America Online Offers New Services for Kids and Teens

Popular Magazines, Educational and Entertainment Partners Launch on AOL

Vienna, VA, August 29, 1995 -- America Online, Inc. announced today that it
is expanding to offer extensive new content for kids and teens. Having
recently taken the lead in child safety online by introducing new parental
control features that allow parents to customize their children's access
to America Online, the Company today introduced new content areas designed
to enrich the online experience for kids and teens. New partners who have
recently launched or are coming soon to AOL include: Blackberry Creek,
Club KidSoft, GamePro, Highlights for Children, Kids' WB! Online (The WB
Television Network), Nickelodeon, Seventeen, and Wizard: The Guide to
Comics.

"With kids and teens spending increasing amounts of their time online, we
are aggressively pursuing opportunities to provide an even broader
selection of top quality educational, informational and entertaining
features," said Ted Leonsis, President of America Online Services Company.
"Our aim is to provide valuable content from which our community of kids
will benefit and enjoy using. Fostering children's creative potential is
an important application for bringing an online service into the home and
school, and we believe these new programs will be very exciting for AOL
kids, parents and teachers. We are pleased that these popular partners
have selected AOL for their online address."

Details on the new additions follow:

FOR KIDS

Blackberry Creek

Blackberry Creek: The Kids' Creativity Community is a new children's online
service encouraging children from the ages seven to 12 to utilize
computers for creative expression through action and interaction instead
of observation. Challenging kids to collaborate by building on each
other's ideas, Blackberry Creek's philosophy is that children's own
imagination and talents essentially provide the entertainment and create
the content on their service. September's interactive programming features
include activities designed for the new school year, such as:

Story Tellers, an opportunity for children to write a fictional story to
the theme "My New Teacher - NOT!;" The Party People, for teaching
introductory games for meeting new school friends; and The Players, an
arena for budding actors and writers which challenges members to create
and perform a skit entitled "The Puzzle of the Noisy Library." Blackberry
Creek will launch soon in AOL's Kids Only Channel.

Club KidSoft

Club KidSoft is a highly interactive service that will allow parents and
children to participate in innovative computer activities and contests
developed exclusively by KidSoft, as well as demo top quality software
programs available on the market today. Creating an interactive
environment online, KidSoft provides kids with a virtual link between
product information and activities currently available through Club
KidSoft CD-ROM and magazine. KidSoft also provides members with
information on product specials and the opportunity to purchase over 200
titles developed by leading software manufacturers such as The Learning
Center, MECC and Edmark. Keyword: KidSoft.

Kids' WB! Online (The WB Television Network)

The WB Television Network's newly created youth-oriented online service
debuted on AOL earlier this month. Kids' WB! Online is designed
specifically for kids and teens with loads of "intertainment" and
"edutainment" and will provide a weekly online newsletter, contests, an
Activity Center where kids can download connect-the-dot and coloring book
images, and educational resources for parents and teachers which
incorporate Warner Bros. characters such as Bugs Bunny, Sylvester &
Tweety, and the "Animaniacs." Kids' WB! Online will also host chat rooms
and offer a listing of Kids' WB television programming. Keyword: KidsWB.

Highlights for Children

On the cusp of its fifty-year anniversary, Highlights for Children, the
most widely circulated children's magazine, will soon be available in
interactive, multimedia form on AOL. Edited for children ages two to
twelve, Highlights for Children is a "fun with a purpose" publication
helping children develop reading skills, problem-solving skills and more.
Online, AOL members will be able to access all of the old Highlights
favorites -- such as Hidden Pictures, Goofus and Gallant and Dear
Highlights -- as well as new, interactive activities and offerings
developed exclusively for Highlights online.

Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon will be launching its first-ever computer online service on
America Online later this fall, offering an instant link to highly popular
Nickelodeon brand toys, magazine, theme park areas and television
programming at the click of a mouse. Based on comprehensive, original
content, kids will have access to regularly scheduled live events,
polling, programming information, bulletin boards, a Nickelodeon magazine,
games, trivia, photos, sounds, video clips, original "digital toys,"
cybercomics, advertisements and much more.

FOR TEENS

GamePro

The number one video gaming magazine for male teens with a readership of
over 2.2 million, GamePro is launching into cyberspace with GamePro Online
on AOL. In addition to articles from the monthly magazine - such as
ProPreviews, special features, and its regular departments - GamePro
Online offers timely news that's posted as it happens within the video
game industry. Other GamePro Online offerings include web links to hot
gaming sites on the Internet; a File Vault containing extensive game
walkthroughs, movie lists and preview images of upcoming games; real-time
conferences with industry insiders and celebrities; live updates from the
floor of industry trade shows and consumer events; and a GamePro Store
with a wide selection of back issues and strategy guides to great games.
GamePro will be launching soon on AOL and will be available at keyword:
GamePro.

Seventeen Magazine

The nation's leading and highest circulation teen magazine, Seventeen is
now available for devoted readers for the first time online, offering
expanded versions of magazine features as well as brand new features
including interactive contests, quizzes, chat rooms, message boards and
more. AOL members can select from a variety of cool spots, including: the
Daily Cafe, a behind-the-scenes trend and news report; weekly horoscopes;
daily beauty and fashion tips; Answer Boy, offering guys' perspectives on
guy problems; celebrity interviews and address books; body and fitness
advice, and more. Keyword: Seventeen or 17.

Wizard: The Guide to Comics

For people looking for attitude online, Wizard: The Guide to Comics, the
leading and most influential magazine for comic enthusiasts, has launched
Wizard World on AOL. Wizard World offers members everything they need to
know about comics and comic-related movies, TV and toys. Wizard World also
offers the chance to chat with fellow comic fans, Wizard editorial
staffers and actual comic writers and artists. Wizard World gives access
to 30,000 comic prices in the monthly price guide and even incorporates
Wizard's sister magazine, InQuest, the guide to collectible card games.
Keyword: Wizard.

America Online, Inc., (NASDAQ symbol: AMER), based in Vienna, VA is the
largest and fastest growing provider of online services in the U.S. with
the most active subscriber base. AOL offers its 3 million subscribers a
wide variety of services, including electronic mail, conferencing
software, computing support, interactive magazines, and newspapers and
online classes as well as easy and affordable access to services of the
Internet. Founded in 1985, AOL has established strategic alliances with
dozens of companies, including Time Warner, ABC, Knight-Ridder, Tribune,
Hachette, IBM and American Express. Personal computer owners can obtain
America Online software at major retailers and bookstores, or by calling
800-827-6364.
 
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