FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INDUSTRY-LEADING COLUMNISTS TO WRITE FOR BZ MEDIA'S SD TIMES

Oyster Bay, N.Y., December 27, 1999 - BZ Media LLC today announced three industry-leading technology columnists for SD Times, the twice-monthly newspaper of record for software development managers. SD Times premiers February 23, 2000.

Andrew Binstock is president and principal analyst of San Carlos, Calif.-based Pacific Data Works LLC. A respected expert in the field of software development, Mr. Binstock was owner and editor in chief of The C Gazette before editing UNIX Review magazine. He then was editorial director for PriceWaterhouseCoopers's annual Technology Forecasts research reports. Mr. Binstock will be writing SD Times' middleware column.

Oliver Rist is technical director of Grand Central Network, an Internet consulting company. A former technology editor of InternetWeek, and expert in the Microsoft Windows and BackOffice product family, Mr. Rist will be writing SD Times’ Windows Watch column, focusing on the world of Win32-based development.

David Strom is the president of David Strom Inc., an Internet consulting and product-testing firm. Mr. Strom is one of the leading experts on network and Internet technologies and has written extensively on the topic for over 12 years. Prior to founding his own company, Mr. Strom served as the founding editor of Network Computing magazine. He will be writing SD Times’ Web Watch column.