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Amazon.com
establishes relationship with f2
SYDNEY,
January 27, 2000
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Amazon.com and f2 Limited ("f2"), the Fairfax Interactive
Network, a wholly-owned subsidiary of John Fairfax Holdings Limited
[ASX:FXJ], announced today that they have agreed to join together
in f2 Investments.
Mr
Nigel Dews, Chief Executive of f2, said:
"f2
has a growing e-commerce position in SOLD.com.au
and CitySearch.com.au
and we are pleased to begin a relationship with Amazon.com, the world’s
most customer centric company."
f2
Investments currently holds a significant investment in theSpot, parent
company of leading online toy retailer ToySpot.com.au.
--
ENDS --
For
further information, please contact:
Nigel
Dews
Chief
Executive,f2
Tel:
(02) 9282 2830
Lindy
Yarnold
f2 Communications Manager
Tel: (02) 9282 3119
Note
to editors
John
Fairfax Holdings Limited [ASX:FXJ] is Australia’s leading publishing
group. Its newspapers and magazines include The Sydney Morning
Herald, The Australian Financial Review, The Age,
The Sun-Herald, and BRW. In addition, the
Company publishes financial and consumer magazines, and provides online
services. In 1999, the Company had revenues of over $1.1 billion.
Fairfax
corporate and financial announcements are posted here on our Web site,
www.fxj.com.au.
f2
Limited, Fairfax Interactive Network, is a wholly owned subsidiary
of John Fairfax Holdings Limited [ASX:FXJ]. It is Australia’s leading
content provider on the Internet with around 1.6 million page views
per day across a network of sites which include:
freemail
today.com.au
todaycards.com.au
search/homepages
sydneytoday.com.au
melbournetoday.com.au
news
smh.com.au
theage.com.au
sunherald.com.au
business
afr.com.au
brw.com.au
BusinessOnlineAsia.com
investing
tradingroom.com.au
Shares Magazine
personal finance
moneymanager.com.au
Personal Investor
auctions
SOLD.com.au
cityguides/directories
Sydney CitySearch
Melbourne CitySearch
Adelaide CitySearch
Perth CitySearch
Canberra CitySearch
Sunshine Coast CitySearch
Gold Coast CitySearch
employment
mycareer.com.au
I.T. Jobs
property
domain.com.au
motoring
drive.com.au
shopping
shoptoday.com.au
technology
MISweb.com
Icon
I.T. News
sports
sportstoday.com.au
thePavilion.com.au
Olympics
rugbyheaven.com
footy
leaguehq
travel
walkabout.com.au
personals, tenders,
commercial property
Fairfax@Market
regional news
Newcastle Herald
Illawarra Mercury
Warrnambool Standard
Big
Colour Pages, a national Internet and print business directory
All
f2 news releases are posted at: www.f2.com.au/announcements/.
ToySpot
is the first venture of theSpot, which was launched in October,
1999. It has over 2,000 products across five categories, including
toys, children’s books and videos, children’s software, and video
games.
Amazon.com
(Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries) is the Internet's No.
1 music, No. 1 DVD and video, and No. 1 book retailer. Amazon.com
(NASDAQ: AMZN) opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in
July, 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection, along with
online auctions and free electronic greeting cards. Amazon.com lists
more than 18 million unique items in categories including books,
CDs, toys, electronics, videos, DVDs, home-improvement products,
software, and video games.
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