ShopLocal LLC Resolves Lawsuit; Cairo, Inc. Agrees To Court Order Preventing Robotic Access To ShopLocal's Computers Or Websites, And Acknowledges ShopLocal's Proprietary Rights In Its Content

CHICAGO – March 21, 2006 – ShopLocalannounced today that it has resolved the lawsuit it filed against Cairo, Inc. late last year in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. As part of the resolution of the litigation, Cairo agreed to an order of the court preventing it from making further robotic or other automated access to ShopLocal's computers or websites, and Cairo has acknowledged ShopLocal’s proprietary rights in its content. The other terms of the settlement agreement are confidential. The current lawsuit follows an earlier California federal court case in which a court found that Cairo was bound by the terms of use on ShopLocal’s website making Illinois the appropriate venue for the litigation. ShopLocal’s chief executive officer Brian Hand said “We are very pleased we were able to reach this resolution as the protection of our proprietary content is of utmost importance to our company.”

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ShopLocal, LLC (www.shoplocalllc.com) is the leading Web shopping company for consumers and retailers. With ShopLocal.com and The ShopLocal Network -- made up of more than 200 affiliate media, search, and shopping sites -- consumers have access to the only place on the Web with information on products from local stores side-by-side with e-commerce options. With ShopLocal’s SmartCircular and Smart Catalog services, retailers can distribute sales and promotional content through The ShopLocal Network as well as their own Web sites. Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB), and Knight Ridder, Inc. (NYSE:KRI), are partners in ShopLocal and other joint ventures to provide consumers online products such as CareerBuilder.com, Cars.com and Apartments.com.