(September 17, 2002 - Los Angeles) The Hollywood Reporter and the Internet Movie Database (www.IMDb.com), two leading entertainment industry news and data providers, have signed an exclusive multiyear agreement to share content and cross-promote services on their respective Web sites, HollywoodReporter.com and IMDbPro.com, a professional subscription version of the popular IMDb.com Web site. Starting today, users of each site can access selected news stories and data from the other site in an integrated fashion, thus receiving increased industry intelligence with fewer clicks.

Specifically, users of HollywoodReporter.com can access a search feature to find HollywoodReporter articles as well as search IMDb's industry-leading film, television and talent credits database. Results will be displayed on HollywoodReporter.com, with links to IMDbPro.com for expanded information.

On IMDbPro.com, subscribers will have access to daily headlines, articles, reviews, boxoffice data and production listings from TheHollywood Reporter. Providing unprecedented context, all of this information is indexed on IMDb.com for more than 300,000 movie titles and more than 1 million actors and filmmakers.

The two companies are launching this round of services as the first step in the new partnership. The Hollywood Reporter and IMDb are currently working on more advanced features that will leverage their brands on each site and provide users with even more content and useful functionality.

"We are excited about partnering with IMDb to create a dynamic set of online services for the entertainment industry," said Robert J. Dowling, editor-in-chief and publisher of the trade paper. "As Hollywood's first Internet news provider, The Hollywood Reporter has a proud history of electronic innovation. This alliance underscores our commitment to assembling unique news and data products and delivering them seamlessly."

"This is really exciting because our services are so complementary," said Col Needham, IMDb founder. We are a technology company focused on gathering, organizing and presenting expansive data for movies and the people involved in making them. Combining this with The Hollywood Reporter's newsgathering abilities, insightful analysis and reviews is very powerful for our users."

About The Hollywood Reporter
Top newsgathering and publishing organization The Hollywood Reporter serves the global entertainment industry with six editions: Daily; Weekly International; Special Issues; E-Mail; THR-East; and its award-winning Web site. The print edition, founded in 1930, now reaches more than 140,000 readers worldwide. The Hollywood Reporter is published by VNU, the world's largest organization of entertainment-related publications and services.

About HollywoodReporter.com
HollywoodReporter.com became the industry's first online provider of entertainment news with the launch of its Web site in 1996. The site delivers a mixture of free and paid content, including news, features and vital industry data updated around the clock from its bureaus worldwide. HollywoodReporter.com was honored this year by the American Business Media with the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Web Site. VNU eMedia, Inc. (www.vnuemedia.com) manages the Web sites, electronic products and digital assets of more than 70 VNU Business Media titles, which include The Hollywood Reporter, Adweek, Billboard and Architecture, among others.

About IMDbPro.com
IMDbPro.com was announced in January at the Sundance Film Festival as a professional subscription version of the entertainment Web site IMDb.com. Designed with enhanced content and tools to meet the information needs of entertainment industry professionals, subscriptions to IMDbPro.com range from $12.95 per month to a discounted $99.95 per year. For more detailed information, visit www.IMDbPro.com. IMDb.com, one of the most popular online entertainment sites with more than 13 million visitors each month, remains free of charge.

About IMDb.com
The Internet Movie Database (located at www.IMDb.com) houses information on more than 300,000 movies and offers filmographies on more than 1 million industry cast and crew members, from the birth of motion pictures in 1893 to future releases scheduled through 2005. Revered by consumers and industry influencers, IMDb.com has won numerous best movie site awards from organizations such as Forbes, Yahoo! Internet Life, Webby Awards and Parade. IMDb.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN).