SANTA ANA, CA., February 17, 2000--Digital Media Online (http://www.digitalmedianet.com/), the leading developer of vertical online communities for the digital media market, Thursday announced the launch and redesign of the World Wide User Group, (http://www.wwug.com), the leading B2B user group community for the digital media market, now with over 150 user forums.

When Digital Media Online acquired the World Wide User Group (WWUG) in January of 2000, it included 16 user forums lead by top industry authorities. Today, the WWUG boasts over 150 unique user forums with state-of-the-art software technology that allows easy expansion and growth of new forums. The WWUG also sports a dynamic redesign with the addition of Digital Media Online community resources, including news, product reviews, tutorials, galleries, research, and an e-commerce site serving the digital media market. Developed as a community resource, it today serves information worldwide to tens of thousands of professional digital media users, delivering more than 500,000 pages of information each month.

"With the improved design and addition of new forums, the WWUG has become an even greater resource for the industry," said Ron Lindeboom, vice president of the World Wide User Group Community. "The WWUG has unlimited growth capabilities and we will continue to look at moving forward and enhancing the quality and quantity of all the user communities."

"The power of real-time user forums for professionals needing assistance cannot be overstated," said Lou Wallace, CEO of Digital Media Online. "Now that we have added a scalable technology, we will support every major application and technology in the digital media marketplace faster than anyone."

DigitalMediaNet.com communities are organized into distinct vertical market segments including streaming media, digital video, animation, special effects, desktop publishing, imaging and design, digital audio, CAD, workstations, broadcast and post-production and game development. Each channel offers up to the minute editorial content, and is updated at least once each business day.

DigitalMediaNet.com resources include breaking technology and product news, techniques, white papers, market research, interactive product guides, classified, job and resume listings, user groups, extensive examples of digital art, animations and video, and an e-commerce site serving the digital media market.

Digital Media Online is located at 1508 Brookhollow Drive, Suite 360, Santa Ana, Calif., 92705. Phone: 714/424-6100; Fax: 714/424-6101. Web Site: http://www.digitalmedianet.com.