Zilo Networks and Pharmacia's Depo Provera Partner to Launch the Lotus Concert Tour With...

Entertainment/Advertising/Business Editors

NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2002

Zilo Networks, Inc., the leading multi-platform entertainment network (live events, television and online) targeting the college market, announced today the launch of Zilo's Lotus Tour, sponsored by

Headlined by 18-year-old Maverick Records singer-songwriter Michelle Branch, this first nationally sponsored female-led college concert series will kick off its 10-date tour at the University of Minnesota on February 14, 2002.

Lotus' energetic 4-week concert series is also the first major college tour for the talented Michelle Branch. The Arizona native singer-songwriter catapulted to music stardom with her recent hit single "Everywhere," which topped Billboard charts and literally has been heard everywhere around the world. Branch's new single "All You Wanted," from her debut album The Spirit Room (recently certified gold with sales of 500,000), is already moving up the charts in only its first few weeks at radio.

"We are thrilled to bring Zilo's Lotus Tour and Michelle Branch to college students across the country," says Mary Corigliano, Zilo's Vice President of Marketing. "Along with Depo-Provera, Zilo is providing a unique alternative for female artists trying to reach the college market and for students who appreciate their passion and talents."

Zilo's Lotus Tour was created to provide an additional outlet for young female singer-songwriters and to provide all viewers with a unique female-led entertainment experience. The Tour's schedule of major markets include:

DATE               SCHOOL                          CITY
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2/14               University of Minnesota         Minneapolis, MN
2/16               Wayne State University          Detroit, MI
2/17               University of Cincinnati        Cincinnati, OH
2/19               Boston University               Boston, MA
2/20               New York University             New York, NY
2/23               University of Maryland          Washington, DC
2/24               Old Dominion University         Norfolk, VA

March 2002:
TBA                Rutgers University              New Brunswick, NJ
TBA                Pennsylvania State              University Park, PA
TBA                Ohio State                      Columbus, OH

"We are happy to partner with Zilo on the Lotus Tour," says Kristin Elliott, Senior Director of PR and Advocacy Development for Women's Health at Pharmacia. "This is a great venue to raise awareness among female college students to seek the counsel of a health care provider in making smart choices about birth control." Depo-Provera is a prescription only, long-acting, reversible birth control method that women have to think about just four times a year. Depo-Provera is 99.7 percent effective making it one of the most reliable prescription contraceptives available today.

Zilo's entertainment reach on college campuses extends from music to comedy to sports and this Spring the network brings all three live experiences to students everywhere. Zilo's popular Off the Hook Comedy Tour, sponsored by General Motors, Motorola and Wrigley's Doublemint, toured last Fall to 20 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and will again hit the Spring touring circuit, along with Zilo's hot new comedy tour Off The Hook Latin Style, targeting college campuses with large Latin populations. On the sports front, Zilo is bringing back the much-anticipated Extreme Team College ("ETC") Games(TM), the only national extreme sports competition. And, Zilo's 1st Annual Spring Break All Terrain Challenge: Air - Land - Sea, a 4-week sport spectacular set to launch in March on the beaches of Cancun, Mexico, rounds out the season of live events.

"Along with our other properties, the Lotus Tour highlights Zilo's commitment to bringing non-stop entertainment and cutting edge programming to college students everywhere," says David Isaacs, Zilo's Chief Executive Officer. "We look forward to Lotus becoming an annual franchise on college campuses."

About ZILO:

Based in New York City, ZILO Networks, Inc. was founded in 1999 as the first integrated multi-platform entertainment network designed for the tech-savvy, early adopter college market. The company is backed by Sutter Hill Ventures of Palo Alto, California and Red Coat Capital of New York City. ZILO Networks includes: ZILO LIVE, a series of multi-campus, sponsor-driven participatory event franchises which form the anchor of ZILO's multi-platform distribution platform; ZILO TV, a fully-integrated wholly-owned college television network that provides 12 hours of programming per week to 4.8 million cable subscribers nationwide; and ZILO ONLINE, the no. 1 broadband website for college students with cutting-edge rich media capabilities and functionality.

Find out more about ZILO at www.ZILO.com.