Wireless and personalization offering takes interactivity to a new level
    on Sympatico Music.

TORONTO,Dec. 20 2001 --Sympatico-Lycos Inc. (SLI), a leading Canadian
Internet portal that offers one of the fastest growing broadband experiences
for high-speed Canadian users, today introduced Sympatico Music -- a new,
expanded music site for on-line music enthusiasts.
    "As a market leader in broadband, sympatico.ca already provides Canadians
with a comprehensive on-line music offering," said Nicolas Gaudreau, Vice-
President, Sympatico.ca. "Now this change will significantly enhance the scope
of our music vertical by responding to the increasing demand for music on-line
and giving Canadians more reason to log-on and listen in."
    Features of the new music channel include Billboard news feeds updated
daily, weekly music charts consisting of everything from Top 200 to Latin
tracks, the "Quote of the Day" from famous artists as well as the "This Day in
Music", an historic view of the music scene. In addition, SMS (Short Message
Service) will notify users of upcoming Sympatico.ca Web casts and Events.
    As part of the enhanced offering on Sympatico Music
www.music.sympatico.ca, users will be able to enjoy many
of these features on
Web-enabled cellular phones, which will allow sympatico.ca users and music
enthusiasts to stay in touch with the music world whether on the computer or
waiting for a bus.
    In addition, the new personalization features on
www.music.sympatico.ca will allow users to choose and
organize what content
they want. Users can fine-tune their computers and mobile phones to receive
news, reviews and feature stories based on specific music genres and personal
tastes.

    In the coming months look to Sympatico Music for;
    - Downloadable ring tones (by artist)
    - Concert tour information
    - Virtual ticketing feature
    - Wireless music trivia
    - Enhanced streaming music content

    Sympatico-Lycos has also reached an agreement with Press Play to bring
high-quality streaming and downloads of Universal and Sony artists. This
feature will be available to sympatico.ca users in the New Year.

    Other features found on Sympatico Music consist of:
    - Sympatico Radio - Six stations of high quality streaming audio and
      dynamic music programming give Canadians a chance to listen to the
      music they want on demand, 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
    - Web casts - past offerings include Lenny Kravitz, Sting, Alicia Keys
      and Prozzak
    - Chats with musical greats
    - Forums for discussing industry gossip and news

    Together, these features are part of an expanding music content offering
at www.sympatico.ca/highspeed that seeks to fulfil
the increasing demand for
music on-line.

    About Sympatico-Lycos
    Sympatico-Lycos (http://www.sympatico.ca), a leading Canadian
Web
communications company, provides Canadians with a comprehensive Internet
experience, combining world-class Internet technology and applications
including search, community, personalization and a wealth of Canadian content.
Its flagship properties include sympatico.ca; tripod.ca; canada411.ca;
yellowpages.ca; vancouverplus.ca; calgaryplus.ca; edmontonplus.ca;
montrealplus.ca; ottawaplus.ca; quebecplus.ca; and toronto.com, owned in
partnership with Torstar Corp. Sympatico-Lycos Inc., with offices in Toronto,
Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver and Ottawa, is part of Bell
Globemedia Interactive, which is a sister division to CTV and The Globe and
Mail within the Bell Globemedia family. Sympatico-Lycos is owned by Bell
Globemedia (71%) and Lycos Inc. (29%)





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For further information: Clive Hobson, Director, Public Relations, Bell
Globemedia Interactive, 416.815.4635, chobson@sl.ca; Erin Ashton,
Public
Relations, Bell Globemedia Interactive, 416-957-8586, eashton@sl.ca