, a leading provider of local
search, shopping and advertising solutions, today announced its partnership
with the St. "With Deal Storm,
advertisers benefit from exposure to highly targeted prospects -- folks
researching online where to find the best deal in their local area. will
continue into the new year with expanded Deal Storm services available
Q1 2006.

Business Editors/Toy Industry Writers /MGA Entertainment has
announced that its wildly popular Girl's Lifestyle and Fashion Doll
brand BRATZ(R) has been nominated for a stellar Five LIMA
(International Licensing Excellence) awards.

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provides leading edge local search, online shopping, and
online advertising technology solutions for hundreds of media clients,
representing 50 publishing groups, worldwide. The BRATZ brand is
also noted for having won Family Fun magazine's Toy of the Year Award
four years in a row.com

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BRATZ Nominated for Five International Licensing Excellence Awards ... As well As Seeing a Q1 Market Share Increase

In addition, 2005 Q1 market share in the U.

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Early
indicators show that the Company's sales for Q2 continue to climb and
look to strengthen into the summer and fall months. MGA CEO Isaac
Larian issued this statement: "MGA's market share would have been even
higher in the first quarter if we were able to keep some key popular
products in stock., manufactures innovative lines of
proprietary and licensed products, including toys and games, dolls,
consumer electronics, home decor, stationary and sporting goods.

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PRESS RELEASE St. Petersburg Times Selects HarvestINFO to Enhance Online Marketplace and Advertising Services

"We are very pleased not only with our site 's improved
search functionality and revenue opportunities, but the responsiveness and
professionalism of the HarvestINFO team as well. The nominations include:

Best Character Brand License of the Year -- Bratz, MGA
Entertainment

Best Character Brand Licensee -- Hard Goods: Hershey Mexico,
Bratz Brillo Lips

Best Character Brand Licensee -- Soft Goods: Accessory
Network, Bratz luggage, back-to-school accessories, stationery
and headwear

Best Character Brand Licensee -- Soft Goods: SGFootwear, Bratz
footwear

Best Overall License of the Year -- Bratz, MGA Entertainment

In 2004, MGA/BRATZ won awards in both the Best Character Brand and
Best Overall License of the Year categories, the latter being the
Licensing Industry 's equivalent to "Best Picture" of the year. With over 350 licensees worldwide, BRATZ brings
together innovative companies and cutting-edge fashion styles to
create exciting new products in apparel, footwear, fashion
accessories, entertainment and so much more.

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com/marketplace, Deal Storm enables consumers to search a
wide variety of advertisements -- classifieds, retail display ads, and full
page inserts -- to easily find the best local deals. Petersburg Times highlights the pairing of
our traditional services with sophisticated new search and advertising
technology developed with our media partners' needs in mind," said Michael
Galamb, vice president of sales, HarvestINFO, Inc. Our
media partners in turn benefit from strengthened relationships with both
advertisers and consumers . For more information on what HarvestINFO can do
for your local franchise, please visit www.

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Petersburg Times to deliver improved online marketplace and
advertising services in the Tampa Bay area with Deal Storm.





Local Marketplace EnterpriseHarvestINFO, Inc.

About HarvestINFO , Inc. The
awards ceremony will take place at the LIMA Gala Ceremony on
Wednesday, June 22, 2005 , in New York City.

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HarvestINFO, Inc."

The partnership between the St.

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MGA Entertainment, a consumer entertainment products company
headquartered in Van Nuys, Calif. BRATZ
was introduced in June 2001, and has since become one of the world's
premiere toy lines and girls ' lifestyle brands.

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Featured within the popular Marketplace section of the Times' website,
www . Also, we are extremely proud of our LIMA
nominations for 2005 as the BRATZ brand continues to grow in
popularity worldwide.

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Relevant
products or services, including individual items isolated from within
larger ads or inserts, are returned to the user in an integrated, intuitive
result set.


"Deal Storm connects our advertisers with local online consumers
through a content-rich and incredibly user-friendly shopping tool," said
Christine Montgomery, director of electronic publishing for the St.
Petersburg Times. Since 1996, HarvestINFO has
delivered solutions that enable media clients to strengthen their
commitment of service to local advertisers and consumers, and compete in
their local marketplace .harvestinfo.com. of BRATZ was up 8%
over the same period last year, according to The NPD Group.

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Users can search for
products or services by entering keywords or browsing by category."

"Our partnership with the St. Petersburg Times and HarvestINFO, Inc.com,
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