October 15, 2001
Legacy.com Provides Knight Ridder Digital Users Innovative Service to Honor And Celebrate Loved Ones' Lives

Online obituary company powers Web sites in major markets, including Philadelphia, Miami and Dallas-Ft. Worth

EVANSTON, Ill., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy.com, an interactive media company that enhances obituaries with online guest books and numerous other services, today announced that Knight Ridder Digital, a leader in local information on the Web and operator of the Real Cities network of city and regional Web sites, has selected Legacy.com to power the obituary sections of Philly.com, Miami.com and DFW.com (Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX). Other major markets served by Knight Ridder Digital are expected to deploy Legacy.com's service by end-of-year, 2001.

Immediately available at Philly.com, users can click on the ``Death Notices'' section to locate information about loved ones, locate florists and charities, as well as view and post condolences, thoughts and memories.

``Knight Ridder Digital's priority is to deliver its users the local content they want, when they want it, where they want it and how they want it,'' said Dan Finnigan, president of Knight Ridder Digital. ``With Legacy.com, we're able to bring to our users an enhanced, expanded and enduring version of traditional newspapers' most basic and time-honored functions: memorializing loved ones who've passed on.''

``Knight Ridder Digital is a leader in delivering local news and information, including traditional newspaper content, to its online users,'' said Stopher Bartol, president and CEO of Legacy.com. ``We are very pleased to be working with them; our goal is to ensure that the online obituary sections managed by Legacy.com are the absolute best in the industry.''

About Legacy.com

Described by CBSMarketWatch as the ``granddaddy'' of online obituary companies, Legacy.com recently began developing pilot Web sites to help newspapers add value to their birth, engagement, and wedding announcements. Investors in the Evanston, Illinois-based company, founded in 1998, include Tribune Company and Gannett Co, Inc. In addition to attaching monitored guest books to obituaries, Legacy.com provides funeral service directions; links to charity and florist information; and online memorials that include detailed biographical information, photos and tributes. Legacy.com has also created sites for more than 40 other newspapers including the Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Oklahoman, Florida Times-Union and Santa Rosa Press Democrat.

About Knight Ridder Digital

Knight Ridder Digital creates innovative online services and comprehensive local content to help consumers make the most of their experiences on the Internet. Knight Ridder Digital is the Internet subsidiary of Knight Ridder and is the founder and operator of Real Cities, a premier national network of city and regional Web sites nationwide.