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Community Connect Hires Chief Operating Officer
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April 25, 2005

Former DoubleClick executive brings 8 years of online advertising and product development experience

New York, NY -- Community Connect, the leader in online community destinations for US ethnic groups, appointed Court Cunningham as Chief Operating Officer. Cunningham, who built DoubleClick's Marketing Automation business from zero to $55 million in revenue over 5 years, will have responsibility for leading the company's marketing, product development and product management organizations.

Cunningham joins Community Connect's executive team from DoubleClick, where he was Vice President and General Manager of Marketing Automation. In this role, he was responsible for the sales, product management, operations and the P&L of DoubleClick's suite of hosted technology products for direct marketers. Cunningham was instrumental in building DoubleClick's email marketing product, DARTmail, into the industry leader where DoubleClick had more revenues, customers and email delivery volume than any other player in the market. Before joining DoubleClick, Cunningham worked as a case team leader at Bain&Co., a Boston-based consulting firm.

"Court brings a wealth of experience to Community Connect's executive team, as he has held operational, marketing, and technical roles over the last 8 years," said Ben Sun, CEO, Community Connect. "As we prepare to re-launch our products to drive the next chapter in our company's growth, Court will bring a unique level of insight and maturity."

About Community Connect, Inc.
Community Connect, the leader in online community destinations for U.S. ethnic groups and the 18th largest U.S. web property, measured in page views. With more than 16 million registered members across our three sites -- AsianAvenue.com, BlackPlanet.com and MiGente.com -- and more than eight years of experience in building online destinations for U.S. ethnic groups, Community Connect is the definitive source for reaching these audiences. Our members return to our sites every day in order to interact with people of similar backgrounds and interests, to establish meaningful relationships, to find jobs and to read about the latest news in politics, culture, music, entertainment. To find out more about Community Connect, go to www.communityconnect.com.