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Collaborative Technology Group Chooses Wieck Media Services For Web Hosting

DALLAS (June 14, 2001)--Collaborative Technology Group, a Connecticut-based company that provides nonprofit organizations with technology support, has chosen Wieck Media Services to provide Web hosting services.

Wieck, a pioneer in Web distribution solutions for the publishing industry, will provide hosting services for CTG and the sites it manages and maintains for the nonprofit organizations it supports.

"Wieck Media Services will enable us to provide our organizations with state-of-the-art Web support," said Phil Schaeffer, president of CTG. "Not surprisingly, effective Internet support is vital in our business."

CTG uses an array of Web-based technologies to help nonprofit organizations increase membership, communicate issues, generate legislative action, showcase information and resources and inform the public. It also offers nonprofits Web site and database design, e-commerce solutions and electronic mailing lists.

"We are delighted to be able to provide hosting services to CTG and its clients," said Jim Wieck, chairman and CEO of Wieck Media Services. "We believe our support will make CTG's operation more efficient and cost-effective."

CTG's clients include American Discovery Trail, American Hiking Society, Appalachian Trail Conference, Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, Blue Ridge Press, Conservation & Preservation Charities of America, Grand Canyon Trust, National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, National Combined Federal Campaign Committee, and Yellowstone Ecosystem Studies.

Wieck Media

Wieck Media specializes in Web delivery of multimedia files — text, graphics, photos, audio and video — to media organizations worldwide.

Wieck utilizes Internet and Web technologies to distribute the news reports, columns, photos and graphics for The New York Times News and Syndicate Services, as well as the daily Times Digest and the daily and weekly crossword puzzles. The company also distributes the daily photo reports for Kyodo News Service, LAT Photographic in London and Newhouse News Service.

Wieck’s corporate clients include American Honda Motor Co. Inc., American Suzuki Motor Corp., AT&T, The Coca-Cola Co., DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Co., General Motors, HIT Entertainment, Kmart, Pinehurst, Toyota Corporate Services, Verizon and Weber Shandwick.

Information: www.wieck.com

Kris Hoover-Kozamchak
214.536.1098

Contact Wieck for more information.