Exhibit 10.1(l)

                   FIRST AMENDMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT

            THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS' AGREEMENT is dated as of
August 29, 1997 and is made and entered into by and among the undersigned
parties (this "Amendment").

                                    Recitals

            All of the undersigned parties, except Pulitzer Publishing Company
(the "New Investor"), are the parties to a certain Stockholders' Agreement,
dated as of September 25, 1996 (the "Stockholders' Agreement"), relating to
Mentus Media Corp., a Delaware corporation formerly named The Mentus Group, Inc.
(the "Company").

            Pursuant to one or more Stock Purchase Agreements, dated as of the
date hereof, the Company is selling to certain purchasers, including the New
Investor, shares of the Series C Senior Cumulative Compounding Convertible
Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company.

            Such purchasers have advised the Company that the conditions to
their willingness to purchase such shares include the admission of the New
Investor as a party to and certain amendments of the Stockholders' Agreement.

            Therefore, in order to induce each such purchaser to purchase such
shares to be purchased by it, and for other good and valuable consideration the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:

1. Certain Defined Terms. Unless otherwise expressly defined in this Amendment,
capitalized terms used in this Amendment have the respective meanings assigned
to them in the Stockholders' Agreement.

            2. Amendments to the Stockholders' Agreement. The undersigned
parties who are parties to the Stockholders' Agreement hereby agree that,
effective as of the date hereof, the Stockholders' Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:

                  (a) The third sentence of the definition of "Contingent
      Obligation" in Section 1.1 of the Stockholders' Agreement is amended by
      adding the words "or any Series C Purchase Agreement" immediately after
      the term "Purchase Agreement" appearing in such sentence.

                  (b) The definition of "Initial Investors" in Section 1.1 of
      the 


      Stockholders' Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
      follows:

                  "Initial Investors: Each of the entities named in the first
            paragraph of this Agreement as an `Initial Investor' and each of the
            New Investors."

                  (c) The definition of "Investors", in Section 1.1 of the
      Stockholders' Agreement is amended by substituting "Senior" for the word
      and letter "Series B Preferred" in each place such word and letter appear
      in such definition.

                  (d) The definition of "Junior Stock" in Section 1.1 of the
      Stockholders' Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "Junior Stock: (i) Each class or series of Common Stock, (ii)
            the Series A Preferred Stock of the Company, (iii) any other class
            or series of capital stock of the Company hereafter created, other
            than (A) the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred
            Stock, (B) any class or series of Parity Stock (except to the extent
            provided under clause (iv) of this sentence) and (C) any class or
            series of Senior Stock (except to the extent provided under clause
            (iv) of this sentence), and (iv) any class or series of Parity Stock
            or Senior Stock to the extent that it ranks junior to the Series B
            Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividend
            rights, rights of redemption or rights on liquidation, as the case
            may be. For purposes of clause (iv) above, a class or series of
            Parity Stock or Senior Stock shall rank junior to the Series B
            Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividend
            rights, rights of redemption or rights on liquidation if the holders
            of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock
            (as the case may be) shall be entitled to dividend payments,
            payments on redemption or payments of amounts distributable upon
            dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, as the case
            may be, in preference or priority to the holders of shares of such
            class or series."

                  (e) The definition of "Majority Investors " in Section 1.1 of
      the Stockholders' Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "Majority Investors: As of any time, any Investor who holds,
            or Investors who hold in the aggregate, shares of Series B Preferred
            Stock, Series 


            C Preferred Stock or both having an aggregate Liquidation Price (as
            hereinafter defined) representing more than 50% of the total
            Liquidation Price of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock and
            shares of Series C Preferred Stock then held by the Investors.
            "Liquidation Price" means, as of any time, (i) in the case of any
            Series B Share, the "Liquidation Price" of such Series B Share as of
            such time as defined in and determined in accordance with the Series
            B Certificate of Designation and (ii) in the case of any Series C
            Share, the "Liquidation Price" of such Series C Share as of such
            time as defined in and determined in accordance with the Series C
            Certificate of Designation."

