COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE FORMS CONTENT SHARING ALLIANCE WITH U.S. NEWSWIRE

Agreement Offers Broader Distribution to USN Clients and More News to Student Journalists

(CPWIRE) CLIFTON, NJ -- Sept. 20, 1999 -- Collegiate Presswire (CP), a leading Internet distributor of press materials to collegiate media, today announced it has formed a content-sharing alliance with U.S. Newswire (USN), the leading wire service distributor of news from public policy news sources to media and online services worldwide, that will deliver USN data directly to hundreds of college newspaper editors nationwide.

Under the terms of the agreement, college journalists nationwide will now receive a direct e-mail feed of news being transmitted on U.S. Newswire -- from The White House, political campaigns, Cabinet agencies, research institutions, Congressional offices and the hundreds of other news sources which use USN to distribute their news -- through CP`s new ''Washington News Service.'' USN clients will benefit from expanded distribution of their news at no additional cost, and Collegiate Presswire will be able to provide its national collegiate media network with an increased amount of useful data of keen interest to today`s college students.

''This new relationship is consistent with Collegiate Presswire`s mission of giving student editors a wide variety of high-quality editorial content at no cost,'' said Matthew Farlie, Director of Business Development for Collegiate Presswire. ''Additionally, this strategic alliance further separates Collegiate Presswire from other college news services by offering original editorial content and giving student editors access to the same news pipeline U.S. Newswire provides to the world`s top news organizations.

''Our alliance with Collegiate Presswire is a win-win situation for our clients and for the collegiate news media,'' added Brian Taylor, Marketing Director for U.S. Newswire. ''It adds yet another value-added service to U.S. Newswire`s already powerful newswire, fax and Internet distribution services, providing a specialized channel for delivering our clients` news directly to editors at the nation`s top college newspapers reaching millions of college students each day,'' Taylor explained.

Collegiate Presswire is a leading press material distribution and tracking service catering to the collegiate media market. Incorporating exclusive technology and proprietary information tools into its Internet distribution process, Collegiate Presswire helps businesses and organizations reach the nationwide student audience through campus media. The service, founded in 1998, is based in Clifton, New Jersey.

U.S. Newswire is the world`s leading news release wire service for distributing news of public policy, Using the same technology deployed by traditional newswires (Associated Press, Reuters), USN transmits full-text news releases, advisories and other documents from its clients to the news media through a direct wire service feed into newsroom computer systems.

USN`s data feed is also included in hundreds of Internet and online news services through partnership agreements.

Founded in 1986, U.S. Newswire is based in Washington, DC, with national headquarters and transmission facilities located in the historic National Press Building. Further information is available by calling Brian Taylor at 800-544-8995, or by visiting the company`s Web site at www.usnewswire.com.