JustGo.com invites fans to enjoy the most in-depth Oscars' coverage available online - delivering the latest news, gossip and chat about this year's nominees, including up-to-the-minute details on who's attending, fashion hits and misses and who's expected to take home the golden statue.

To celebrate JustGo.com's launch into nearly 20 markets nationwide, Real Cities is hosting an exclusive online contest that will send the grand prize winner and a guest to the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema, April 30 to May 2, 1999, where they will get a chance to see some possible nominees for next year's Oscars. The deluxe package includes airfare, accommodations and VIP festival tickets. One hundred runners-up will receive movie poster prize packets. To enter, Web users can click on the contest button found at Justgo.com.

"This time of year is filled with Oscar buzz - we're excited to offer entertainment enthusiasts a virtual pass to all the glamour," said Michael Fibison, product manager for Real Cities' JustGo.com. "Our inclusive Academy Awards coverage allows star-struck movie buffs to participate interactively with the chance to vote for their personal favorites. Plus, it gives Knight Ridder Real Cities and the JustGo.com network a chance to do what it does best, provide the most robust entertainment news found anywhere online."

Unlike other online Academy Awards coverage, JustGo.com's special Oscar Web service draws on information from Knight Ridder newspapers, which have covered the Oscars for more than 71 years. The Oscar section allows visitors to cast their own votes online and read other visitors' picks. The 'Discussion Forum' is a popular venue for sharing thoughts about the nominees with fellow movie fans and to read independent reviews. Other features include a 'Fashion' section, 'Interviews with Celebrities' and 'Predictions.' Links on the site allow users to watch movie trailers and find trivia that often expands beyond what they might find on nominated movies' Web sites.

On Oscar night, JustGo.com will post the award winners as they're announced, and real-time online reporting will transport visitors to the Oscars to experience Hollywood's glamour first-hand.

About JustGo.com

JustGo.com is an integrated one-stop, comprehensive online resource for entertainment and recreational activities that span 19 markets within the Real Cities network. JustGo.com offers Web users updated, searchable listings for movies, music, restaurants and performing arts. Visitors can take advantage of extensive multimedia functionality to view video and audio clips, including movie trailers. Restaurant listings and reviews are the most robust in the industry and provide door-to-door directions and maps.

The online staffs for each city in the network are community-based and work and live in the communities they serve. Movie and restaurant previews are written by Knight Ridder award-winning journalists. JustGo's current regions cover San Francisco Bay Area, Detroit, Twin Cities, Columbia, Kansas City, Northeast Ohio, Fort Wayne, Wilkes-Bare, Duluth, State College, Charlotte, South Florida, Myrtle Beach, Dallas/Fort Worth, Kentucky, Philadelphia, Macon, Biloxi and Kentuckiana. JustGo sites soon to launch include Tallahassee, Fla., Wichita, KS, Bradenton, Fla. and Columbus, GA.

Company and Network Information

Knight Ridder New Media, a leader in interactive information, is located in San Jose, Calif., and maintains more than 40 Web sites in the Real Cities network (www.realcities.com). Real Cities, one of the leading city networks on the Web today, consists of city-resource sites and a variety of online services in classifieds, entertainment, shopping, news search and archives.

Knight Ridder (www.kri.com) is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with products in print and online. The company publishes 31 daily newspapers in 28 U.S. markets, reaching 9 million readers daily and 12.6 million on Sunday. Knight Ridder has investments in two newsprint mills and is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. In September, the company was named the most innovative user of technology in the United States by InformationWeek magazine in its annual InformationWeek 500 listings.

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Contacts:

Cynthia Mallen Funnell Knight Ridder New Media (408) 938-8076 (408) 293-8600 cfunnell@realcities.com

Maritza Maldonado Pacifico, Inc.(for Knight Ridder) (408) 293-8600, Ext. 317 maritzam@pacifico.com