methodfive Takes Publishing Industry Online With Breakthrough Systems.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1998--

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Leading Silicon Alley Web development company, methodfive, announced today that its proprietary publishing tool, Volume Publisher, recently reached critical mass, publishing over 500 articles a day online.

Each day methodfive's technology drives 19 daily and 11 weekly online newspapers in eight states, including over 500 articles and more than 5,000 classified ads. Through this content, more than 90,000 banner ads are served each week, and more than 1,400 interactive communities are published and maintained.

Volume Publisher enables content-rich companies to publish news, advertisements and community features across many publications at once -- easily and with configurable automation. This technology allows media and publishing companies to produce and maintain multiple publications without having to assign technical and editorial personnel to each one.

On June 9, Journal Register Company (NYSE:JRC), awarded methodfive a contract to launch 43 additional weekly newspapers online, using the company's intelligent publishing tools. Editors can easily select articles from their existing materials and instantly publish them online. methodfive expects this new initiative to result in the publication of more than 5,000 articles per day by the end of the 1998, with additional network and system expansion planned to allow even higher capacity.

Through its configurable automation, the methodfive technology is adaptable to a wide range of publishing applications. According to methodfive Technical Director Steven Turoff, "The success of the Volume Publisher can be attributed to the fact that it's highly adaptable which allows us to provide the right mix of functionality for each publication, whether large or small. You can edit and maintain hundreds of publications and content areas as easily as you could a handful using the traditional techniques." Adds Ressi, "Our custom-built technology has quickly made us the premier one-stop online publishing resource. We've empowered publishers with the tools they need to let them focus on what they do best -- produce content."

methodfive LLC is a large-scale Web developer founded in 1995. The company has grown internationally, helping large clients take advantage of the Internet across the continental U.S., Europe and Asia.

CONTACT: For further information

Megan Mullins

212/539-0900

pr@methodfive.com

http://www.methodfive.com