Gay.com and TheKnot.com Announce New Online Resource GayWeddingsByTheKnot.com

  
    
  
  
    
      Gay.com (owned by PlanetOut Inc., NASDAQ: LGBT), a leading website 
      exclusively serving the LGBT community, and TheKnot.com (NASDAQ: KNOT), 
      the #1 wedding website, announce the launch of a new cobranded website, 
      GayWeddingsByTheKnot.com.
    
    
      Combining the style and wedding planning expertise of TheKnot.com’s 
      editors and Gay.com’s exceptional reach into 
      the gay community, GayWeddingsByTheKnot.com will be the most extensive 
      new wedding resource featuring planning tools, message boards and 
      articles tailored to same-sex unions. This robust new site will include 
      thousands of inspiring photos from real gay and lesbian weddings around 
      the country, along with expert advice from some of the industry’s 
      most talented event designers.
    
    
      “We’re delighted to 
      partner with the leading authority in the wedding space,” 
      said Karen Magee, CEO of PlanetOut Inc. “This 
      pivotal moment in the LGBT community’s journey 
      toward marriage equality -- when people are celebrating legal marriages 
      in droves -- is the ideal time to for us to provide the community and 
      our advertisers with this wonderful new resource.”
    
    
      “Gay.com is the perfect partner with which to 
      expand and highlight our commitment to exclusive content for same sex 
      couples planning weddings,” said Carley 
      Roney, Editor in Chief of The Knot. “Along 
      with extensive editorial content, this new website provides couples 
      instant access to local vendors and resources to help them plan their 
      wedding.”
    
    
      Gay.com’s editorial team plans to review the 
      content for the new website for language, tone, and topics the team 
      feels are appropriate and relevant for the LGBT community.
    
    
      PlanetOut and The Knot plan to promote this new website to Gay.com’s 
      members and nearly 3 million unique monthly visitors through on-site 
      advertising, email promotions, and homepage placements.
    
    
      About PlanetOut Inc.
    
    
      PlanetOut Inc. is a leading media company exclusively serving the 
      lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. PlanetOut's 
      brands include Gay.com and PlanetOut.com. PlanetOut, based in San 
      Francisco with an office in New York, offers FORTUNE 1000 and Global 500 
      advertisers access to what it believes to be the most extensive network 
      of gay and lesbian people in the world. For more information, please 
      visit www.PlanetOutInc.com.
    
    
      About The Knot Inc.
    
    
      The Knot is the nation's leading wedding resource, reaching over a 
      million engaged couples each year through the #1 wedding website 
      TheKnot.com, The Knot national and local wedding magazines, The Knot 
      books (published by Random House and Chronicle), and television 
      programming bearing The Knot name. The Knot is the flagship brand of The 
      Knot, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT), a leading lifestage media company targeting 
      couples planning their weddings and future lives 
      together.GiftRegistryLocator.com; party planning site PartySpot.com; and 
      teen-oriented PromSpot.com. The Knot Inc. is based in New York and has 
      several other offices across the country.