InternetWeek Selected as First-Ever Official Media Sponsor For NetWorld+Interop 2001 Las Vegas Interop ConferencePRNewswire CMP Media's InternetWeek today announced it has been named the Official Sponsor of the Interop Conference at NetWorld+Interop 2001 Las Vegas, taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center May 6-11, 2001. One of the largest and most thought-provoking technical conference programs covering enterprise and service provider issues in the industry, the Interop Conference examines the businesses and processes of delivering and managing services in the digital age. "It's a reflection of what's happening in the industry, where the distinction between enterprise and service provider networks increasingly is blurred," said Valerie Williamson, Interop brand president. "The Interop Conference provides the information necessary to help networking, Internet and telecommunications decision makers choose not only the right technologies but the right services and service providers as well." InternetWeek has long been regarded as the premier weekly newspaper covering Internet and e-business initiatives by credible and thought provoking editors. When the executives at NetWorld+Interop 2001 Las Vegas decided to award their first-ever Interop Conference media publication sponsor, it was a natural fit to partner with InternetWeek, which has been associated with NetWorld+Interop since the NetWorld and Interop events merged in 1994. InternetWeek's position in the marketplace and NetWorld+Interop's conference focus is a winning combination for IT and corporate managers applying Internet technologies and strategies to transform their businesses. "Sponsorship of the Interop Conference confirms the value InternetWeek offers IT managers and executives attending NetWorld+Interop," said Patricia Schnaidt, publisher of InternetWeek. "Our continued and enhanced partnership with NetWorld+Interop is beneficial to both our readers and NetWorld+Interop conference attendees who are searching for critical business solutions." NetWorld+Interop NetWorld+Interop is a Key3Media event. NetWorld+Interop provides networking, Internet and telecommunications professional buyers with a uniquely comprehensive forum for education and hands-on products and services in order to make critical purchase decisions. NetWorld+Interop affords buyers from enterprises, carrier/service providers, and resellers/integrators the opportunity to experience live technology demonstrations first-hand. It's this focus on advanced, multi-vendor, multi-protocol, multi-service interoperability technologies and solutions that makes NetWorld+Interop the definitive networking event. Key3Media Group, Inc. (NYSE: KME) is the world's leading producer of information technology tradeshows and conferences, serving more than 6,000 exhibiting companies and two million attendees through 49 events in 16 countries. Key3Media's products range from the IT industry's largest exhibitions such as COMDEX and NetWorld+Interop to highly focused events featuring renowned educational programs, custom seminars and specialized vendor marketing programs. For more information about Key3Media, visit http://www.key3media.com. InternetWeek CMP Media's InternetWeek http://www.internetweek.com/ is the news and analysis source for 275,000 IT and corporate managers applying Internet technologies and strategies to transform their businesses. With a history of innovation and thought leadership, InternetWeek is the only newspaper with an Internet/IT editorial focus-meeting the informational needs of e-business stakeholders charged with delivering results and driving business to survive in today's competitive marketplace. According to the most recent Simmons and IntelliQuest readership studies, InternetWeek delivers the most powerful audience-it is the best-read and maintains the highest reader loyalty of all newspapers in its category. CMP Media LLC CMP Media LLC http://www.cmpnet.com/ is a leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, tradeshows and conferences, custom publishing, testing and consulting. Certain matters discussed in this release are "forward-looking statements," including statements about Key3Media's future results, plans and goals and other events, which have not yet occurred. These statements are intended to qualify for the safe harbors from liability provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can find many (but not all) of these statements by looking for words like "will", "may", "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "plans" and "estimates" and for similar expressions. Because forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are many factors that could cause Key3Media's actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in this release. 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In addition, the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-36828) and/or the Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2000 on Form 10-K filed by Key3Media with the SEC contain important cautionary statements and a discussion of many of the factors that could materially affect the accuracy of Key3Media's forward-looking statements and/or adversely affect its business, results of operations and financial position, which statements and factors are incorporated herein by reference. Key3Media does not plan to update any forward-looking statements. Key3Media, NetWorld+Interop, Interop, COMDEX and associated design marks and logos are trademarks owned or used under license by Key3Media Events, Inc., and may be registered in the United States and other countries. NetWorld is a service mark of Novell, Inc., and is registered in certain jurisdictions. 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