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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
eUNIVERSE ANNOUNCES NEW DATE FOR ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS
LOS ANGELES, CA — December 19, 2003 — eUniverse, Inc. (OTC:EUNI -News) announced today that its annual meeting of stockholders has been rescheduled for January 29, 2004. The previously announced record date of December 1, 2003 will apply to this meeting. The Company expects to mail notice of the meeting and proxy materials to stockholders on or about December 30, 2003.
About eUniverse
eUniverse, Inc. and its subsidiaries own and operate a compelling collection of predominantly online businesses engaged in interactive entertainment, electronic commerce and publishing, and direct to consumer marketing. The Company’s many popular destination websites attract millions of visitors who view, share and interact with eUniverse content, and who purchase an array of products and services from eUniverse and its advertisers. The Company’s holdings include the following: Flowgo (www.flowgo.com), one of the largest entertainment Web sites according to Nielsen//NetRatings; comedy site MadBlast (www.madblast.com); dating site Cupid Junction (www.cupidjunction.com); GameUniverse, which includes online computer gaming sites Case’s Ladder (www.CasesLadder.com) and Skill Jam (www.SkillJam.com); and one of the largest e-mail newsletter portfolios, delivering content daily to many millions of subscribers with such titles as Infobeat, IntelligentX and GossipFlash.
Further Information
Directors of the Company, including Brett Brewer, David Carlick, Jeffrey Edell, Daniel Mosher, Lawrence Moreau, Andrew Sheehan and Bradley Ward, and certain of the Company’s executive officers, including Thomas Flahie, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders. The other executive officers who may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the annual meeting of stockholders have not been determined as of the date of this filing. A description of the interests of the directors and executive officers of the Company is set forth in the Company’s preliminary proxy statement for the annual meeting, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 19, 2003. Stockholders of the Company are advised to read the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting when it becomes available because it will contain important information. The Company’s definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting will be mailed to stockholders of the Company. Stockholders and other interested parties may obtain free copies of the definitive proxy statement (when available) and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC athttp://www.sec.gov. These documents may also be obtained free of charge by contacting MacKenzie Partners, the firm assisting the Company in the solicitation of proxies, toll free at +1-800-322-2885.
For more information, please contact:
Thomas Flahie of eUniverse, Inc., +1-310-215-1001, ext. 101,tflahie@euniverse.com
Barrett Godsey of Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher, +1-212-355-4449 Steve Balet or Charles Koons of MacKenzie Partners, Inc., +1-800-322-2885
