NEW YORK, NY and SAN JOSE, CA-April 18, 2002 -Udate.com Inc., (OTC BB: UDAT), the global online personals group providing dating and matchmaking services to over 220,000 paying subscribers through two leading brands, www.kiss.com and www.udate.com, and Knight Ridder Digital (KRD), the operator of the Real Cities network of local media Web sites, today announced a co-branded content relationship through which KRD will develop a new "personals" channel within the Real Cities Classifieds Channel. Knight Ridder Digital will create a co-branded version of uDate.com to be featured on KRD owned and operated Real Cities sites and some affiliate Real Cities sites such as the New York Daily News.

uDate.com enables singles to find new friends or partners for friendship, dating and long-term relationships in a safe and entertaining environment. Based on preferences provided by the user, the vast uDate.com database searches for "matches." Once two people are "matched," they can communicate via uDate.com's private one-to-one communication tool, Whispers, or via the uDate.com email system. Users can browse the service for free, and those who want to communicate with others and participate actively in the service, can choose from a variety of fee-based programs.

"With Real Cities' extensive real estate, employment and classified listings, we're excited we can now offer uDates.com's personals for our users' convenience," said Tim Lambert, vice president, sales and marketing for Knight Ridder Digital. "By working with uDate.com, we're confident we can provide a personals service that is safe, fun and creates new connections for our users."

To engage consumers, Knight Ridder Digital is initiating offline promotion through local grass roots marketing programs as well as advertising in Knight Ridder newspapers and target audience- driven contests to further build awareness and drive traffic to the new personals co-branded service.

"The Real Cities network has a significant presence in major markets nationwide and we are delighted that uDate.com has been selected by Knight Ridder Digital to be the preferred online provider of personals. This partnership will drive considerable traffic to uDate.com and the offline advertisements enable us to tap into new markets as well," says Martin Clifford, COO, uDate.com Inc.

The new personals channel will be available on Real Cities Web sites listed below. Users can click on KRD's Real Cities "classified" sections on the top main channel tool bar, then select "Personals." On the New York Daily News Real Cities site, users can click on the "Find-a-Date" button on the lower left rail of the home page.

About Knight Ridder Digital and Real Cities

Knight Ridder Digital, a leader in local information on the Web, creates innovative online services and comprehensive local content to help consumers make the most of their experiences on the Internet. Knight Ridder Digital develops and manages the Internet properties of Knight Ridder, the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher. Knight Ridder Digital is a separate Internet subsidiary and is the founder and operator of Real Cities, a premier national network of city and regional Web sites nationwide.

Real Cities consists of a unique partnership network that brings together the best local strengths of leading U.S. media and Internet companies including properties of Belo Interactive, E.W. Scripps Co, Knight Ridder Digital, Media General, Gannett Co., Inc., The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Milwaukee Journal. The network allows media organizations to leverage their strong local content in a national network that brings to consumers news, sports, event happenings and community connections from locally-run information sources that are trusted to be the heart and soul of their locale. Among Real Cities' member Web sites are AZCentral.com, BayArea.com, Charlotte.com, Cincinow.com, DFW.com, DallasNews.com, Indy.com, JournalNow.com, KansasCity.com, Kentucky.com, Miami.com, NYDailyNews.com, NWSource.com, NYDailyNews.com, Post-Gazette.com, ProJo.com, TBO.com, TimesDispatch.com and TwinCities.com.

About uDate Inc.

uDate operates high-quality Web sites that serve the online singles community. The Company stresses service, efficiency and personal security through its two leading brands uDate.com (www.udate.com) and Kiss.com (www.kiss.com). Both uDate.com and Kiss.com Web sites offer free registered membership. A registered member of either Web site may post their profile and photographs and utilize the search or matchmaking features offered by the site at any time. To enable communication with other members however, registered members must purchase a subscription. Subscription plans are available allowing communication for periods of one month to 12 months.