SAN FRANCISCO, March 28, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- StreetFusion (www.streetfusion.com), the global financial events network, today announced a distribution and services agreement with SmartMoney.com (www.smartmoney.com), a trusted source of financial news, financial planning and market tools. Under the agreement, SmartMoney.com will deliver live and archived broadcasts of corporate quarterly earnings conference calls and other financial events for StreetFusion and its customers, and provide an up-to-date financial events calendar. The webcasts and events calendar will be available on SmartMoney.com.
The new agreement provides SmartMoney.com users access to corporate earnings conference calls and other important special events for the nearly 6,000 companies that participate in StreetFusion's extensive network. It also benefits StreetFusion's public company customers through increased exposure to the millions of individual investors who visit SmartMoney.com.
"This agreement expands the comprehensiveness of the information available to users of SmartMoney.com," said Lou Tosto, SmartMoney.com general manager. "We believe that those users who have come to rely on SmartMoney.com for investment information and tools will appreciate the value of StreetFusion's timely and accurate corporate events calendar and financial event webcasts."
"We're delighted to become a valued provider of financial event information to a company of SmartMoney's caliber," said Blake Hayunga, StreetFusion CEO and president. "We have dedicated ourselves to providing our public company customers with the broadest global reach for their corporate financial communications. SmartMoney.com is a tremendous addition to our distribution network."
About SmartMoney.com
SmartMoney.com (www.smartmoney.com) is a free investment news, tools and advice site operated by a full-time staff of more than 100 SmartMoney.com reporters, editors, technicians, software programmers and Web designers. It is known not only for SmartMoney-style credibility in its reporting, but also for its proprietary interactive tools, which have received much critical acclaim, including two consecutive awards for "Personal Finance and Interactivity" from the Investing Companies Institute/American University Education Foundation and a Gold Medal for interactive media design from I.D., the noted international design magazine. SmartMoney.com also licenses its award-winning Java-based applications to other notable financial sites. SmartMoney is a joint venture of Hearst Communications, Inc. and Dow Jones & Company (NYSE:DJ) (dj.com).
About StreetFusion
StreetFusion, the global financial events network, links approximately 6,000 public companies, 2,000 leading buyside and sellside firms, and millions of individual investors. The company hosts the most comprehensive and accurate collection of financial event webcasts and event logistics available anywhere. StreetFusion has simplified and streamlined financial communications, enabling the secure distribution of time sensitive and critical investment information. Online event planning, event publishing, and event webcasting ensure targeted distribution with pinpoint accuracy. For information on StreetFusion's services, visit www.streetfusion.com or call toll-free (877) 343-0020 or (415) 343-3000.
SmartMoney is a registered trademark of SmartMoney, a joint publishing venture of Hearst Communications, Inc. and Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.