                  (f) The definition of "Parity Stock" in Section 1.1 of the
      Stockholders' Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "Parity Stock: (i) The Series B Preferred Stock, (ii) the
            Series C Preferred Stock and (iii) each other class or series of
            capital stock of the Company, if any, hereafter created with the
            approval of the Investors and ranking on a parity basis with the
            Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock as to any
            of dividends, rights of redemption or rights on liquidation. Capital
            stock of any class or series shall rank on a parity as to dividends,
            rights of redemption or rights on liquidation with shares of Series
            B Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock, whether or not
            the dividend rates, dividend payment dates, redemption or
            liquidation prices per share or sinking fund provisions, if any, are
            different from those of the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C
            Preferred Stock (as the case may be), if the holders of such stock
            shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends, amounts distributable
            upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company or
            redemption payments, as the case may be, in proportion to their
            respective dividend rates, liquidation prices or redemption prices,
            respectively, without preference or priority, one over the other, as
            between the holders of such stock and the holders of shares of the
            Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock (as the
            case may be). No class or series of capital stock that ranks junior
            to the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock (as
            the case may be) as to rights on liquidation shall rank or be deemed
            to rank on a parity basis with the Series B Preferred Stock as to
            dividend rights or rights of redemption unless the instrument
            creating or evidencing such class or series of capital stock
            otherwise expressly provides."

                  (g) The definition of "Preferred Stock" in Section 1.1 of the
      Stockholders' Agreement is amended by deleting the words "Series A
      Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock" and substituting for
      such deleted words the words "Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred
      Stock and Series C Preferred Stock".


                  (h) The definition of "Restricted Person" in Section 1.1 of
      the Stockholders' Agreement is hereby amended by adding "or (z) any Series
      C Director" immediately after the end of clause (y) of the proviso.

                  (i) The definition of "Senior Stock" in Section 1.1 of the
      Stockholders' Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "Senior Stock: Each class or series of capital stock of the
            Company, if any, hereafter created with the approval of the
            Investors and ranking prior to the Series B Preferred Stock or the
            Series C Preferred Stock as to dividends, rights of redemption or
            rights on liquidation. Capital stock of any class or series shall
            rank prior to the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred
            Stock as to dividends, upon redemption or upon liquidation if the
            holders of such class or series shall be entitled to the receipt of
            dividends, payments on redemption or payments of amounts
            distributable upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
            Company, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the
            holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred
            Stock (as the case may be). No class or series of capital stock that
            ranks junior to the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C
            Preferred Stock as to rights on liquidation shall rank or be deemed
            to rank as senior to the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C
            Preferred Stock (as the case may be) as to dividend rights or rights
            of redemption, unless the instrument creating or evidencing such
            class or series of capital stock otherwise expressly provides."

                  (j) The definition of "Transaction Documents" in Section 1.1
      of the Stockholders' Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety
      as follows:

                  "Transaction Documents: Any and all of the "Transaction
            Documents" within the definition of such term in the Purchase
            Agreement, the Series C Purchase Agreement or any Co-Investment
            Agreement."

                  (k) Section 1.1 of the Stockholders' Agreement is hereby
      further amended by adding thereto, in the proper alphabetical order, the
      following additional defined terms:

                  "Additional Purchase Agreements: The Stock Purchase Agreement
            or Agreements, dated as of the date of the Series C 


            Purchase Agreement, among the Company and certain purchasers of
            Series C Preferred Stock other than the Initial Investors (with such
            purchasers including Restricted Persons that have been identified to
            and are approved by the Majority Investors), as the same may be
            amended from time to time in accordance with their respective terms
            and the terms hereof."

                  "Co-Investment Agreement" means a stock purchase agreement
            pursuant to which Lazard, Freres & Co., any of its Affiliates or one
            or more other persons who are designated by it and reasonably
            satisfactory to the Company (collectively, 'Lazard') acquire shares
            of the Series C Preferred Stock after the date of the closing under
            the Series C Purchase Agreement and that is substantially in the
            form of the Series C Purchase Agreement and provides for the
            purchase and sale of such number of shares of Series C Preferred
            Stock for such price, at such time and on such terms and conditions
            as may be approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the
            Company, which majority includes the Series B Director, in each case
            as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its
            terms and with the prior written consent of the Majority Investors.

                  "New Investor: means Pulitzer Publishing Company."

                  "Senior Stock: The Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C
            Preferred Stock."

