GIST Communications Chosen to Provide Content for Netscape Guide by Yahoo!

1997 Webby Award Winner for Best Television Site to Supply Daily TV Listings,

                      TV Picks and Entertainment Headlines 

NEW YORK, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- GIST Communications, Inc. (http://www.GIST.com) will provide editorial content for Netscape Guide by Yahoo!, the new customizable Internet navigation service designed to provide users with a central source for the best and most useful sites on the World Wide Web. GIST, the leading independent TV entertainment guide on the Internet, will provide TV listings, TV Picks and daily headlines in the Entertainment category of the service.

"TV Listings" from GIST will link to a dynamic television listings page; users simply click on their local time zone, and they will be brought to GIST's proprietary television listings grid, containing programming information for all the broadcast and cable networks. GIST provides customized TV listings for NBC, Film.COM, BackWeb, and MSN.

Also, GIST's extensive editorial team, with more online and offline journalistic experience than any other entertainment Web site, will present in-depth coverage of what's worth viewing on TV with "TV Picks" and the latest news in television entertainment with "Entertainment Headlines."

"We are pleased to be part of Netscape and Yahoo!'s exciting effort," said Jonathan Greenberg, GIST's CEO and Editor. "This new window to our content is a dynamic showcase for GIST."

The Netscape Guide by Yahoo! can be found through Netscape's Web Site at the "Guide to Internet" button on the home page (http://home.netscape.com) and from the "Destinations" button on Netscape Navigator.

GIST Communications, Inc., based in Manhattan's Silicon Alley, is the leading independent TV entertainment guide on the Internet. Its popular Web site, GIST (http://www.GIST.com) presents daily in-depth coverage of what's worth viewing on TV and the Internet, as well as original features on everything from gossip and profiles of today's hottest TV stars, to articles about the week's top TV newsmagazines. Utilizing the interactive medium, GIST's proprietary software provides the best personalizable television listings guide on the Internet.

SOURCE GIST Communications, Inc.

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/CONTACT: Glenn Edelman, Manager of Industry Relations of GIST Communications, 212-965-1999, or fax 212-965-0198/

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