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Infospace Mobile and LaffLink Bring the Best Stand-up Clips -- from Seinfeld to Sandler -- to the Mobile World

CTIA Wireless 2005

BELLEVUE, Wash. & OCEAN RIDGE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2005--Looking to pick up a dull party? What about downloading a video clip of Chris Rock...to your cell phone?! Infospace Mobile™ and LaffLink.com are ushering in the latest cell phone innovation by bringing more than 100 top comedians into the mobile market. For the first time ever, consumers will be able to download video and audio of celebrity comedians such as Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, , Ray Romano and many others directly to their cell phones.

Under the exclusive agreement, the companies will bring audio and video stand-up comedy content spanning 17 years of television to mobile phone users around the globe. Consumers will be able to download one-of-a-kind comedy content as voice and video ringers, ringback tones, wallpaper, screensavers and video-on-demand clips from the biggest names in comedy, including Ray Romano, Jeff Foxworthy, Bobcat Goldthwaite, Rich Hall, Bill Maher, Rosie O'Donnell, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, David Cross, Drew Carey, Tim Allen, D.L. Hughley, and more than 100 others.

"Through this deal with LaffLink, Infospace Mobile will be introducing a new category of mobile content, the stand-up comedy ringtone," said Mark Levy, vice president of content licensing and publishing for Infospace Mobile. "Mobile users already like to personalize their phones and show off their tastes with ringtones and images. Comedy is another great way to showcase an individual's style and sense of humor. With content from top comedians on their phones, users now have a fun alternative to music ringtones."

LaffLink.com is the world's only interactive stand-up comedy broadband video offering with performances from more than 3,000 of the world's funniest comics.

© 2004 LaffLink.Com

About Infospace Mobile™

Infospace Mobile™ is a leading provider and publisher of mobile content and applications that make it possible for media companies and content brands to reach a wide audience of mobile subscribers with compelling content and marketing promotions. Infospace Mobile's rich catalog of entertainment, information and personalization applications is designed to accelerate widespread adoption of mobile data applications by consumers. These applications and services can be managed and delivered through Infospace Mobile's platform that provides carrier-grade solutions harmonized across all leading mobile technologies, networks and devices. Infospace Mobile's customers include mobile operators, device manufacturers, retailers and entertainment companies.

Infospace Mobile is a division of Infospace, Inc (NASDAQ:INSP). More information about Infospace Mobile can be found at www.infospaceinc.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements regarding Infospace's mobile business and its agreement with LaffLink.com. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Factors that could affect actual results include the progress and development of the proposed comedy themed products, the ability to enter and retain agreements with mobile operators for distribution of the comedy themed products, and the extent of consumer adoption and usage of the comedy themed products. A more detailed description of certain factors that could affect Infospace Mobile's actual results include, but are not limited to, those discussed in Infospace, Inc.'s most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, in the section entitled "Factors Affecting Our Operating Results, Business Prospects and Market Price of Stock." Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Infospace undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

For Infospace: Access Communications Chris Loncto, 917-522-3524 [email protected]