Backflip & Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch Form Strategic Partnership

San Francisco and Pasadena, Calif, September 5th, 2000 -- Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch (NASDAQ:TMCS), and Backflip, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership that enables users to create a personalized view of the TMCS network of sites by using Backflip to easily save, share and tour the important pages they find on Ticketmaster.com, Citysearch.com, LiveDaily.com, Match.com, LiveAuction.com, and AstroAbby.com.

"We are delighted to partner with Backflip to provide our users with tools to help them get the most out of their cities," said Dan Marriott, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for TMCS. "We believe that our users will appreciate the convenience of the Backflip service when sharing our award winning content with their friends."

Under the agreement, TMCS will join over 300 other partners in the Backflip Network, and Backflip will be integrated into all of TMCS' domestic sites. Backflip will leverage its recently released suggestion engine technology to provide Backflip users with links to TMCS content based on each user's interests.

"Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch has a large active user base that puts them at the top of our list for strategic partners," said Tim Hickman, President & CEO of Backflip. "Our existing users already 'backflip' lots of TMCS pages, so there was no doubt that this deal made sense."

About Backflip, Inc.

Backflip, Inc. (http://www.backflip.com), a PC Magazine "Top 100" Web site, is dedicated to improving the quality of Web navigation by making it easier for people to get what they want out of the Web. With highly personalized features like My Daily Routine, users can streamline their habitual Web activities, allowing them to save time online. Netscape veterans Tim Hickman and Chris Misner founded Backflip in June 1999. The company has raised over $18 million and its Board of Directors includes four prominent Silicon Valley leaders: Jennifer Bailey, former senior vice president of Netscape; Ron Conway, general partner of Angel Investors; J. Neil Weintraut, general partner at 21st Century Internet Venture Partners, and Robert Keller, general partner at Rosewood Venture Group. There are more than 300 partners within the Backflip Network including Salon.com, Red Herring.com and CBS MarketWatch. Headquartered in San Francisco, Backflip currently has more than 40 employees.

About Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch

Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch (TMCS) is the leading local network enabling people to get the most out of their city. Operating in cities worldwide, TMCS helps people find and plan what they want to do, and then take action, with local transactions functionality such as buying event tickets, making reservations, or meeting the right people to do things with - anytime, anywhere, on multiple devices. This integrated family of sites includes ticketmaster.com, the world's number one online ticketing company; citysearch.com, the leading local network; and match.com, the premier online matchmaking service. Located in Pasadena, California, TMCS is majority owned by USA Networks, Inc. (USAI) and has equity investments in Active.com, FairMarket.com, and foodline.com.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release contains forward-looking statements about Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch, Inc. (the "Company"), including those concerning its future product plans. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially from these statements. Among the risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect the Company's actual results are: the Company's lack of profitability and anticipation of continued losses; the Company's dependence on its relationship with Ticketmaster Corporation; control of the Company by USA Networks, Inc.; the potential for conflicts of interest between the Company and USA Networks, Inc.; possible future sales of the Company's securities by USA Networks, Inc.; risks associated with the integration of component companies; the Company's future capital needs and the uncertainty of additional financing and the unpredictability and potential fluctuations in future revenues and operating results. Investors are encouraged to read the risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch is the owner or licensee of its name and logo trademarks and service marks. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

Contact Information:

David Goldman
Backflip, Inc.
Public Relations Manager
Tel: 415-932-5341
Email: david@backflipcorp.com

Eric Jaffe
Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch
Tel: 626-660-3572
Email: ejaffe@citysearch.com