NEWS CORP./MCI ONLINE VENTURES LAUNCHES GOODBYE SUMMER WEB SITE

DR. JOYCE BROTHERS TO HELP ONLINE USERS COPE WITH THE END OF THE SEASON

Sights And Sounds Of Summer Season Skewed To Labor Day Holiday

New York, NY and Cyberspace, August 30, 1995 -- As Labor Day weekend fast
approaches, News Corp./MCI Online Ventures will dedicate the last holiday
weekend of the summer to the launch of the GOODBYE, SUMMER Web site. A fun
and memorable site which will encourage user participation and provide
useful information to Internet surfers country-wide, GOODBYE, SUMMER will
combine sights and sounds of the summer with audio and video clips, a
summer photo album and a variety of engaging interactive areas. For those
suffering from seasonal withdrawal, noted psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers
will be available to deal with all kinds of special traumas associated
with the end of the season.

Dr. Brothers, who has been successfully helping people deal with adversity
for years, brings her expertise to the Internet for the first time and
will answer posted questions on how to handle being alone for the holiday
weekend, coping with going nowhere (on Labor Day Weekend) as well as
advice for keeping the flame burning in those summer romances. The doctor
will be in today and tomorrow on the GOODBYE, SUMMER World Wide Web site
and can be reached via http://www.delphi.com or
http://www.internetMCI.com

"The content which we are offering users -- whether it's sharing recipes,
supplying children with a back-to-school survival kit or providing expert
advice from Dr. Joyce Brothers -- serves a variety of purposes when it is
fun, engaging and useful," said Anthea Disney, editor-in-chief, News
Corp./MCI Online Ventures. "GOODBYE, SUMMER which combines all of these
elements and themes them around the tradition of Labor Day Weekend, is
indicative of the manner in which we will distinguish our programming."

Labor Day Weekend traditionally sees millions of Americans hit the road for
that last blast of summer. To that end, the GOODBYE, SUMMER site will
provide travel tips from the Savvy Traveler Rudy Maxa, a summary of the
national weather forecast with a link to the weather bureau, fun road
games for the "Are we there yet?" blues and hot spots for those who
haven't yet planned their holiday outings. Additional GOODBYE, SUMMER
features will include a recipe area where users are invited to post their
favorite recipe for potato salad. A 200 word essay on the spud special
from Dana Cowin, editor-in-chief, Food & Wine, along with 12 classic
recipes from the magazine will also be posted. Labor Day events will be
featured as well as a visit to Cleveland to the rock & roll hall of fame.
A back-to-school survival kit and one student's countdown to college will
vie with a visit to Mr. Softee.

The best and worst of the summer movies, books and music, musings on
summer's end and the family vacation circa 1957 and various essays on the
summer experience will also be available for perusal.

The News Corporation Limited is one of the world's largest media companies,
with diversified operations, including the production and distribution of
motion pictures and television programming, television broadcasting and
the publication of newspapers, magazines, books and promotional
free-standing inserts.

MCI, headquartered in Washington, DC, is one of the world's largest and
fastest growing diversified communications companies. With annual revenues
of more that $13 billion, MCI offers consumers and businesses a broad
portfolio of services including long distance, wireless, local access,
paging, Internet software and access, information services, business
software, and advanced global communications services.
 
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