Earthlink Partners With Synacor To Launch Earthlink Premium Sports

NASCAR, Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League Among Sports Content Featured In New Subscription Offering

April 8th 2004

ATLANTA, Ga. and BUFFALO, N.Y. – April 8, 2004 — EarthLink (NASDAQ:
ELNK), one of the nation’s leading ISPs, and Synacor, the leading provider of
technology supporting the delivery of bundled online services, today announced
the launch of EarthLink Premium Sports. The most comprehensive sports premium
product offered on the Internet, the new service will combine sports video and
audio including content from NASCAR, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey
League and college sports, along with fantasy sports games and information.

EarthLink Premium Sports is powered by Synacor’s existing relationships with
a variety of popular fee-based online services. Synacor’s platform, Portelus,
enables all the content that makes up EarthLink Premium Sports to be fully
integrated and available through a single sign-in and interface.

“Whether you are a NASCAR, baseball or hockey fan, one of the benefits of
going online is having the ability to follow many of your favorite sports in
real time,” said Tom Andrus, vice president of products and services at
EarthLink. “Partnering with Synacor gives our customers a bundle of premium
sports content that lets them easily do that.”

“We are excited EarthLink has selected our unique technology platform to form
the basis of their premium service offerings,” said Ron Frankel, President and
CEO of Synacor. We are confident it will deliver great value to their
consumers.”

EarthLink Premium Sports includes all of the following sports products
representing over $40 per month in retail value for only $9.95 per month:

NASCAR.com TrackPass and PitCommand (Retail value $9.95 per month)

Live coverage of over 250 qualifying, practice and races events. Subscribers can listen to conversations between drivers and their crew with In-car Audio
PitCommand delivers real-time, GPS-based telemetry on all cars
Multimedia On-Demand offers featured audio, video and condensed races

MLB.com (Retail value $ 4.95 per month)
“ Click in and listen to every team, every day, live with MLB.com Gameday Audio
“ PostGame Highlights available after each game concludes
“ Earthlink Premium Sports subscribers receive unrestricted access to MLB.com
Condensed Games, Searchable Video and Personalized Highlights Reels and MLB.com
Radio

NHL Highlight Machine (Retail value $4.95 per month)

Subscribers create their own video portfolio of players to track
Personally create the ultimate highlight reel and store it
Keep track of fantasy teams by watching them in action and tracking their stats and much more

NHL Game Notes (Retail value $4.95 per month)

No. 1 resource for exclusive online hockey content
Get stats, game profiles and summaries, press releases and more
Access to the latest information during the regular season and the Stanley Cup playoffs

SportingNews.com Fantasy Baseball (Retail value $ 19.99 per season)

Subscribers build a 14-player team with $50,000,000 in play money and make up to six trades each week
Reliable scoring with official updates every morning
Over $100,000 in prizes

SportingNews.com Ultimate Fantasy Source Baseball and Football (Retail
value $19.99 per season)

The most intensive fantasy sports research is offered with the most complete fantasy resource available anywhere for both baseball and football
Customize player list, select players to watch and get updates on a regular timely basis

SportingNews.com Ultimate Fantasy Football (Retail value $19.99 per
season)

Build an 11-player team and improve the roster with weekly trades
Reliable scoring with official updates every morning
Customize your player list, select players to watch and get regular updates

Rivals.com (Retail value $7.95 per month)

The definitive inside scoop on the world of college recruiting from the experts at Rivals.com
Compare school recruiting classes against the competition
Search Rivals.com massive database to find the stars of tomorrow

Motor Trend:

Get the current issue of Motor Trend, the definitive source for auto information, pushed to the desktop immediately
Enjoy interactive capabilities of the digital edition including search, archive, send to friend and content hyperlinks
Research in-depth reviews and comparison tests of domestic and foreign cars
Read new car previews and coverage of the major auto shows

For more information or to sign up for EarthLink Premium Sports, visit

http://start.earthlink.net/channel/SPORTS.

About EarthLink
“EarthLink revolves around you™.” Celebrating ten years as a leading
national Internet service provider (ISP), Atlanta-based EarthLink has earned an
award-winning reputation for outstanding customer service and its suite of
online products and services. According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2003
Internet Service Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study(SM), EarthLink
is ranked highest in customer satisfaction among high-speed Internet Service
Providers. Serving over five million subscribers, EarthLink offers what every
user should expect from their Internet experience: high-quality connectivity,
minimal drop-offs and ISP-generated intrusions, and customizable features.
Whether it’s dial-up, high-speed, Web hosting, or wireless Internet service,
EarthLink provides the tools that best let individuals use and enjoy the
Internet on their own terms. Learn more about EarthLink by calling (800)
EARTHLINK or visiting EarthLink’s Web site at
www.earthlink.net.

About Synacor
Synacor enables Internet Service Providers (ISP) to easily bundle a wide
variety of subscription only premium, entertainment, and value added services
into their Internet access products. Synacor has integrated over 30 content and
service providers into its platform, Portelus, providing great value to
consumers. This network is the most complete catalog of subscription service
providers available from one source today. Portelus is private label reinforcing
the brand of the ISP. It also allows them to easily bundle, provision, support,
and bill for multiple services offered as part of a single rate code. Synacor’s
Portelus product suite is currently deployed and has achieved successes that
exceed the expectations of its customers. For more information visit
www.synacor.com.