GeoCities Press Releases
Santa Monica, CA -- December 2, 1996 -- GeoCities (www.geocities.com), a pioneer in the development of Internet-based communities, today announced that it has retained The Saatchi Entertainment Group, a division of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising North America, to handle its $2 million advertising campaign. GeoCities is targeting consumer and trade audiences for its first brand-awareness campaign set to launch in 1997. The campaign will include GeoCities and its 29 themed communities. full press release
Santa Monica, CA -- November 25, 1996 -- GeoCities (www.geocities.com), a pioneer in the development of Internet-based communities and home to the most popular collection of free home pages on the Web, today announced the launch of its 29th thematic community, TelevisionCity, a GeoCities' community dedicated to everything about television - from fan clubs, to sitcoms, to late night talk shows. Additionally, GeoCities announced that the neighborhood's principal introductory sponsor is iGuide (http://www.iguide.com), News Corp.'s branded source for online entertainment content. full press release
DETROIT, MI -- November 18, 1996 -- GeoCities (www.geocities.com), the leading developer of online communities, has appointed William J. Flavin Associates Inc. to spearhead its advertising and sales initiative in the Midwest. As the firm representing GeoCities, William J. Flavin Associates, Inc. will target the automobile industry and other regional manufacturers. full press release
GEOCITIES WELCOMES 135,000TH HOMESTEADER
Three New Neighborhoods Launched--"Area51," "CollegePark" and "SouthBeach"
Three New Neighborhoods Launched--"Area51," "CollegePark" and "SouthBeach"
LOS ANGELES, CA -- October 1, 1996 -- GeoCities, the leading developer of Internet-based communities and home to the most popular collection of free home pages on the Web, today welcomed its 135,000th member since launching in June 1995. Additionally, GeoCities, a CMGI company (NASDAQ: CMGI) has established three new on-line neighborhoods for sci-fi fans, collegiates and the ultra-cool, bringing the total number to 27 virtual communities in the GeoCities universe. full press release
Beverly Hills, CA, Aug. 27--GeoCities (www.geocities.com), which provides free home pages in its 24 online themed communities, announced today it would offer free email accounts to all GeoCitizens via Netscape Navigator 3.0. Anyone who sets up a free personal home page in a GeoCities community is eligible. full press release
Beverly Hills, CA, Aug. 13--GeoCities (www.geocities.com), which operates 24 themed online communities providing free home pages to 100,000 homesteading GeoCitizens, announced today the launch of a 3-D community called GeoWorld. full press release
Beverly Hills, CA, Aug. 7--GeoCities (www.geocities.com), one of the most popular and largest collections of free home pages on the Web, announced today that its 24 themed online communities had attracted the site's l00,000th "homesteader," more than double the number three months ago. full press release
Beverly Hills, CA, Aug. 2--Patricia Clark was named senior account executive and Christopher G. Apostle account executive in the New York office of GeoCities (www.geocities.com). One of the most highly trafficked sites on the World Wide Web, GeoCities operates 24 advertising-sponsored online communities themed after real-world landmark locations.( full press release)
Beverly Hills,CA, July 10--Paul A. DeBraccio, technology advertising manager for 14 Conde'Nast magazines, was named vice president of advertising sales for GeoCities, one of the top 10 sites on the Web, David Bohnett, president, annonced today. (full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, May 14--GeoCities, builder and manager of themed communities on the World Wide Web, welcomed today its 50,000th homesteader. Six new online neighborhoods were also launched -- CapeCanaveral®, Vienna®, Yosemite®, NapaValley®, Heartland® and HotSprings® -- expanding to 24 GeoCities' advertising-sponsored communities, where GeoCitizen homesteaders create free home pages and content themed to real-world landmark locations. (full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, May 8-- Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt and Murray the dog from "Mad About You,"Jennifer Aniston from "Friends," Andrew Shue from "Melrose Place," Jenny Garth from "Beverly Hills 90210" and other stars join The GeoCities Online Celebrity Challenge. (full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, Feb. 26--GeoCities, which builds and operates themed communities on the World Wide Web, registered its 30,000th homesteader today. GeoCities also announced the opening of four additional online neighborhoods-- BourbonStreet, MotorCity, RainForest and SoHo. They raise to l8 GeoCities' high-traffic, advertising-sponsored communities whose special-interest content reflects themes based on real-world landmark locations. (full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, Jan. 16--GeoCities, a builder and operator of special-interest online communities located on the World Wide Web, today said CMG@Ventures, the strategic investment and development business unit of Wilmington, MA-based CMG Information Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMGI), has acquired an interest in the company. (full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, Dec. l5--Beverly Hills Internet, citing the continuing growth of its 14 interactive communities on the World Wide Web at www.geopages.com, today changed its name to GeoCities.(full press release)
Los Angeles, Nov. 2--Grey Interactive West has been named interactive agency of record for Beverly Hills Internet's World Wide Web communities called GeoCities. (full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, Oct. 23--Beverly Hills Internet, which builds interactive communities on the World Wide Web called GeoCities, recorded its l0,000th resident today. (full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, Aug. 21-- John Rezner, formerly a director of Information Systems at McDonnell Douglas, has been named vice president of technical operations at Beverly Hills Internet, David Bohnett, president, announced today. (full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, Aug. l5--Beverly Hills Internet opened today four more virtual communities based on real-world locations, raising to l4 the number of interactive "GeoCities" BHI has launched on the World Wide Web in the past two months.(full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, July 20--Beverly Hills Internet said today its GeoCities, virtual communities erected on the World Wide Web named after real-world places, had more than doubled in size the past two weeks to over l,400 residents who had established free personal home pages.( full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, July 11 -- Beverly Hills Internet opened today four additional virtual communities based on real-world locations, raising to 10 the number of interactive "GeoCities" BHI has established in the past five weeks. ( full press release)
Beverly Hills, CA, April 24 -- Beverly Hills Internet is pleased to announce the first World Wide Web based live, full time video feed from the famous corner of Hollywood and Vine. (full press release)