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	Dove Beauty. It’s not about glamour or fame. It’s about every woman and the beauty that is in each of us. That’s what Dove® is all about. And that’s why more women trust their skin to Dove.

	Ford Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With more than 327,000 employees worldwide, the company's core and affiliated automotive brands include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury and Volvo. Its automotive-related services include Ford Credit, Quality Care and Hertz. Ford Motor Company celebrated its 100th anniversary on June 16, 2003.

	ING ING Group is a global financial institution of Dutch origin with 115,000 employees. ING offers banking, insurance and asset management to 60 million clients in 60 countries. The clients are individuals, families, small businesses, large corporations, institutions and governments. ING comprises a broad spectrum of prominent businesses that increasingly serve their clients under the ING brand.

	Kimberly-Clark Kimberly-Clark is a leading global manufacturer of tissue, personal care and health care products with manufacturing facilities in 42 countries and product sales in more than 150. We are home to some of the world's most trusted and recognized brands -- including Kleenex, Kotex, Scott, Depend, Huggies and Pull-Ups.
	McDonald's McDonald's is the world's leading foodservice retailer, with more than 30,000 restaurants serving over 46 million people each day in 121 countries. Approximately 80 percent of McDonald's U.S. restaurants are owned and operated by independent local businessmen and women.

	AstraZeneca As one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, their business is focused on providing innovative, effective medicines that make a real difference in important areas of healthcare.

	Colgate-Palmolive Colgate-Palmolive is a global consumer products company tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Household Surface Care, Fabric care, and Pet Nutrition.

	Universal Home Video For more than 85 years, Universal Studios has been bringing unique entertainment experiences to millions of people around the world. They do this through their motion pictures and home videos, theme parks and attractions, television networks and programming, and much more. They are in the business of thrills and chills as well as tears and laughter -- of inspiring wonder and ultimately transforming moments into lasting memories.

	VeriSign Inc. VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) delivers critical infrastructure services that make the Internet and telecommunications networks more intelligent, reliable, and secure. Every day VeriSign helps thousands of businesses and millions of consumers connect, communicate, and transact with confidence.

Publishers


	Consistently rated in the Top Five for News, Entertainment, and Information web sites by Media Metrix (formerly PC Meter), our Internet web site at www.weather.com features current conditions and forecasts for over 77,000 locations worldwide, along with local and regional radars. Many maps and other features available on the domestic cable television are also at one's fingertips, along with weather-related news, educational material, a weather glossary, a storm encyclopedia, and seasonal features.

	24/7 Real Media, Inc. 24/7 Real Media provides marketing and technology solutions to online marketers and publishers. Their products and services are designed to meet the needs of marketers and publishers in all new media.

	AskJeeves Ask Jeeves (Ask.com ) is a leading media property that delivers one-to-one marketing by connecting interested users with relevant advertisers through search technology. Well known for its helpful Internet butler Jeeves, the search engine provides a guided experience, aggregating best of breed search technologies to help people find the best answers on the Web.

	AOL Time Warner AOL Time Warner is the world's leading media and entertainment company, whose businesses include interactive services, cable systems, filmed entertainment, television networks, music and publishing.

	Autobytel.com Launched in March 1995, Autobytel.com is credited with inventing online car buying in 1995 and offers comprehensive consumer resources for vehicle research, purchasing, ownership, safety and maintenance, as well as unmatched dealer training, support and technology. Whether buying, owning or selling a vehicle, Autobytel.com offers a comprehensive and positive consumer experience.

	Cars.com Partnered with more than 170 leading metro newspapers and television stations across the nation, cars.com is a comprehensive online resource for buying, selling and owning a vehicle. Cars.com pulls vehicle listings from thousands of dealer inventories and classified ads nationwide to offer consumers the best selection of new and used cars. Cars.com combines powerful used-car search and new-car configuration with pricing information, photo galleries, buying guides, side-by-side comparison tools, original editorial content, and reviews to help more than three million consumers research cars and connect with local sellers each month. Launched in June 1998, cars.com is a division of Classified Ventures, LLC, which is owned by six leading media companies.

	CNET Networks CNET Networks, Inc. is the world's leading source of information and services for buyers, sellers and suppliers of technology, including IS/IT professionals, enterprise decision makers, executives, gamers and technology shoppers.

