COLLEGE PUBLISHER, THE LEADING PROVIDER OF DIGITAL PUBLISHING SERVICES IN THE COLLEGIATE MEDIA MARKET, ANNOUNCES INNAGURAL COLLEGE PUBLISHER AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

Top campus newspapers including The Lantern at The Ohio State University, The Daily Iowan at the University of Iowa and The Daily Texan at the University of Texas-Austin among winners

NEW YORK (CMA Spring National College Media Convention) – March 19, 2004. College Publisher, the leading provider of digital publishing services in the collegiate media market, today announced the winners of its first annual Awards of Excellence. Winners for the 2003-04 academic year were selected from among more than 250 campus publications on the College Publisher Network.

Awards of Excellence were given in several categories, focused on statistical website performance, design and business initiatives. Publications have been recognized with an Award of Excellence in the following areas:

• The Daily Iowan, Best Traffic Performance by a Daily or Multi-weekly
• The Heights at Boston College, Best Traffic Performance by a Weekly
• The Lantern, Best Promotional Campaign for a Website
• The Daily Texan, Best Use of College Publisher’s Development Tools
• The College Heights Herald at Western Kentucky University, Best Use of Digital Media
• The Daily Orange at Syracuse University and The Daily Iowan (tie), Best Business Initiative for the Web.

"We’re always excited to get any type of recognition, as it’s important to keep our motivation high," said Peter Waack, Executive Business Director of The Daily Orange. "But, to receive an award like this from College Publisher, the leader in online publishing for campus newspapers, makes us especially proud."

College Publisher selected the winners for its Awards of Excellence through analysis of website performance and on criteria agreed upon by advisors to its organization.

"College Publisher is pleased to recognize these outstanding campus newspapers for all of their hard work and success," said John Fees, Chief Executive Office of College Publisher. "We’re proud that these award-winning publications are a part of the College Publisher Network and I congratulate them on their outstanding achievement."

College Publisher is a subsidiary of Youth Media & Marketing Networks (Y2M), a media and marketing company serving the rapidly growing educated youth market.

About College Publisher

College Publisher (www.collegepublisher.com) is the leading provider of digital publishing and marketing services in the collegiate media market. Located in Boston, Mass., the technology and marketing services company delivers professional online publishing tools and education services to enable college publications to create successful online properties. The College Publisher network is the nations’ largest interactive college media network, with over 250 campus publications.

About Y2M: Youth Media & Marketing Networks

Founded in 1999, Y2M: Youth Media & Marketing Networks is a media and marketing company serving the rapidly growing educated youth market. Y2M owns and operates College Publisher Inc., the nation's largest online network of college newspapers, serving 250 campuses and over 12 million university students and alumni. Y2M's subsidiary, eGrad, Inc., also provides a wide range of services for graduating college students and recent alumni. Y2M delivers strategic marketing initiatives and full service media programs to many leading brands including Ford Motor Company, Earthlink, Monster, Samsung Electronics NA, Google, Educational Lending Group and Deutsche Bank. For more information, please telephone 617-399-8000 or visit www.y2m.com.

Contact:

Paul Pennelli
Director, College Publisher
Phone: 617-354-2038
Web: www.collegepublisher.com