Webshots Partners With Creators of Best Selling Book Series for America's Pets

Webshots Partners With Creators of Best Selling Book Series for
America's Pets
Leading Online Photo Service is Official Online Photo Service for DOGS 24/7 and
CATS 24/7 Project 


SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17  /PRNewswire/ -- Focused on America's love of their
furry companions, America 24/7 is setting out to tell the American pet lover's
story using Webshots' photo expertise. The team behind the Best selling book
series, America 24/7, has partnered with Webshots (webshots.com), one of the
largest photo sharing Web sites and a property of CNET Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:
CNET), to create a monumental online collaborative event -- DOGS 24/7 and CATS
24/7.

From now until October 31st, 2004, amateur and professional digital
photographers are invited to submit their favorite dog and cat photos via
Webshots' site for possible inclusion in DOGS 24/7 or CATS 24/7, to be
published by Chronicle Books in 2005 (http://www.chroniclebooks.com/). If a
photo is published as a large display image, the photographer will receive a
free copy of the book, a photo credit and the satisfaction of knowing their pet
is the new family celebrity.

Webshots is the project's official online photo service and the only way to
upload and submit photographs. Webshots was selected as the ideal online photo
site partner for the DOGS 24/7 and CATS 24/7 book project because of its large
community of 14 million photo enthusiasts who visit the site monthly, to post
and view photos within its shared photo library.  The Pets category of shared
photos is one of the more popular destinations on Webshots, with members
viewing over 70,000 dog photos and over 30,000 cat photos every day(1).

"Webshots enjoys a very active and passionate community that loves to share
their pictures with the world," said Narendra Rocherolle, Vice President of
Webshots. "We're proud to be the exclusive photo service for this project, and
are confident that our audience's contributions will help make these new
entries in the America 24/7 series a dynamic viewing experience for pet fans."

"The explosive growth of photo sharing has turned the Internet on its ear and
we are proud to be partnering with Webshots -- the leader in online photo
sharing -- for Dogs 24/7 and Cats 24/7," said Rick Smolan, Co-CEO of 24/7 Media
and Co-director of CATS 24/7 and DOGS 24/7.  "The comprehensiveness of the
Webshots service, and the enthusiasm of its loyal audience convinced us that,
for the first time, we can rely on an Internet resource to gather the photos
that we will select from for our book series."

Dog and cat photos can be submitted in a flash through Webshots streamlined
photo submission process. Pet lovers simply log on to http://www.cats24-7.com/
or http://www.dogs24-7.com/ and with just a few clicks, submit their top five
favorite pet photos.  All pet owners -- including both current and new members
of the Webshots community -- are welcome to participate.  Photo enthusiasts
with a Webshots membership are able to enjoy sharing their latest pictures of
Fido and Fluffy with family and friends all year round

  Some fascinating facts about Americans and their pets:

  -- Americans own 68 million dogs and 73 million cats.
  -- More than 60% of Americans have a pet.
  -- 39% of America's pet owners display their pet's picture in their home.
  -- More than 31 million dog owners purchase Christmas gifts for their
     dogs.
  -- More than half of American pet lovers would choose their pet as their
     sole companion if stranded on a desert island.

  About 24/7 Media


24/7 Media is the team behind the best selling America 24/7 book series -- the
result of an extraordinary invitation extended to anyone in the U.S. with a
digital camera to submit photographs capturing what it means to be American.
Over the course of a single week, thousands of professional and amateur
photographers across the nation shot more than one million pictures of their
daily lives. The result is a fascinating book series beginning with America
24/7, a New York Times bestseller, plus fifty additional 24/7 books -- one for
every state. The 24/7 series also created publishing history enabling readers,
for the first time, to put their own digital photographs on the covers of a
best selling book series. (http://www.america24-7.com/)

Cats 24/7 and Dogs 24/7 is the latest in the America 24/7 series and celebrates
America's love affair with its 141 million dogs and cats.  Until October 31,
2004, Americans are invited to submit digital photographs of their dogs and
cats. The best photographs will be published in Cats 24/7 and Dogs 24/7 in June
of 2005 from Chronicle Books.

24/7 Media was founded by Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen, the original
creators of the bestselling Day in the Life(R) and America 24/7 book series.
They have been responsible for the most successful photography books in history
including four New York Times bestsellers. Smolan and Cohen's groundbreaking,
imaginative projects combine compelling storytelling with state-of-the-art
technology and have appeared numerous times on the covers of Time, Newsweek,
Fortune, and U.S. News & World Report.

About Webshots and CNET Networks

Webshots (http://www.webshots.com/), one of the largest photo-sharing sites,
provides consumers with a variety of ways to enjoy and share photos on their
computer desktops, TVs, and mobile phones. Only Webshots enables its members to
share photos with family and friends through unique features like Photo
Messages (TM), moblogging, online photo albums, and custom prints and gifts.

Wildly popular, Webshots now has 14 million unique monthly visitors, averages
20 million page views per day, and boasts a collection of nearly 100 million
photos in its publicly shared library(1). Webshots members are passionate about
their ability to browse the world's largest photo network and to use the web's
best photo search. A free Basic membership allows members to download millions
of Webshots photo for use as desktop wallpaper and screensavers as well as to
upload and share their own personal photos. A subscription to Webshots Premium
membership empowers members with additional benefits such as high-resolution
and widescreen photos, exclusive professional images, increased personal photo
storage capacity, and much more.

CNET Networks, Inc. (http://www.cnetnetworks.com/), Webshots' parent company,
is a premier global interactive content company that informs, entertains, and
connects large, engaged audiences around topics of high information need or
personal passion. The company focuses on three categories -- personal
technology, games and entertainment, and business technology -- and includes
such leading brands as CNET, ZDNet, TechRepublic, MP3.com, GameSpot, CNET
Download.com, CNET News.com, Webshots, Computer Shopper magazine, and CNET
Channel. With a strong presence in the US, Asia and Europe, CNET Networks has
operations in 12 countries.

(1) Numbers in this paragraph are based on Webshots internal logs.

Contact:  Annie Polk of America 24/7, [phone], or ; or Nicole Scott of
Edelman, [phone], or , for Webshots; or Cammeron McLaughlin of CNET
Networks Investor Relations, [phone], or . 

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CONTACT:  Annie Polk of America 24/7, [phone], or

; or Nicole Scott of Edelman, [phone], or

, for Webshots; or Cammeron McLaughlin of CNET

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