Montvale, NJ January 19, 2001 - SYS-CON Media, the world's leading i-technology publisher, announced today that the first issue of Linux Weekly (www.LinuxWeekly.net), its latest title, will be available March 15, 2001. Linux Weekly will initially be published on the first and the fifteenth of each month and a 24 times per year schedule. Starting in October 2001, the tabloid will be published weekly, and will also be available on the newsstands in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland under the name Linux Woche.

About SYS-CON Media:
SYS-CON Media, recently named the fastest growing, privately held publishing company in America by Inc. 500, is the world's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets. SYS-CON publications include Wireless Business & Technology (www.WBT2.com), Linux Business Week (www.LinuxWeekly.net), Java Developer's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com), Java Buyer's Guide (www.JavaBuyersGuide.com), XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com), XML Buyer's Guide (www.XMLBuyersGuide.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.ColdFusionJournal.com), JBuilder Developer's Journal (www.JBuilderJournal.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.PowerBuilderJournal.com) and Tango Developer's Journal (www.TangoJournal.com).

Each month SYS-CON Media reaches over half a million i-technology professionals through its specialty journals, magazines, books, conferences, and the SYS-CON Interactive portal with its 27 Web sites at www.sys-con.com.

CONTACT:
Robyn Forma,
SYS-CON Media
robyn@sys-con.com
or 201-802-3022.