TechInvestor Financial Editor Larry Dignan Available to Analyze IBM's Fourth Quarter Earnings Report

PRNewswire
MANHASSET, N.Y.
Jan 20, 1997

Tomorrow, January 21, IBM is expected to announce solid fourth-quarter earnings that may exceed analyst expectations. Technology industry expert Larry Dignan, Financial Editor, CMP's TechInvestor (http://www.techinvestor.com/), is available to offer individual investors his analysis of this report in interviews with the news media. Dignan will break down the report into simple language and delve into its potential implication on the company's long-term outlook.

As Financial Editor, Dignan is responsible for TechWeb's TechInvestor content. TechInvestor is the first information service to offer original news, financial data and expert advice for the high-tech investor. Before joining TechInvestor last year, Dignan was Managing Editor at Financial Planning Online.

TechInvestor™, part of CMP's TechWeb® technology super site (http://www.techweb.com/), is an invaluable resource for high-tech investors both large and small. USA Today Online said that "few financial sites are put together better than TechInvestor." Through the site investors can examine continually updated financial and product news about high-tech companies, see stock and mutual fund quotes on a 15- minute delayed stock ticker, read comprehensive market analysis from industry experts, and even use Java applets to value their personal portfolios and track companies' historical stock performance. TechInvestor also includes the TechWeb 250™, an index of 250 high-technology companies regardless of market capitalization.

CMP Media Inc., now in its 26th year of uninterrupted growth, is the only provider of publishing, marketing and information services to reach the entire spectrum of the high-technology market -- the builders, sellers and users of technology. With sales of $418 million in 1996, CMP marked a quarter century of success with an average annual growth of 20 percent. All of CMP's publications and a series of innovative news and interactive services are available on the World Wide Web through CMP's TechWeb, the industry's first free daily technology news and interactive services super site. CMP Media is also the creator of NetGuide Live (http://www.netguide.com/), the first comprehensive daily listing of live events on the Internet and commercial online services, and First-TV (http://www.first-tv.com/), the Internet's first 24-hour TV/video network.

All of CMP's press releases are available on the Web at http://techweb.cmp.com/corporate. Journalists and reporters may also set up interviews with CMP's high technology experts through the site by e-mail.

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SOURCE: CMP Media Inc.

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