                  "Series C Certificate of Designation: The Certificate of
            Designation in the form of Exhibit E to the Series C Purchase
            Agreement, filed with the Delaware Secretary of State pursuant to
            Section 151 of the DGCL or any successor provisions of the Company's
            Certificate of Incorporation as the same may be amended from time to
            time."

                  "Series C Director: As defined in Section 3.1."

                  "Series C Preferred Stock: The Series C Senior Cumulative


            Compounding Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $1.00
            per share, of the Company."

                  "Series C Purchase Agreement: That certain Stock Purchase
            Agreement among the Company, the original Initial Investors and the
            New Investor pursuant to which such original Initial Investors and
            the New Investor originally acquired shares of Series C Preferred
            Stock, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance
            with its terms."

                  (l) Each of Sections 1.5 and 3.2 of the Stockholders'
      Agreement is amended by substituting "Senior Preferred Stock" for the term
      "Series B Preferred Stock" in each place such term appears in each such
      Section.

                  (m) Section 2.7 of the Stockholders' Agreement is amended by
      adding, "the Series C Certificate of Designation" immediately after the
      term "Series B Certificate of Designation" in each place such term
      appears.

                  (n) Section 3.1 of the Stockholders' Agreement is amended to
      read in its entirety as follows:

                  "3.1 Board Representation. Each Stockholder severally
            covenants and agrees that, such Stockholder shall vote, or cause to
            be voted, all Voting Equity from time to time owned or controlled by
            such Stockholder and which such Stockholder is entitled to vote for
            such purpose, as of the record date of any action of the
            shareholders of the Company, whether by consent or at a meeting, at
            which members of the Board of Directors are to be elected or to
            establish the number of Directors of the Company, in favor of a
            Board of Directors comprised of eight Directors designated as
            follows:

            "(a)  Subject to Section 3.2 below, two Directors designated by the
                  Shareholder Representative.

            "(b)  Subject to Section 3.2 below, four Disinterested Outside
                  Directors who are nominated by the Shareholder Representative.

            "(c)  One Director (the 'Series B Director') elected by the holders
                  of the Series B Preferred Stock as set forth in the Series B
                  Certificate of Designation and one Director (the 'Series C


                  Director') elected by the holders of the Series C Preferred
                  Stock as set forth in the Series C Certificate of Designation.
                  The provisions of the Series B Certificate of Designation
                  shall govern to designation, election and removal of the
                  Series B Director and filling of any vacancy in the office of
                  the Series B Director. The provisions of the Series C
                  Certificate of Designation shall govern the designation,
                  election and removal of the Series C Director and the filling
                  of any vacancy in the office of the Series C Director. The
                  provisions of Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 3.4, Section
                  3.5 and Section 3.6 shall apply only to the other six
                  Directors comprising the Board of Directors. If the holders of
                  the Series B Preferred Stock or the Series C Preferred Stock
                  cease being entitled to elect a director as a class pursuant
                  to the Series B Certificate of Designation or the Series C
                  Certificate of Designation, respectively, the size of the
                  entire Board of Directors shall be reduced by one director."

                  (o) Section 3.3 of the Stockholders' Agreement is amended by
      adding "or the Series C Certificate of Designation" immediately after the
      term "Series B Certificate of Designation" appearing in such Section.

                  (p) Clause (i) of the first sentence of Section 3.8(a) of the
      Stockholders' Agreement is amended by adding "or the Series C Certificate
      of Designation" immediately after the term "Series B Certificate of
      Designation" appearing in such clause.

                  (q) Clause (iii) of the first sentence of Section 3.8(a) of
      the Stockholders' Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                  "(iii) the Company will not (A) create, designate or issue any
            Senior Stock, (B) create or designate any Parity Stock other than
            the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock, (C)
            issue any shares of Series B Preferred Stock other than pursuant to
            the Purchase Agreement or Other Purchase Agreements, (D) issue any
            shares of Series C Preferred Stock other than pursuant to the Series
            C Purchase Agreement, the Pugliese Employment Agreement Amendment
            (as defined in the Series C Purchase Agreement) or as expressly
            contemplated by Section 2.4 of the Series C Purchase Agreement or
            (E) issue or sell any shares of Common Stock or any other equity
            interests of the Company or any rights to acquire or securities
            convertible into any Common Stock or other equity interests of the
            Company, whether upon exchange, conversion, exercise of 


            purchase rights or otherwise, except in the case of this subclause
            (E) for grants of Employee Options approved by the Compensation
            Committee, the exercise of existing Employee Options or the
            conversion of any share or shares of Series A Preferred Stock,
            Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock in accordance
            with the terms thereof;"

