HitCom Corp. adds 11 new employees to IntelliPages staffs for St. Louis; Kansas City, Mo.; Denver; and Spokane, Wash.

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 1996--HitCom Corp. (OTC:HITT), a St. Louis-based publishing, marketing and technology company with a primary focus on the Internet, Friday announced the addition of 11 new employees to IntelliPages staffs in St. Louis; Kansas City, Mo.; Denver; and Spokane, Wash., according to Brian Creath, president of HitCom.

HitCom appointed John Butler and Terry Zavadil area sales managers for IntelliPages Spokane and Denver, respectively. Ray Budo, Mike Durham, Heather Goss, Rick Hendricks, Frederico Reiter and Mike Uhlenbrock were named account executives for IntelliPages St. Louis. In addition, Dean Barrow, Jerry O'Dell and Anthony Wrisinger were appointed account executives for IntelliPages Kansas City.

HitCom's flagship product, IntelliPages (www.intellipages.com), is one of the most complete, city-specific news and information resources on the Internet. IntelliPages offers city-interest categories, such as entertainment, attractions, events and shopping; local headline news, weather, sports and traffic; as well as local white pages and yellow pages listings. HitCom plans to introduce IntelliPages in more than 200 markets by 1999.

IntelliPages currently has more than 1,400 paying advertisers, and the product receives more than 100,000 visits per month. Each IntelliPages market has the potential to generate $2.4 million in revenue the first year. IntelliPages is on-line for St. Louis and Kansas City, and will go on-line in Denver and Spokane with yellow and white pages listings next month.

HitCom (www.hitcom.com), with headquarters in St. Louis, produces IntelliPages (www.intellipages.com), a leading city-specific "real need" and practical information resource. The company also develops several other products and services for the Internet, ranging from proprietary technology tools to innovative marketing applications.

CONTACT: HitCom Corp., St. Louis

Valerie Kearney, 314/231-1000

vkearney@hitcom.com (e-mail)

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Jupiter Communications Inc.

Randy Naft, 800/576-3431

jupiterco@aol.com (e-mail)