PressLink Special Report, New Way for Media to Cover News Events, Kicks-Off
at Super Bowl XXIX

All Pre- and Game-Day Photos and Graphics from Agence France-Presse,
Allsport, Knight-Ridder/Tribune, and Reuters; Plus Exclusive NFL Photos,
at One Online Location

January 24, 1995 -- Reston, VA -- PressLink Special Report, the world's
only news source delivering ready-to-publish, up-to-the-minute events
coverage from numerous providers at a single online location, launches
this week during Super Bowl XXIX. Agence France-Presse, Allsport,
Knight-Ridder/Tribune, the National Football League and Reuters are Super
Bowl XXIX Special Report sponsors, supplying PressLink's global network
with pre-game and game-day photos and graphics. PressLink is also the
exclusive source for official NFL game photos and graphics.

Special Report provides PressLink's thousands of worldwide members with all
elements required for comprehensive event coverage, including
up-to-the-minute news, photos and graphics, pre-event materials,
backgrounders, historical and archive materials, research assistance,
logos and maps.

Newsrooms are alerted to Special Report events, which in 1995 will include
the Academy Awards and continuing Presidential campaign and election
coverage, via a published calendar of events, exclusive 48-hour advance
fax notification, postal mail, E-mail, and for spontaneous news, personal
phone notification.

"PressLink knows that the less time editors have to search for the
components of the story, the better," says PressLink Director of
Marketing, Mike Martucci. "We created Special Report to bring all of our
content together in one place, where editors can quickly create their own
custom mix of coverage. Special Report is the next logical step in using
the power and flexibility of digital delivery."

"The unexpected bonus is kicking-off Special Report with an NFL exclusive,"
Martucci continued, "It's a great honor; the NFL helps PressLink round-out
its extensive coverage with content that can't be found anywhere else."

All PressLink members can immediately access Special Report for pre-event
Super Bowl postings. A dedicated PressLink station is being installed in
the press compound at Joe Robbie Stadium, site of Super Bowl XXIX, to
immediately post and manage the influx of content leading-up-to and during
the Super Bowl.

PressLink members who wish to be included in the fax notification program
and non-PressLink members who want to trial the service in time for the
Super Bowl must call PressLink by 12 noon EST on January 27, at
1-800-717-7706 (Outside the U.S., please call 1-703-758-1740).

PressLink, which created the online delivery of ready-to-publish materials
in 1986, once again sets the standard by introducing Special Report, a
breakthrough in providing in-depth coverage and choice that is the right
of the free press.

PressLink was founded to provide media professionals with instant access to
photos, graphics and text from the world's most popular news organizations
and image archives. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Knight-Ridder, Inc. (NYSE: KRI), the second-largest newspaper group in the
United States. News, advertising and information from Knight-Ridder
reaches more than 100 million people, worldwide, on a daily basis.
Knight-Ridder stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange, the Tokyo Stock
Exchange, and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

PressLink headquarters are located at 11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,
VA 22091-5302. Phone 703/758-1740; Fax 703/758-8368.

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