Cox Interactive Media's San Diego Studio Launches First Product

    SAN DIEGO, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- If you want to know what's going on in
San Diego, right now, in real time, then sip your first morning cup of coffee
at your computer interacting with http://www.SanDiegoInsider.com -- an exciting new
online community launching today.
    SanDiegoInsider.com, a product of Cox Interactive Media's (CIM) San Diego
studio, is an online community designed specifically for San Diegans.  The
site's content includes sports, recreation, entertainment, topical events and
news.
    "More than our content, SanDiegoInsider.com is a new interactive community
that gives San Diego's 675,000 online users a chance to participate in the
site and to talk about how they live, work and play in San Diego," said Mark
Forster, city site manager at the San Diego studio.  "Online communities are
not simply about collecting information, they are about bringing people
together to share their knowledge of the community."

    What's new here?
    "Once you've accessed SanDiegoInsider.com, you'll find a home page that
features a wide range of choices," Forster continued.  "You can voice your
opinion on a hot topic of the day and engage fellow site viewers in debate or
discussion.  Or, you may learn about local sports, recreation activities or
entertainment events.  What it comes down to is this: SanDiegoInsider.com is
an interactive community for and about San Diego."

    Content highlights include:
    * Hot Topic -- SanDiegoInsider.com offers the only local Web site to focus
on the compelling issue of the day and offer San Diegans a chance to sound off
about it.
    * Sports and Recreation -- News and views on the Chargers, Padres, Aztecs,
fitness, running, golf, tennis, outdoors, cycling, surfing and more are
featured here in channels of communities.  Each section is hosted by an expert
in the area.
    * Entertainment -- Dining updates/reviews, movies, nightlife, performing
arts, events, gossip and input from the Internet audience are available in
this area.
    * Forums -- Bulletin boards and areas where real-time written
conversations are conducted (many times by expert or celebrity hosts) are
featured in this area.  Interactive possibilities also include posting
opinions, challenging others and posing questions.
    * News -- SanDiegoInsider.com features local news highlights and access to
major online news services.

    Hosts, celebrities and experts
    Each SanDiegoInsider.com community has hosts, who run the gamut from TV
personalities to publishers of specialty publications in and around the San
Diego area.  For example, sports announcers Mel Proctor and Mark Grant of Cox
Channel 4 will keep San Diego up-to-date on all the Padres news and moves.

    Who is CIM?
    SanDiegoInsider.com is the most recent city site to come on board the
national Cox Interactive Media (CIM) network.  A subsidiary of Cox
Enterprises, Inc., Atlanta-based CIM (http://www.cimedia.com) has created 10 other
local city sites that provide users specific information unique to their
communities.
    A leading media company, Cox Enterprises, Inc. includes Cox Newspapers
Inc. (newspapers, direct mail marketing, book publishing), Cox Broadcasting
Inc. (TV, spot sales, television production, research, publicly traded Cox
Radio Inc.) and publicly traded Cox Communications Inc. (cable distribution,
programming, broadband communications) in addition to Cox Interactive Media.
The company is also the world's largest operator of automobile auctions
through Manheim Auctions, providing financial services, government auctions,
online services and price guides.

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