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                             GENIE ANNOUNCES NEW PRICING:
                        SIMPLER, MORE AFFORDABLE AND, AS ALWAYS,
                               THE BEST VALUE ONLINE



An Open Letter to GEnie Subscribers
From John Barber, General Manager of GEnie:

On July 1st, a new pricing structure goes into effect at GEnie. It's a big day
for us -- the result of months of planning, number-crunching, monitoring and
maneuvering around the competition.

And once again, we're looking forward to showing the online community that no
one offers a better value than GEnie.

We have to admit that over the last few months, it's been difficult to watch
the other major online companies, one after another, proclaim that their new
prices make them "the ultimate value."

But rest assured, we do not intend to give up our leadership position as the
best value online.

GEnie has always offered its subscribers the best combination of sophisticated
services, information, entertainment -- and affordability.

And we've done it once again.  Starting July 1st, GEnie will offer you the
lowest hourly connect time of all the major online services; combined with a
highly-competitive monthly subscription fee; and credit each month for up to
four hours online.

Effective July 1st, this is GEnie's new U.S. pricing structure:

- Our monthly subscription fee becomes $8.95 a month.
- Our standard hourly connect rate drops to $3.00 an hour.
- And every month, you'll get a credit for up to 4 hours of
  standard $3.00 connect time.

It's about that simple.  For our Canadian and international PDN customers, a
complete price chart is available as menu option #2 on this page.  It also
contains the fine print regarding prime time, baud rates, etc., so it's worth
taking some time to look over.


                          SIMPLY BETTER

You might notice one more important benefit to our plan.

We kept it simple.  It's easy to understand, easy to live with. For starters,
we've simplified the pricing.  All the services formerly in GEnie*Basic and in
GEnie Value are now treated equally, and available at the same low price --
$3.00 an hour in non-prime time.

Multi-player games, downloading, computing bulletin boards, real-time
conferences -- they're all just $3.00 an hour. (Half what you've been paying
for GEnie Value services!)

GEnie*Basic services, yes, they're now included in the $3/hour group, too.  GE
Mail -- it's $3.00 an hour, with no limit to the number of messages.  Internet
Mail is now $3 an hour, with no registration fee.  And don't forget.  You also
get a credit for up to four hours of $3/hour time, every month.


          OK, NOW WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO MY MONTHLY BILL?


Let's cut to the chase. This is what everyone really wants to know.

The answer is -- for the majority of our users, it means very little change at
all, or a change for the better.

When we started working on the price change, we studied the usage patterns of
our active members to see who would be affected, and to what extent.  We
concluded that more than 85% would see about the same or lower bills at the end
of the month.

For the people who like to keep to a strict budget each month, this plan offers
a lot of flexibility and a broader range of services than before.

You have a set subscription fee.  And for that fee, you get a credit for four
hours of standard connect time to spend just about anywhere on GEnie.

There's no asterisk-chasing to make sure you haven't strayed into Value
services.  Less worry of credit card shock.  You can even explore areas of
GEnie you thought you couldn't afford before.

For the active users who spend significant hours a month on GEnie, especially
in the former GEnie Value services, you should see a tremendous savings.  The
hourly rate is half what it was before -- and the best in the business!

Now -- who will see prices rise under the new system? Generally speaking,
anyone who's accustomed to making unusually heavy use of GEnie*Basic services
will have to change his or her usage to keep monthly bills down.


                         SO WHY CHANGE?


Maybe you're wondering why we're bothering to change the rate, if so few people
are affected.  After all, GEnie has had flat fee pricing for three years now.

Well, we did it for a couple of reasons.  With our new pricing, we can continue
to stay competitive in the marketplace, and we can continue to improve our
service to you.

We found that, under the former pricing, a small number of our customers were
making heavy demands on our service -- demands which began to outpace our
infrastructure and capacity. The result was a level of performance that pleased
no one.  Not you. Not us.  And yet, while other companies were eliminating or
reducing their flat-rate access, we were holding to ours.

Something had to change.  And a price restructuring was the best solution for
the majority of our users.

Now, with the new rates, no one group of members is unduly favored; GEnie can
continue to stay highly competitive among online companies; and we can continue
to improve our service to you.


                OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WORKS


There are other changes involved here besides our prices. "Staying competitive"
means offering you better products, better service and better system
performance.

Right now, we have a number of improvements in the works.  We're developing new
front-end software packages for Windows and Macintosh systems -- look for more
on that over the coming months.  We're making technical improvements to enhance
our performance and speed.  We'll be adding new services soon, along with new
bulletin boards and of course, we'll continue to update our software libraries
with more valuable files.


                  SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE


GEnie has always been the very best service for people who really enjoy being
online, and who expect great products and the best value for the time they
spend with us.

That's not going to change.  In fact, this new pricing structure should make it
even easier for you to enjoy everything we have to offer.  We're looking
forward to seeing you online.


Sincerely,


John Barber
General Manager, GEnie



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                             G E n i e   P r i c i n g
                              (effective July 1, 1993)

                               +-----------------+----------------------+
  GEnie Services               | U.S. (U.S.$) [5]|    CANADA (CAN $)    |
 +-----------------------------+-----------------+----------------------|
 |Monthly Subscription Fee     |   $8.95/month   |    $10.95/month      |
 +-----------------------------+-----------------+----------------------+
 |Hours Credited Per Month [1] |  Up to 4 hours  |    Up to 4 hours     |
 +-----------------------------+-----------------+----------------------+
 |Hourly Connect Charge        |   $3.00/hour    |    $4.00/hour        |
 +-----------------------------+-----------------+----------------------+
 |GEnie Premium Services       |Prices vary per individual service.     |
 |                             |These include: Charles Schwab Brokerage |
 |                             |Services (not available in Canada), Dow |
 |                             |Jones News/Retrieval (R), The Official  |
 |                             |Airline Guides Electronic Edition (R)   |
 |                             |Travel Service, QuikNews clipping       |
 |                             |service, Telebase Investment            |
 |                             |ANALY$T (SM),ARTIST (R) gateway.        |
 +-----------------------------+----------------------------------------+


             Additional Charges (where applicable) [4]


 +-----------------------------+----------------+-----------------------+
 |Prime Time Surcharge [2]     |   $9.50/hour   |     $12.00/hour       |
 +-----------------------------+----------------+-----------------------+
 |9600 Baud Surcharge          |   $6.00/hour   |     $8.00/hour        |
 +-----------------------------+----------------+-----------------------+
 |Communications Surcharge:    |                |                       |
 |    800 Service [3]          |   $6.00/hour   |         --            |
 |    Extended Network         |   $2.00/hour   |         --            |
 |    SprintNet                |   $2.00/hour   |         --            |
 |    Datapac                  |        --      |      $6.00/hour       |
 +-----------------------------+----------------+-----------------------+
 | [1] Credit for up to 4 hours of standard $3.00 U.S. ($4.00 CAN$)     |
 |     connect time. Hours credited apply to current month only.        |
 | [2] Prime-time: 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. local time on weekdays only. The     |
 |     prime-time surcharge is in addition to $3/hour charge. Prime-    |
 |     time surcharge is waived for selected holidays. Residents of     |
 |     Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Arizona and Puerto Rico, please verify  |
 |     hours with GEnie Client Services.                                |
 | [3] "800" Service surcharge waived at 9600 baud.                     |
 | [4] State taxes will apply in some areas.                            |
 | [5] International PDN subscribers billed in U.S.$ at U.S. rates.     |
 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+



 Other notes:

 1.  There will no longer be additional charges or registration fees for
     Internet mail gateway use.

 2.  Club pricing options will be eliminated effective July 1.



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