Mayor Chats With the Online Community on Tuesday, July 8, from Noon to 1 p.m.

    WHO:             Mayor Bill Campbell, making his Internet debut on
                     http://www.accessatlanta.com to chat with Atlantans and answer
                     questions about the local scene.

    WHEN:            Tuesday, July 8, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Peachtree
                     Street Chat Room.

    BACKGROUND:      Mayor Campbell will be a guest in the AccessAtlanta
                     Peachtree Street chat room
                     (http://www.accessatlanta.com/community) to answer questions
                     online about issues facing Atlantans, the city's
                     sesquicentennial birthday celebration, the upcoming
                     mayoral election and other items of interest.

                     Mayor Campbell will be interacting with the online
                     community on AccessAtlanta, for the first time bringing
                     City Hall to the World Wide Web.

    ABOUT           AccessAtlanta is Atlanta's own community website, bringing
    AccessAtlanta    Atlantans together online.  Developed and produced by Cox
                     Interactive Media, AccessAtlanta brings together the best
                     of Atlanta in an interactive environment.  AccessAtlanta
                     provides continuously updated information to users
                     specific to their interests, including the latest in
                     business, sports, entertainment, weather, traffic, local
                     and national news.

    ABOUT Cox        Cox Interactive Media was founded in 1996 to develop
    Interactive      community websites on the World Wide Web.  The company's
    Media            goal is to build interactive community websites in
                     partnership with Cox media organizations.

                     Cox Interactive Media currently operates a number of city
                     sites, such as AccessAtlanta and specialty sites
                     including Austin360, yall.com, Storm97, FASTBALL.COM, and
                     GoWest.  The company maintains a home page at
                     http://www.cimedia.com.

    FOR INFO:        404-572-1900 or http://www.accessatlanta.com/community

    CONTACT:         Pamela A. Keene, Pam Keene Public Relations, 770-333-0123
                     or Beth Goldstein, Cox Interactive Media, 404-572-1912