The company also operates Beckett
Grading Services, a leading third-party professional sports card
grading service and Beckett.com) is a
strategic management and investment company.

It also provides information about service contracts, warranties, recalls, and other product or service information for consumers who already have made purchases.

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Charles G. The New Roc Fun House, which was
recently named one of the 2004 Top FECs of the World by the
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, offers a
diverse collection of attractions for people of all ages including a
massive arcade, a bowling center, a go-kart track, indoor amusements
and more.

About Zoom Media

Zoom Media operates a network of over 5,000 venues targeting
active consumers in a variety of highly targeted indoor locations,
including health clubs, movie theaters, restaurants and nightclubs ,
with over 40,000 billboard locations throughout North America.

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NEW YORK----Apprise Media LLC, a
niche media company backed by Spectrum Equity Investors , today
announced that it acquired Beckett Publications, the leading publisher
of sports and entertainment market collectible guides. We plan to continue to improve the company's electronic
information delivery platform and expand its focus on fee-based
specialty services like grading/certification, while seeking new
product and service segments. Controlled by Charles G. markets.

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media and publishing sectors. Beckett
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Zoom Media Adds More Than 100 New Venues to Active Family Advertising Network; Award-Winning New Roc Fun House Leads Roster of Family Entertainment Centers

2 million visitors a year

Northridge Skateland, the largest roller arena and family
fun center in California;

Over 120 birthday parties a month

More than 80,000 visitors a year

Chicago:

Enchanted Castle, a 47,000 square-foot family fun center
with 3-D movie theater, bumper cars and kids' playland;

Over 350 birthday parties a month

More than 250,000 visitors a year

Hollywood Park, featuring an arcade, volleyball pit, wave
slide and playhouse;

Over 120 birthday parties a month

More than 200,000 visitors a year

Chitown Futbol , Chicago's home for indoor soccer with
three indoor fields that play host to several youth
leagues;

More than 650,000 visitors a year

"As an IALEI member, we are excited to have the opportunity to be
part of this program," said Michael Getlan, Director of Enthusiasm +
Opportunity of The New Roc Fun House.

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beckett. "This company has had remarkable growth over the last
20 years, both in print and electronic media," he said.
McCurdy, a co-founder and former President of Primedia Inc. Beckett, considered the world's
most trusted source in collecting , currently publishes nine monthly
magazines. Those pamphlets led to annually published
price guides and were the forerunners of Beckett's monthly
collectibles magazines."
In addition to its Active Family Network, Zoom operates a Cinema
Network in partnership with Loews Cineplex, a Fitness Network with
leading health club operators including Bally Total Fitness and Town
Sports International , a Social Network of more than 2,000 bar,
restaurant, and nightclub locations in 35 markets, and a Parks Network
with New York City Department of Parks + Recreation.

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Apprise Media Acquires Beckett Publications Leading Publisher in Sports and Entertainment Media; Establishes Platform in Enthusiast Publishing

"I am
delighted to hand it over to Apprise Media, which has an excellent
track record in growing niche media businesses, both print and
interactive.

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I am very confident that Apprise, working with the
Beckett Publications team, will take the company to the next level .
Spectrum Equity Investors is a private equity investor specializing in
investments in companies in the media, information services,
communications, information technology and business services
industries. Founded in 1994, Spectrum manages private equity funds
representing $3 billion in committed capital.

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Its flagship title is the popular Beckett Baseball Monthly.

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Business Editors

NEW YORK----Zoom Media, a lifestyle
media and marketing company, announced today that it has added more
than 100 new venues to its Active Family Network of family
entertainment centers (FECs) under its partnership with the
International Association for the Leisure and Entertainment Industries
(IALEI) to provide large-scale, backlit signage for targeted,
out-of-home advertising in top U.

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At
the same time," he added, "Beckett's proprietary, statistics-grounded
methodology for valuing collectibles has potential applications in a
wide range of popular collectibles, and we will work to exploit them.S.com (www.

