Fox Sports Online and Yahoo! Sports Launch Site Dedicated to the 1998 World Series Relationship Formed to Develop, Market and Promote Extensive Coverage of the 1998 World Series NEW YORK and SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- October 16, 1998 -- Fox Sports Online (www.foxsports.com) and Yahoo!® Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com) have teamed up to offer fans "Coverage of the World Series" (http://foxsports.yahoo.com), a new site designed to be the premier online destination for live event coverage, instant scores, statistics, features and up-to-the-minute information on the 1998 World Series. Hosted on Yahoo! Sports, the new site is co-produced by Fox Sports Online (FSO) and Yahoo! Sports and combines the powerful brands of Fox Sports, the official broadcast home of the 1998 World Series, and Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet media company. Launched today and continuing throughout the World Series games, foxsports.yahoo.com provides expansive editorial coverage, comprehensive game coverage, and extensive team and player information. This site gives fans across the globe a one-stop source to find information about this major sporting event. "Our World Series collaboration with Yahoo! Sports pulls together the comprehensive reporting and innovative multimedia capabilities of FSO with the powerful distribution of Yahoo!," said Matt Jacobson, executive vice president of NADP. "Through our ongoing relationship with Yahoo!, we are able to extend the reach of Fox Sports Online to the Web's largest audience of users." "By teaming with Fox Sports Online, we can offer sports fans in-depth, original Fox programming and analysis of the World Series," said Tonya Antonucci, senior sports producer, Yahoo! Sports. "We have folded original content from Fox Sports into Yahoo! Sports' comprehensive MLB programming, news and live game coverage to deliver users a compelling place to follow the series." By visiting foxsports.yahoo.com, sports enthusiasts can access live chats with prominent baseball personalities. Additional editorial highlights of the site include: up-to-the-minute news; pitch-by-pitch coverage; sortable playoff and regular season statistics; game analysis and reports; in-depth player portfolios; a daily photo archive; and interviews and previews filed live from Yankee and Qualcomm stadiums. Comprehensive historical information from Fox Sports Online will also be available, such as a complete chronology of all World Series tournaments from the year 1900 to present, and a photo gallery of past World Series coverage. As part of the relationship, Yahoo! Sports will promote the site on the front page of Yahoo! Sports and related areas of the Yahoo! Sports directory and search results pages. The site will also be promoted throughout Fox Sports Online and will receive regional broadcast promotion on Fox Sports Net channels. Fox Sports Online is also the official sports media sponsor for MLB content areas on Yahoo!. Fox Sports Online, a division of News Corporation's (NYSE: NWS) News America Digital Publishing, is a premier destination on the Internet for sports fans to obtain up-to-the minute stats, news and scores for local and regional activity in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, auto racing, all the major NCAA football, basketball, and baseball, as well as pro golf tours, major tennis tournaments and world sports. Fox Sports Online was recently named the number one sports web site among the target audience of men between the ages of 18-34 (@plan, Spring/Summer 1998). Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com), part of the Yahoo! global network of properties, is a comprehensive sports offering on the Web providing users with quick and easy access to a broad variety of sports programming and content in one central location. By working with leading providers of sports content and services, Yahoo! Sports connects fans with news, information and coverage of sports leagues such as MLB, MLS, NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, ABL, WNBA and NASCAR. Yahoo! Sports also provides coverage of golf, world soccer, tennis and international sporting events such as the World Cup. About News America Digital Publishing News America Digital Publishing, formed in November 1997, is the electronic publishing division of News Corporation's (NYSE: NWS) News America Publishing Group. NADP operates the company's Internet properties: TV Guide Entertainment Network (www.tvgen.com), Fox Sports Online (www.foxsports.com), Fox News Online (www.foxnews.com), and Fox Market Wire (www.foxmarketwire.com); as well as global Internet ventures News Internet Services, an Internet solutions provider; and Kesmai, a multiplayer games company. News Corporation Online is one of the top 35 domain consolidations on the Internet (Relevant Knowledge, July 1998). About Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is a global Internet media company that offers a branded network of comprehensive information, communication and shopping services to millions of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. The company has 14 international Web properties outside the United States. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific and Canada and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. # # #