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Moving.com, Inc. Joins Forces with Network Communications, Inc. and Citysearch
Agreement Gives NCI and Citysearch Users Convenient Access to Moving.com's Relocation Services
June 10, 2002, New York, NY – Moving.com, Inc. (www.moving.com), the largest online marketplace for relocation information, today announced an agreement with Network Communications, Inc. (NCI), one of the world's largest providers of real estate advertising and publishing (The Real Estate Book®, New Home Finder(TM), Apartment Blue Book®/Apartment Finder Blue Book(TM), Unique Homes® and others), and Citysearch, a leading local network of online city guides and one of the core businesses operated by Ticketmaster (Nasdaq: TMCS - news). Through this agreement, Moving.com will provide a full suite of moving tools including a digital change-of-address application to NCI and Citysearch's co-branded Web site, LivingChoices.com.
LivingChoices.com provides real estate and relocation content including homes for sale, apartment homes, moving tools, roommate services as well as luxury properties. Consumers visiting the "Moving" tab on LivingChoices.com can now quickly and easily obtain quotes from movers, change their address, find storage facilities and packing guides all designed to reduce the time, cost and stress associated with Moving.
Eran Weis, founder and CEO of Moving.com, called his company's pairing with NCI and Citysearch.com, "a natural fit for Moving.com. We want to be the place consumers think of first when they are moving and the Livingchoices.com website helps us reach them in a timely and efficient manner. We're excited about the potential this new partnership creates."
"Our focus is to deliver to the consumer high quality content and to our advertisers a consumer-preferred resource to showcase their homes and apartments. At NCI we believe that Moving.com becoming an integral part of our Web site further delivers on that promise," said Jay McDonald, CEO of NCI.
"We're constantly looking for ways to make it easier for consumers to find and utilize our moving resources. Through this alliance with NCI and Citysearch, we are positioning our content in an innovative portal, reaching more customers and helping them with one of the most stressful events in their lives," said Randi Simon, Vice President of Business Development for Moving.com. This alliance further strengthens Moving.com's position as the leading relocation website for all move-related services.
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About Moving.com Inc.:
Moving.com Inc., the leading online marketplace for relocation services and products is making moving easier by leveraging the power of the Internet to deliver the services needed to successfully manage all stages of the relocation process. With the largest pre-screened vendor network of moving services, storage, real estate agents, mortgage providers and insurance agents, Moving.com integrates and enhances the efforts of both Internet users and relocation professionals, thus facilitating more efficient relocations. The wealth of information available on Moving.com is unparalleled and serves as the foremost platform on educating the consumer throughout the relocation process. Moving.com offers a full suite of relocation tools including a digital change of address application all designed to reduce the time, cost and stress associated with moving. Moving.com, Inc., is based in New York, NY. For more information about Moving.com, contact 1-800-655-2WEB or visit www.moving.com.
About Network Communications, Inc.:
Headquartered in Lawrenceville, Georgia, Network Communications, Inc. is one of the country's largest privately held multimedia communications companies. NCI is the leading publisher and provider of printed and online real estate information in North America. The company distributes more than 10 million magazines each month representing more than 500 markets in the U.S. and Canada. Network Communications' publications include: The Real Estate Book®, New Home FinderÔ, Unique Homes® magazine, Mature Living Choices®, Apartment Finder Blue BookÔ, CorporateChoices.com™, The Luxury Real Estate BookÔ and Commercial and Investment PropertiesÔ as well as custom magazines for over 30 real estate agencies. NCI, combined with its Walton Press affiliate, is also the largest printer in the state of Georgia, printing for over 260 other publishers throughout the U.S. For more information, visit their Web site www.livingchoices.com.
About Citysearch:
Citysearch (www.citysearch.com ) is a leading local network of online city guides enabling people to get the most out of their city. Providing online city guides for 128 cities worldwide, citysearch.com helps people find and plan what they want to do and then lets them take action, offering local transactions such as buying event tickets and making hotel and restaurant reservations online. Citysearch is one of the core businesses operated by Ticketmaster.
SOURCE: Moving.com, Inc.
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Moving.com
randi@moving.com
212-785-9745
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