SAN JOSE, Calif. - March 3, 2000 - | KnightRidder.com today announced its third annual online Oscars showcase featured on Real Cities hubs. This year's expanded coverage includes news, predictions, contests, gossip, voting polls, discussion forums, in-depth profiles of nominees and directors, Interactive Oscar's quiz and movie trailers.
The Oscars showcase will be featured on the entertainment section, JustGo,com, of each Real Cities regional hub and can be found directly by visiting www.justgo.com/oscar.
"Response to our online Academy Award coverage last year was tremendous and we expect this year to be even better," said Brian Mansfield, vice president of products, KnightRidder.com. "We're in the business of giving our users what they want and the new site includes anything and everything anyone would want to know about the Oscars - and we've made it fun."
An additional draw to the site this year is an oscar entry contest; four weekly prizes of $40 gift certificates from 800.COM will be awarded.
Each of the Academy Award nominees is featured in informative sub sections on the site. Information includes past reviews, movie trailers, photographs, inside gossip, predictions and much more.
About JustGo.com
JustGo.com (www.justgo.com) is an integrated one-stop, comprehensive online local resource for entertainment and recreational activities that spans 30 cities within the Real Cities (www.realcities.com) national Web 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.
About KnightRidder.com and Real Cities:
KnightRidder.com, a leader in interactive information, is headquartered in San Jose, California, the heart of Silicon Valley. KnightRidder.com is a newly created business unit responsible for all Knight Ridder Internet operations. KnightRidder.com manages the emerging national Web network of regional hubs, RealCities.com. Real Cities offers a variety of online services covering news, classified ads, entertainment, shopping, search, community publishing, Internet access, and archives. Real Cities destination sites are in 31 U.S. cities and each 'city.com' hub includes the leading local newspaper online.
Press Contacts:
Cynthia Funnell, KnightRidder.com
408-938-6076
cfunnell@knightridder.com
Maya Esparza, PRx Inc.
408-287-1700
>Maya_Esparza@prxinc.com