                  (r) Clause (iv) of the first sentence of Section 3.8(a) of the
      Stockholders' Agreement is amended by (i) adding "or the Series C
      Preferred Stock" immediately after the term "Series B Preferred Stock" in
      each place that such term appears in such clause and (ii) adding "or the
      Series C Certificate of Designation, respectively," immediately after the
      term "Series B Certificate of Designation" appearing in such clause.

                  (s) The last sentence of Section 3.8(a) is amended to read in
      its entirety as follows:

                  "To the extent that the Company proposes to take any action or
            consummate any transaction of any kind specified in any clause of
            the immediately preceding sentence in order to redeem, or in
            connection with redemption of, all outstanding shares of the Series
            B Preferred Stock required or permitted by Section 6 of the Series B
            Certificate of Designation and the simultaneous redemption of all
            outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock required or
            permitted by Section 6 of the Series C Certificate of Designation,
            the consent or approval of the Majority Investors shall not be
            required to the extent that the Company provides assurances,
            reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Investors, that such action
            or transaction will not be taken or consummated unless such
            redemptions are first or simultaneously effected in accordance with
            all applicable provisions of Section 6 of the Series B Certificate
            of Designation and of Section 6 of the Series C Certificate of
            Designation (including the requirements of Section 6(f) of each of
            the Series B Certificate of Designation and the Series C Certificate
            of Designation with respect to the indefeasible deposit of the
            applicable redemption price) and all applicable requirements of law
            and that the Company will not incur any liability or obligation in
            the event that such action or transaction is abandoned or any
            condition to the taking or consummation thereof (including the
            redemption of the Series B Shares and the Series C Shares as
            required by this sentence) is not satisfied."

                  (t) The first sentence of Section 3.9(c) of the Stockholders'


      Agreement is amended by deleting the words "or holder" immediately
      following the term "Investor" the first time such term appears in such
      sentence.

                  (u) Section 3.9(d) of the Stockholders' Agreement is amended
      by (i) adding ", Series C Preferred Stock" immediately after the term
      "Series B Preferred Stock" appearing in such Section and (ii) modifying
      the parenthetical immediately following the term "Conversion Stock" to
      read in its entirety as "(as defined in either the Series B Certificate of
      Designation or the Series C Certificate of Designation)."

                  (v) Section 3.12 of the Stockholders' Agreement is amended by
      adding, immediately after the term "Series B Preferred Stock" appearing in
      such Section, the following: "or of Conversion Securities (as defined in
      the Series C Certificate of Designation) issued upon conversion of any
      shares of Series C Preferred Stock."

                  (w) The first sentence of Section 3.13 of the Stockholders'
      Agreement is amended by adding "or, if there is no Series B Director the
      Series C Director" immediately after the term "Series B Director"
      appearing in such sentence.

                  (x) The next-to-last sentence of Section 3.13 of the
      Stockholders' Agreement is amended by adding "or the Series C Certificate
      of Designation" immediately after the term "Series B Certificate of
      Designation" appearing in such sentence.

                  (y) The last sentence of Section 3.13 of the Stockholders'
      Agreement is amended by (i) deleting from clause (i) thereof the words "in
      accordance with the Series B Certificate of Designation" and (ii) by
      substituting "Senior Preferred Stock" for the term "Series B Preferred
      Stock" in each of the two places such term appears in such sentence.

                  (z) Section 5.18 of the Stockholders' Agreement is amended to
      read in its entirety as follows:

                  "Section 5.18 Termination of Agreement. Unless otherwise set
            forth in this Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties
            set forth in Article III shall terminate on the earlier of the date
            on which (i) all of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and all
            shares of the 


            Series C Preferred Stock held by the Investors are converted into
            Common Stock of the Company in accordance with the terms of the
            Series B Certificate of Designation, in the case of the Series B
            Preferred Stock, and the Series C Certificate of Designation, in the
            case of the Series C Preferred Stock or (ii) the Investors no longer
            hold any shares of Senior Preferred Stock and the remaining
            provisions of the Agreement shall terminate with respect to any
            Investor or any Shareholder if such party shall cease to own any
            shares of Common Stock, any shares of Senior Preferred Stock or any
            Qualifying Rights (as such term is defined in the Preemptive Rights
            Agreement); provided, however, that any obligations incurred by such
            party prior to the termination of this Agreement pursuant to this
            subsection shall continue."

