Contact: Eric Easter, 703.469.2763 (eric.easter@wpni.com)

(For Immediate Release)

WPNI, EarthLink Launch Ads in Video Podcasts

Arlington, VA - Dec. 15, 2005 — washingtonpost.com today announced that Internet Service Provider EarthLink (NASDAQ: ELNK) will launch a series of video advertisements on the news site's video podcasts. This is the first time that free, ad supported video podcasts have been available to the marketplace.

Beginning this month, the ads supporting EarthLink's technology solutions will run as 15-second units that launch prior to the video news content. The advertisements will run on each of the current video podcast segments offered by washingtonpost.com as part of a month-long sponsorship.

Caroline Little, CEO and publisher of washingtonpost.com, said, "We're always looking to create new and different ways for advertisers to connect with the influential and active audience on washingtonpost.com. Video podcasting is an opportunity that offers exciting potential for the future."

MediaVest, the branding communications and strategic marketing company, negotiated the deal on behalf of EarthLink.

The launch follows a series of innovative advertising and technology projects initiated by washingtonpost.com. In October of 2005, washingtonpost.com became the first major newspaper site to offer video podcasts of news content. Most recently, the site launched Post Remix a blog that encourages web developers to fashion web tools using Post content. In July 2005, washingtonpost.com was the first news site to offer image advertising in RSS feeds (also in partnership with MediaVest).

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