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INT MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF 80211HOTSPOTS.COM

(New York, NY - May 3, 2002) - INT Media Group, Incorporated (Nasdaq: INTM) today announced the release of a new internally developed Web site for its internet.com and EarthWeb.com Network, 80211HotSpots.com (www.80211hotspots.com). 80211HotSpots.com is the foremost directory for connection points or "Hot Spots" for users of Wi-Fi or 802.11-enabled devices that connect wirelessly to the Internet. INT Media Group previously launched what has become the largest daily news and analysis site covering the 80211 industry -- 80211Planet.com (www.80211planet.com).

"Professionals and consumers have needed an up-to-the-minute listing of hot spots throughout the United States and INT Media Group has filled this void with the launch of 80211HotSpots.com," stated Alan M. Meckler, Chairman and CEO of INT Media Group. "INT Media Group is the only organization worldwide that is supplying the 802.11 industry with the services and objective information that professionals need in order to utilize WLAN services and make the critical decisions to build organizations devoted to this technology. 80211HotSpots.com, along with our daily news site 80211Planet.Com, our World Tour of 802.11 focused conferences and trade shows (USA, Singapore, Germany, Australia and Japan) and our continuous flow of 802.11-related research reports provide IT professionals with a one-stop shop for all their 802.11-related information needs."

About 80211HotSpots.com
80211HotSpots.com (www.80211hotspots.com) is an online resource for locating wireless access points that comply with the 802.11 networking standard. The list has more than 1,400 hot spots and is growing rapidly with new sites added daily. Users can search by city and/or by state and can also submit hot spots for listing. 80211HotSpots.com can be found on internet.com's Wireless Internet Channel.

About INT Media Group
INT Media Group (Nasdaq: INTM), (www.intmediagroup.com) headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading provider of global real-time news, information and media resources for Internet industry and information technology professionals, Web developers and experienced Internet users. INT Media Group includes the internet.com and EarthWeb.com Network of over 150 Web sites and 200 e-mail newsletters that generate over 225 million page views monthly. INT Media Events include nearly 40 offline conferences and trade shows on Internet and IT-specific topics that are aligned with our Network of Web sites and e-mail newsletters. In addition, INT Media Research publishes research reports analyzing the Internet and information technologies sectors worldwide.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties address a variety of subjects including, for example, the competitive environment in which INT Media Group competes; the unpredictability of INT Media Group's future revenues (including those resulting from online advertising on INT Media Group's Network of Web sites and related Internet media properties), expenses, cash flows and stock price; INT Media Group's investments in international and venture fund investments; any material change in INT Media Group's intellectual property rights and continued growth and acceptance of the Internet and information technology. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and uncertainties, refer to INT Media Group's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date of this press release, and INT Media Group assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements after the date hereof.

Contact:

For INT Media Group Information:
Mary Ann Boland
Marketing and Public Relations Associate
212-547-7939
[email protected]

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