                  (aa) Section 5.2 of the Stockholders' Agreement is amended to
      read in its entirety as follows:

            "Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no party may assign
            or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement
            without the prior written consent of the Majority Shareholders and
            the Majority Investors. Any Investor may at any time or from time to
            time assign a proportionate part of its rights, interests or
            obligations hereunder to any transferee of any shares of Senior
            Preferred Stock or any share of Common Stock held by such Investor,
            provided that such transferee meets any applicable qualifications
            set forth under the definition of 'Investor' in Section 1.1 hereof.
            herein."

                  (bb) The Stockholders' Agreement is further amended by adding
      thereto, immediately after Section 5.18 thereof, a new Section 5.19 that
      shall read in its entirety as follows:

                  "Section 5.19. Group Agreements; Certain Provisions Relating
            to Investor Representative.

                        "(a) The Investors may agree among themselves as to the
            manner in which the Investors will make decisions and take other
            actions required or permitted to be taken by the Investors as a
            group or by the Majority Investors under this Agreement. Decisions
            made in accordance with the procedures set forth in such agreement
            or, in the absence of such an agreement, made by the Majority
            Investors shall be binding on all of the Investors. Any notice
            required or permitted to be given under this Agreement by the
            Investors or by the Investor 


            Representative must either (i) be executed by the Majority Investors
            or (ii) executed by the Investor Representative, in which case each
            Person to whom such notice is addressed may assume that the Investor
            Representative has power and authority to do so and to rely
            conclusively on such notice as the action of such group.

                        "(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
            Agreement, the obligations and liabilities of the Investors
            hereunder shall be several and not joint, and no Investor shall have
            any obligation or liability for the obligations or liabilities of
            any other Investor if such other member fails to perform or
            discharge such obligations or liabilities or otherwise. No provision
            of this Agreement shall be construed as creating any concept of
            'group' liability.

                        "(c) No Investor Representative shall be liable, in
            damages or otherwise, to any Investor, the Company, any Shareholder
            or any other Person for any act or failure to act which act was
            within the scope of authority conferred on such Investor
            Representative by this Agreement unless such act or omission
            constituted fraudulent or willful misconduct. Each Investor
            Representative shall be indemnified by the Investors for liability
            for damages and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
            judgments and settlements, resulting from a threatened, pending or
            completed claim, action, investigation, suit or proceeding involving
            such Investor Representative by reason of acts or omissions by such
            Investor Representative relating to his or her service in such
            capacity, provided his or her actions did not constitute fraud or
            willful misconduct. The indemnification liabilities and obligations
            of the Investors shall be borne by them in proportion to their
            respective Liability Percentages. The 'Liability Percentage' of any
            Investor as of any time means the percentage of the aggregate
            Liquidation Price of all shares of Senior Preferred Stock then held
            by all Investors represented by the total Liquidation Price of all
            shares of Senior Preferred Stock then held by such Investor. The
            provisions of this Section 5.19 shall inure to the benefit of and be
            enforceable by each Investor Representative and former Investor
            Representative."

            3. Admission of New Investor as Party to the Stockholders'
Agreement. The New Investor hereby agrees to become, effective as of the date
hereof, a party to and a "New Investor," an "Initial Investor" and an "Investor"
under the Stockholders' Agreement, as amended pursuant to Section 2 hereof, and
to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof. Each of the other parties
hereto consents and agrees that, effective as of the date hereof, the New
Investor shall be a party to and a "New Investor," an "Initial Investor" and an
"Investor" 


under the Stockholders' Agreement, as amended pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

