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Nov 4, 2002

Citysearch Announces Alliance With Yahoo! To Provide Local Arts And Entertainment Content

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Citysearch Announces Alliance With Yahoo! To Provide Local Arts And Entertainment ContentLos Angeles, CA -- November 4, 2002 -- Citysearch (www.citysearch.com), a leading local network of online city guides and one of the core businesses operated by Ticketmaster (Nasdaq: TMCS), today announced the launch of Citysearch's arts and entertainment content in Yahoo!'s City Guides property (http://cityguides.yahoo.com), a part of Yahoo! Get Local, which also includes Yahoo! Yellow Pages and Yahoo! Maps.

Through this agreement, Yahoo! will provide consumers with Citysearch's comprehensive local arts and entertainment news and reviews in the top 100 markets, supporting Yahoo! City Guides' strategy of deepening its relationship with consumers by providing comprehensive information and services in their city. For Citysearch, this agreement allows them to extend its brand and content to the more than 200 million Yahoo! consumers every month.

"It has been our mission to provide consumers with the very best in local content, and being selected by Yahoo! to provide their arts, entertainment and restaurant content demonstrates our success," said Briggs Ferguson, president of Citysearch. "Together, Citysearch and Yahoo! will work to provide users with the quality content they need to make informed decisions about where to spend their time and money."

Among the information Citysearch will now provide:

  • Local arts and entertainment content featuring each city's best rated galleries, events and museums
  • Ratings and reviews providing user opinions and professional reviews on everything from restaurants, bars and nightclubs to boutique shops and spas.
  • Live music events calendar and reviews
  • Information on local sports & recreation events, including dates and location.
"Our users have grown to appreciate and rely on the high quality, localized and personalized content that Yahoo! provides," said Elizabeth Blair, senior vice president of Yahoo!'s Listings business unit. "Our relationship with Citysearch will allow us to provide comprehensive restaurant, arts and entertainment information to the 14 million consumers who frequent our local channel every month."

About Citysearch Citysearch is a leading local network of online city guides enabling people to get the most out of their city. Providing online city guides for 128 cities worldwide, Citysearch helps people find and plan what they want to do and then lets them take action, offering local transactions such as buying event tickets and making hotel and restaurant reservations online. Citysearch is one of the core businesses operated by Ticketmaster.

About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide. Yahoo! reaches more than 237 million individuals worldwide each month, and is the No. 1 Internet brand globally. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo!'s global network includes 25 World properties and is available in 13 languages.

For More Information:
Media and Investors
Citysearch:
Kandus Simpson, 213-639-8821; kandus.simpson@ticketmaster.com

Yahoo!
Terra Malcom, 408-349.6340; terra@yahoo-inc.com

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