WordStream Names Cristina Dolan as President and CEO; Former OneMain.com Executive to Lead Global Communications Pioneer

Business/Technology Editors

SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2000

WordStream, Inc., developer of new language interoperability and translation software, today announced that Cristina Dolan has been named president and chief executive officer. Dolan will drive the Company's strategic business operations and partnerships to fully leverage WordStream's patented ClearText(TM) technology, which removes the language barrier on the Internet and significantly facilitates global communication and e-commerce.

As a former founding partner of OneMain.com, which was recently acquired by EarthLink.com (NASDAQ: ELNK), Dolan brings more than 17 years of experience in high technology business development and strategic electronic communications.

"Cristina Dolan is a great addition to our company," said WordStream founder and chairman Sam Christy. "Cristina's depth of experience and proven leadership will be a tremendous advantage as we continue to enhance our technology and develop additional business opportunities across the global marketplace."

Prior to joining WordStream, Dolan was a founding partner of OneMain.com, where she conceived and launched the geographic community Web portal business unit and played a critical role in the company's successful IPO. She previously served as the director of e-commerce sales strategy at Oracle Corporation, where she developed and packaged the company's strategic Internet business solutions. Additionally, Dolan has held senior level positions with ABC Multimedia Group, Hearst New Media, I-Cube and IBM and served on Netscape's Internet Publishing Advisory Board.

"WordStream's ClearText(TM) technology is the next-generation solution for electronic communication and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to the success of the Company," said Dolan. "As the first product to provide accurate, simultaneous, `one-to-many' language translation, ClearText(TM) is positioned to revolutionize global communications and e-commerce."

About WordStream

With its patented ClearText(TM) translation technology, WordStream has broken the language barrier on the Internet. ClearText(TM) provides a highly controlled system for accurate real-time translation. Unlike traditional machine translation tools, ClearText(TM) enables the user to easily disambiguate the meaning of the original text, so that the text can be translated into multiple languages automatically, in a single step - while maintaining 100% accuracy. WordStream's Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board include world leaders in both technology and linguistics, including: Nicholas Negroponte, Ph.D., co-founder and director of the MIT Media Lab; Alec Marantz, Ph.D., Chair of MIT's Department of Linguistics and Philosophy; Steven Pinker, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT; and Stuart Shieber, Ph.D., Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Sciences, Harvard University. For more company information, visit www.wordstream.com, or e-mail to: info@wordstream.com.

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