Evanston, Ill., October 15, 2001 - Legacy.com, an interactive media company
that enhances obituaries with online guest books and numerous other services,
today announced that Knight Ridder Digital, a leader in local information
on the Web and operator of the Real Cities network of city and regional
Web sites, has selected Legacy.com to power the obituary sections of Philly.com,
Miami.com and DFW.com (Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX). Other major markets served
by Knight Ridder Digital are expected to deploy Legacy.com's service by
end-of-year, 2001.
Immediately available at Philly.com, users can click on the "Death
Notices" section to locate information about loved ones, locate florists
and charities, as well as view and post condolences, thoughts and memories.
"Knight Ridder Digital's priority is to deliver its users the local
content they want, when they want it, where they want it and how they
want it," said Dan Finnigan, president of Knight Ridder Digital.
"With Legacy.com, we're able to bring to our users an enhanced, expanded
and enduring version of traditional newspapers' most basic and time-honored
functions: memorializing loved ones who've passed on."
"Knight Ridder Digital is a leader in delivering local news and
information, including traditional newspaper content, to its online users,"
said Stopher Bartol, president and CEO of Legacy.com. "We are very
pleased to be working with them, as our goal is to ensure that the online
obituary sections managed by Legacy.com are the absolute best in the industry."
"We are very pleased to be working with them, as our goal is to
ensure that the online obituary sections managed by Legacy.com are the
absolute best in the industry."
About Legacy.com
Described by CBSMarketWatch as the "granddaddy" of online obituary
companies, Legacy.com recently began developing pilot Web sites to help
newspapers add value to their birth, engagement, and wedding announcements.
Investors in the Evanston, Illinois-based company, founded in 1998, include
Tribune Company and Gannett Co, Inc. In addition to attaching monitored
guest books to obituaries, Legacy.com provides funeral service directions;
links to charity and florist information; and online memorials that include
detailed biographical information, photos and tributes. Legacy.com has
also
created sites for more than 40 other newspapers including the Boston Globe,
Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Oklahoman, Florida Times-Union and Santa Rosa
Press Democrat.