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The company, to
be called Beckett Media LP, will provide Apprise with a platform for
continued growth in the sports and entertainment markets as well as
other enthusiast categories.com), the leading online
destination for sports collectible enthusiasts.
The list of new venues is led by The New Roc Fun House located at
New Roc City, a 1.

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McCurdy, Chairman and CEO of Apprise Media, said, "For
more than 20 years, Beckett has dominated the market for print and
interactive collectible card guides, both in sports-oriented sectors
including baseball, football , basketball, hockey, and stock car
racing, as well as the anime area of entertainment such as Pokemon and
Yu-Gi-Oh. Apprise and Spectrum Equity Investors
(www. "These centers are destinations where families choose
to spend their time, and they offer great environments for targeted
advertising .

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ABOUT BECKETT PUBLICATIONS

Based in Dallas, Beckett Publications is the leading publisher of
sports and specialty market collectible products in the U.

Over 500 birthday parties a month

More than 250,000 visitors a year

Los Angeles:

Mountasia Fun Center, with batting cages, bumper boats and
rock climbing;

Over 400 birthday parties a month

More than 275,000 visitors a year

Pharaoh's Lost Kingdom, a premium themed amusement park ,
including water park, virtual reality and speedway;

Over 200 birthday parties a month

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Dr.beckett. In the mid-1970s, while a
statistics professor at Bowling Green State University, he published
his first baseball card price guides as "free-upon-request " pamphlets
to, in his words, "bring order out of the chaos that existed" in the
baseball card industry. Zoom is
owned by Telemedia, a North American media holding company.

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James Beckett, founder of the company will remain with Beckett
as an advisor.
The company also operates Beckett Grading Services, a leading
third-party professional sports card grading service.2 million-square-foot
entertainment /retail/residential complex that is among the largest
FECs in the New York City market.

Additional FECs in the top three DMAs include:

New York:

Sportime USA, Westchester's #1 Family Entertainment Center
with batting cages, rides + games, video games and party
rooms;

Over 200 birthday parties a month

More than 100,000 visitors a year

Sports Plus , three locations in one including indoor
roller coasters, paintball, laser tag and soccer .

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"We have many years of experience in enthusiast publishing . The company was
founded in 1984 by Dr. More than 50 million
parents, teens and kids frequent the large-scale recreational
complexes every year, making them the perfect venue for brand
advertisers such as the Cartoon Network, which currently has ads in
place at several of Zoom's more than 700 FEC locations.

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Zoom has installed its oversized 6' x 4' backlit billboards
at different attractions in the facility.

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Beckett Publications, based in Dallas, Texas, publishes nine
monthly magazines plus periodic collectibles and trading card pricing
guides. Titles include Beckett Baseball, Beckett Football, Beckett
Basketball , Beckett Hockey, Beckett Racing, Beckett Anime Collector,
and Neopets: the Official Magazine. We see
great opportunity to broaden Beckett's products and audience reach
online as the sports and entertainment collectibles market continues
to grow online through direct sales sites such as Beckett . James Beckett.

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com and
auction sites such as eBay, already a strategic partner of Beckett. "This partnership is a win-win
for us because it represents a new, steady stream of ad revenue and
gives us the opportunity to bring some of the biggest brand names in
the country to our customers."
"More and more, marketers from Fortune 500 companies are
interested in reaching families outside the home, but it must be done
in a cost-effective, strategic manner," said Dennis Roche, president
of Zoom Media.zoommedia.

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ABOUT APPRISE MEDIA LLC

Formed in 2004, Apprise Media (www.apprisemedia .com) have joined forces in an investment
initiative that has committed $175-$200 million of Spectrum 's capital
for strategic investments in niche media and publishing businesses.com), the leading online destination
for sports collectible enthusiasts, and is the premier publisher of
monthly sports collectibles magazines.

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