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Netster.com Announces Partnership With The Weather Channel Interactive
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Netster.com, a fast-growing Internet portal, today announced a content partnership with
The Weather Channel. Under the terms of the agreement, Netster.com will embed weather forecasts and other
weather-related functionality from weather.com into the portal.
"We are working to turn Netster into a high-value destination portal by partnering with industry-leading
content providers such as The Weather Channel," said Robert Hart, general manager of Netster.com.
"weather.com is one of the most highly trafficked sites and best-known brands on the Internet, and we
are proud to be aligned with the leader in this space. We look forward to expanding both companies'
reach as a result of our partnership."
"Weather is one of the most popular topics for Internet users, which makes adding our forecasts to
Netster a perfect fit," said Cameron Clayton, director of business development, The Weather Channel
Interactive.
About The Weather Channel Interactive
The Weather Channel Interactive is the leading provider of broadband and wireless weather products
including weather.com, Desktop Weather by The Weather Channel, and The Weather Channel Mobile. weather.com,
the Web site of The Weather Channel, is the ultimate source of weather on the Web helping users plan their
lives by delivering timely current conditions, expert forecasts and relevant lifestyle content for 100,000
locations worldwide. weather.com reaches more than 30 million unique users each month, is the most popular
source of online weather, news and information and is the most trusted source of online weather information
according to Nielsen/NetRatings. The Weather Channel Interactive also provides consumers with unique and
customizable products such as Desktop Weather and a full lineup of mobile services including downloads,
messaging, mobile Web, and mobile video.
About Netster.com
Netster.com is a fast-growing Internet portal that draws on the results of various bidded and non-bidded
search listings to provide users with accurate and content-relevant searches from a base of over 8 billion
web sites. Netster.com provides users with a wide array of useful content listings, including travel, gifts,
financial services, and more. For more information about Netster.com, please visit
http://www.netster.com.
Netster.com is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Internet REIT (iREIT), a leading supplier of high-value Internet
traffic to advertisers. iREIT's portfolio of high-quality domains includes premier properties such as the
Netster.com portal, Bands.com, AfricanAmericans.com, NativeAmericans.com, VietnamWar.com, OfficeSupply.com,
and many others. iREIT is a privately held company based in Houston, Texas. For more information about iREIT,
please visit http://www.ireit.com. |
