MusicDish Partners with MuzikMan Expands its Indie Music Content

Solidifies Its Position as a Leading Destination for the Independent Music Community

Queens, New York - August 29, 2000 - Today, MusicDish, a leading B2B resource and information hub for the music/new media industries, announced the addition of Keith Hannaleck, better know to his fans as MuzikMan, to its writing staff. MuzikMan has been writing reviews and conducting interviews of independent musicians for over two and a half years. MuzikMan will continue his tradition of covering the independent music community at MusicDish. MusicDish is published by Tag It, a new media publisher.

Sounni de Fontenay, Editor in Chief of MusicDish & COO of Tag It, commented, "As MuzikMan, Keith Hannaleck has been providing an invaluable service to listeners, independent artists and the music community as a whole. CD Reviews can act as a sort of A&R process for members of the music industry, and MuzikMan has been giving readers insightful reviews of hundreds of musicians for over two and a half years."

Mr. de Fontenay continues, "By having MuzikMan join the ranks of such renown reviewers at MusicDish as Holly Day, Ben Ohmart & Daina Kazmaier, we are able to expand our leadership position in providing the music community with some of the best reviews on the Web."

Keith Hannaleck added, "I would like to thank Music Dish for this wonderful opportunity to spread my wings as a writer and experience new and exciting Indie music! I look forward to serving the Indie music community now and for many years to come."

In addition, MusicDish will incorporate MuzikMan's large archive of music content in its online offering, increasing its library of indie CD reviews to well over 1,000. The archived reviews will also be licensed through Tag It's content syndication services and partners including iSyndicate and Screaming Media.

Eric de Fontenay, CEO of Tag It said, "CD reviews are particularly attractive to B2C music sites as it provides immediate and useful information to consumers. With entertainment products driven by impulse purchasing, the availability of high quality reviews can make an important difference in converting web surfers into buyers."

Eric continued, "The quality and attractiveness of any syndication service is predicated on assembling a rich, diverse and range of high quality content that's relevant to today's web surfers and businesses. Retaining MuzikMan has increased our catalogue of music content available for licensing which will allow us to reinforce our position as a leading publishing platform and syndication channel."

About MusicDish
MusicDish (www.musicdish.com) is an e-journal that tackles the emerging issues facing the online music industry as it enters the digital era. Recognized for its analysis by industry experts and audio interviews with leaders in the new industry, the publications also features one of the largest indie review sections and columns on succeeding in this dog-eat-dog industry. MusicDish is part of a network of innovative music sites published by Tag It, a New Media firm founded in 1997, and consist of Mi2N (www.mi2n.com), the largest online industry newswire, 'LA'Ritmo.com (www.laritmo.com), a Latin music magazine, and Black Hole (www.yourblackhole.com), an urban music & culture site.

For more information, please contact: Michele Wilson-Morris MarComm Director, Tag It (205) 856-5540 (205) 805-3668 (pager) Email: michele@taggin.com