through a new on-line service called Northwest 
News of Washington State. This affiliation is the first of many that Medio 
is entering into with newspapers, magazines and broadcasters, to create a 
regional, Internet-based on-line network. This hybrid CD-ROM/on-line network 
will allow its users to simultaneously view content from Medio's CD-ROM 
Medio Magazine, the Internet and the on-line services of  MedioNet's 
publishing partners.

"We're especially pleased to be working with Carol Edwards and her staff at 
EdPrint, because their willingness to plunge into cyberspace shatters the 
myth that small community newspapers are not tuned into new technology," 
said Steve Podradchik, Medio president. "We believe the combination of 
community news and Internet content will make MedioNet a valuable business 
tool, as well as a rich, entertaining source of Northwest consumer news and 
information."

Medio announced last Thursday that it is restructuring to accelerate the 
development of the network and focus more resources on Medio Magazine.  An 
upcoming issue of the magazine will contain proprietary software and 
pre-programmed links that will allow users to seamlessly combine multimedia 
components from the magazine, the Internet and MedioNet. The result will be 
a richer, more personalized on-line experience than is commercially 
available today, Podradchik said.

Each month, subscribers of Northwest News of Washington State will get 40 
hours of on-line time with full Internet access and unlimited electronic 
mail service. They also will have access to original content from Medio's 
award-winning documentary and lifestyle CD-ROM titles that will reside on 
MedioNet.  Subscriptions are available by credit card by dialing 
1-800-788-3866 and are $19.95 per month. Additional hours are available for 
$1 each.

For a limited time, subscriptions to Northwest News of Washington State and 
MedioNet are available at an introductory price of $9.95 per month for the 
first two months. If you already have Internet service you can visit 
Northwest News at   . Medio's home page is 
at 

Medio Multimedia is based in Redmond, Wash. It is a leading developer of 
interactive CD-ROM and on-line products that bring together exciting, 
high-quality content with state-of-the-art multimedia technologies. 

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bobwyman@medio.com                  FAX: +(206) 883-8412
Bob Wyman, V.P. New Technologies, Medio Multimedia, Inc.
2643 151st Place, N.E., Redmond, WA 98052-5562
            
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