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First Online Music Community for Black and Hispanic Audiences Offers Exclusive Artist Content

October 23, 2006 (NEW YORK) - Google™ may be the world’s most popular “search” engine, but BlackPlanet.com and MiGente.com just might be the next great “scoop” engines. Community Connect, Inc., the nation’s largest niche social networking company, is introducing the first Online music community dedicated to serving African-American and Hispanic audiences on BlackPlanet.com and MiGente.com, respectively. With more than 175,000 hip-hop artists already promoting their music on BlackPlanet.com, Community Connect will extend its leadership in the urban music market.

Both BlackPlanet Music and MiGente Music enable a more powerful connection between new and established artists and their fans.

“Listening to our users is how Community Connect has grown consistently and been profitable for 10 years, and the Music  is just the latest example,” said Community Connect CEO Ben Sun. “Music plays such a vital role in our members’ lives, and we are well positioned to help them connect with artists. BlackPlanet Music and MiGente Music offer artists the largest online community dedicated to niche audiences.”

To kick off the launch of the Music community, artists Janet Jackson, Diddy, and Ludacris have joined the ranks of other musicians with pages on BlackPlanet.com. Artists Enrique Iglesias, Mario Vasquez, and Tego Calderon recently launched pages on MiGente.com. Each artist has his or her own profile page offering visitors the inside track on new music, artist updates, and appearances.

“I think social networking sites are a great way to interact with fans. Migente.com provides a great platform for that,” said Enrique Iglesias.

Each site will feature a:

• Stats Tool: A unique tool where artists can measure how fans are interacting with their profile page. This technology empowers artists to directly communicate with their fans.
• Ease of Use: BlackPlanet Music and MiGente Music are the only music community sites that allow artists to immediately express themselves with highly customizable tools to create, manage, and update their individual pages.
• Photos and Announcements: Artists can post unlimited photos and distribute news announcements or leak exclusive information directly to their fan base.

Access to BlackPlanet Music and MiGente Music  is now available by becoming a member of BlackPlanet.com or MiGente.com. Membership to these social networking sites is free and allows members to network and communicate about the latest in politics, culture, music, and entertainment.

About Community Connect, Inc. As the first online social networking site, Community Connect is a top 50 web publisher as measured in page views by comScore. AsianAvenue.com, BlackPlanet.com and MiGente.com combined have more than 16 million registered members. The flagship partnership with Monster.com allows members to access a variety of employment resources and business networking opportunities. Site members return daily for meaningful dating, building relationships with people of similar backgrounds and interests, and to read about the latest in politics, culture, music, and entertainment. For more information on Community Connect, log on to www.communityconnect.com.