            4. Approval Under Section 3.8(a) of Stockholders' Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 3.8(a) of the Stockholders' Agreement, each of 21st Century
Communications Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, 21st Century
Communications T-E Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and 21st
Century Communications Foreign Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
which constitute all of the Investors prior to the admission of the New Investor
as a party to the Stockholders' Agreement, in their capacities as such
Investors, hereby consent to (i) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Series C Purchase Agreement and any Co-Investment Agreement (as
such terms are defined under Section 2(k) of this First Amendment); (ii) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Series C Purchase Agreement
and any Co-Investment Agreement, including, without limitation, the issuance and
sale of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock (as defined under Section 2(k) of
this First Amendment) pursuant thereto and the issuances of shares of Series C
Preferred Stock pursuant to the Additional Purchase Agreements (subject to the
applicable limitations and requirements set forth in Section 2.4 of the Series C
Preferred Stock); (iii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of the Allonge dated as of the date hereof and in the form of Exhibit A hereto
and the issuance by the Company to Gerard P. Joyce of 6,494 shares of the Series
C Preferred Stock as payment in full of $500,038 of the principal amount of the
Note referred to therein; and (iv) the execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of the Second Amendment to Employment Agreement dated as of the date
hereof and in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The Company covenants to and agrees
with the Investors that, without the prior written consent of the Majority
Investors, the Company shall not consent or agree to amend, modify or
supplement, grant any waiver or release of, under or with respect to, or forbear
to exercise or assert any right, benefit or claim existing or arising by virtue
of the terms, conditions or provisions of any of such Allonge, Note or the
Employment Agreement referred to in Exhibit B hereto.

            5. Subsequent Purchase of Series C Shares. The parties anticipate
that the Company will enter into a stock purchase agreement pursuant to which
Lazard (as defined under Section 2(k) above) acquires shares of the Series C
Preferred Stock after the date hereof. In the event that such acquisition occurs
pursuant to a stock purchase agreement that qualifies as a Co- Investment
Agreement (as such term is defined under Section 2(k) of this First Amendment),
the parties agree as follows:

            (i)   Lazard may become a party to, and an "Initial Investor" and an
                  "Investor" under the Stockholders' Agreement, as amended, by
                  executing and delivering to the Company and each of the other
                  parties to the Stockholders' Agreement, an instrument pursuant
                  to which Lazard agrees to be a party thereto and an "Initial


                  Investor" and an "Investor" under the Stockholders' Agreement,
                  as amended, without the necessity of any consent or action by
                  the parties hereto.

            (ii)  If Lazard so agrees to become a party to the Stockholders'
                  Agreement, then the Stockholders' Agreement shall be deemed to
                  be amended, without further action by the parties, to add
                  Lazard as an "Initial Investor" and an "Investor" under the
                  Stockholders' Agreement.

            6. Reaffirmation. The undersigned parties hereby acknowledge that
the Stockholders' Agreement, as amended hereby, remains in full force and effect
and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have duly executed and
delivered this First Amendment to Stockholders' Agreement as of the date first
above written.


                            [Signature pages follow]


      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed and delivered this
First Amendment to Stockholders' Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                    MENTUS MEDIA CORP.



                                    By:
                                       --------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                       Title:




                                    -----------------------------------
                                    GERARD P. JOYCE



                                    -----------------------------------
                                    THOMAS P. PUGLIESE


                                    21ST CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS
                                    PARTNERS, L.P.

                                    By: SANDLER INVESTMENT
                                        PARTNERS, L.P., General Partner

                                    By: SANDLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,
                                        General Partner

                                    By: MJM MEDIA CORP., General Partner



                                    By:
                                       --------------------------------
                                       Michael J. Marocco
                                       President


                                    21ST CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS T-E
                                    PARTNERS, L.P.

                                    By: SANDLER INVESTMENT
                                        PARTNERS, L.P., General Partner

                                    By: SANDLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,
                                        General Partner

                                    By: MJM MEDIA CORP.,
                                        General Partner



                                    By:
                                       --------------------------------
                                        Michael J. Marocco
                                         President


                                    21ST CENTURY COMMUNICATIONS
                                    FOREIGN PARTNERS, L.P.

                                    By: SANDLER INVESTMENT
                                        PARTNERS, L.P., General Partner

                                    By: SANDLER CAPITAL
                                        MANAGEMENT, General Partner

                                    By: MJM MEDIA CORP., a General Partner



                                    By:
                                       --------------------------------
                                       Michael J. Marocco
                                       President

                                    PULITZER PUBLISHING COMPANY


                                    By:
                                       --------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                       Title: