05/10/00
ConsumerREVIEW.com and DailyRadar.com Ink Agreement to Bring a Broader
Selection of Professional and Consumer Product Reviews to Gamers
Content Deal Spans PCGameREVIEW, VideoGameREVIEW and DailyRadar.com
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - May 10, 2000 - ConsumerREVIEW.com, the leading,
trusted source for consumer product information on the Web, today
announced an agreement with DailyRadar.com that will bring video
and pc game enthusiasts around the world a broader selection of
professional and consumer online product reviews. DailyRadar.com
is a leading Web site from Imagine Media, Inc.(LSE:FNET), America's
most successful publisher of PC and video games magazines.
The content deal spans PCGameREVIEW (www.pcgr.com) and VideoGameREVIEW
(www.videogamereview.com), ConsumerREVIEW's two vertical gaming
sites. DailyRadar.com, an Imagine Media Web publication drawing
over 4 million user sessions per month, provides features and reviews
of games, movies, television, music and other forms of digital entertainment.
Within the scope of the agreement, ConsumerREVIEW.com becomes the
exclusive provider of product reviews written by video gamers to
DailyRadar.com. In exchange, DailyRadar.com will provide product
reviews prepared by its editors to PCGameREVIEW and VideoGameREVIEW.
"The partnership with DailyRadar.com allows us to broaden the
selection of online resources available to passionate gamers on
PCGameREVIEW and VideoGameREVIEW," noted Max Mancini, CEO of
ConumerREVIEW.com. "This agreement also marks an important
step for ConsumerREVIEW.com, which has focused uniquely on user-generated
reviews. We hope to extend this new model of combining professional
and consumer reviews to our other sites through similar partnerships."
Visitors to PCGameREVIEW and VideoGameREVIEW can read thousands
of product reviews on today's most popular games, all written by
game enthusiasts. Users can also submit their own reviews, read
the latest game industry news, check game release dates, browse
through hint libraries and download game patches.
"For the first time, gamers will receive a mix of consumer
and professional reviews when seeking unbiased purchase information
on video gaming hardware and software," said Roddy de la Garza,
Publisher of DailyRadar.com. "This is the kind of win-win partnership
that the Web is all about, especially when you factor in the incredible
resource this brings to entertainment consumers."
Launched in October of 1998, DailyRadar.com focuses on covering
the converging digital entertainment market for over 1 million unique
monthly users, publishing original content daily and world-wide
game news updated every 15 minutes.
About ConsumerREVIEW.com
Founded in 1998, ConsumerREVIEW.com (www.consumerreview.com) is
the leading, trusted source for consumer product information on
the Web. ConsumerREVIEW.com develops and manages Web communities
around common product interests to meet the needs of consumers researching
purchases on the Web. The company's review content is available
to millions of consumers through partnerships with sites such as
Yahoo!, AltaVista, MountainZone.com and PlanetOutdoors.com. The
company is focused on creating an online environment that fosters
communication, community spirit and quality product reviews. ConsumerREVIEW.com
is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.
About DailyRadar.com
DailyRadar.com is Imagine Media, Inc.'s (LSE: FNET) Web site for
the rabid consumer of digital entertainment, garnering over 1 million
unique visitors per month. DailyRadar.com covers games, movies,
television, music and all forms of digital entertainment through
its five channels: PC Game Radar, Sony Radar, Sega Radar, Nintendo
Radar and Showbiz Radar. Launched in October of 1999, DailyRadar.com
has experienced explosive traffic growth (300% since launch) and
was recently named "Best of the Web" by The San Francisco
Chronicle and About.com.
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