	Edmunds.com, Inc. Edmunds.com is the premier online resource for automotive information. Its comprehensive set of data, tools and services, including Edmunds.com True Market Value pricing, is generated by Edmunds Data Services and is licensed to third parties. For example, the company supplies over 800,000 pages of content for AOL's auto channel and NYTimes.com's auto section and delivers monthly data reports to Wall Street analysts. Edmunds.com was named "best car research" site by Forbes ASAP, has been selected by consumers as the "most useful Web site" according to the J.D. Power and Associates New Autoshopper.com StudiesSM since 2001, and was ranked first in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web Sites as reported by The Wall Street Journal. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and maintains a satellite office in Troy, Michigan.

	Google With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet.

	Disney Internet Group Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) provides strategic leadership and operational management for The Walt Disney Company's Internet properties including category leaders Disney.com, ESPN.com, ABCNews.com and ABC.com. WDIG has led the way in developing new forms of interactive content.

	The Excite Network The Excite Network, combines the leading personalization portal, Excite, with the leading loyalty portal, iWon. The Excite Network has one of the most loyal and desirable audiences online. Possessing some of the most innovative and compelling advertising products on the Internet, The Excite Network is uniquely positioned to deliver unparalleled reach, branding and targeting solutions.

	The Flipside Network The Flipside Network, a leader in Online Games and Game Shows, consists of Flipside.com, an online site that targets unique users and advertisers with specific channel offerings, including Uproar, iWin, and Virtual Vegas. .

	Forbes.com Forbes.com Inc. is a leading Internet media company, is among the most trusted resources for the world's business and investment leaders, providing them the uncompromising commentary, concise analysis, relevant tools and real-time reporting they need to succeed at work, profit from investing and have fun with the rewards of winning..

	iVillage, Inc. iVillage, Inc. Inc. is a leading women's media company and the number one source for women's information online.

	Meredith Meredith Corporation is one of the nation's leading media and marketing companies with businesses centering on magazine and book publishing, television broadcasting, and interactive and integrated marketing.

	MSN Welcome to MSN, where life's rich possibilities have never been more accessible! Here's your personal guide to the people, opportunities, and resources that make living on this planet that much more interesting. And fun! Where do you want to go? What do you want to see?

	New York Times Digital New York Times Digital is the digital business unit of The New York Times Company and includes market leaders NYTimes.com and Boston.com, and an archive distribution business. NYTD's mission is to provide a high-quality, worldwide online audience with trusted editorial content from The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

	RealNetworks RealNetworks provides the universal platform for the delivery of any digital media from any point of origin across virtually any network to any person on any Internet-enabled device anywhere in the world.

	Terra Lycos Through a unique platform that combines the benefits of the convergence of Internet services and next-generation communication technologies with the broadest, most comprehensive array of popular products and services, Terra Lycos provides users a compelling network of Web brands and gives advertisers access to a vast and diverse audience.

	The Wall Street Journal Online The Wall Street Journal Online is the largest paid subscription site on the entire World Wide Web, which has more than 646,000 paid subscribers.

	Unicast Unicast is an online advertising solutions provider, which provides a comprehensive Online Format Suite to over 1400 site and network partners and 500 agency and advertiser customers. Working with both advertisers and Web publishers, Unicast understands and acts on behalf of both the buyers and sellers of online advertising to ensure that all of their online advertising needs are fulfilled through one central source. This unique central position in the marketplace allows Unicast to continually deliver complete format and service solutions to both sides of the advertising equation.

	Univision Univision Online is the leading Spanish-language Internet destination in the United States. It caters to Hispanic Americans by offering culturally relevant entertainment, news, sports and services. Univision Online is a wholly owned subsidiary of Univision Communications Inc.

	Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive is the new-media and electronic publishing subsidiary of The Washington Post Company Its mission is to develop the company's editorial products and businesses on the Internet and across all electronic content delivery platforms.

	Yahoo! Yahoo! Inc. is the Internet's leading global consumer and business services company, offering a comprehensive network of essential services for Web users around the globe as well as businesses of all sizes. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, Yahoo! is the leader in traffic, advertising, household and business user reach.

	USAToday.com USATODAY.com is an award-winning news and information site on the Internet. More than 35 million monthly visitors experience comprehensive, convenient USA TODAY news and information through interactive features, information graphics and multimedia. USATODAY.com extensively covers News, Money, Sports, Life, Technology, Travel, and Weather - updated 24 hours a day, seven days a week. USATODAY.com is owned by Gannett Co., Inc.