Portions of this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment. The omitted portions, marked by [****], have been separately filed with the Commission.
ADDENDUM TO INTERACTIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
This ADDENDUM NO. 1 (the "Addendum") is dated a
s of November 1, 1997 (the "Addendum Effective Date"), by and between America Online, Inc. ("AOL"), a
Delaware corporation, with its principal offices at 22000 AOL Way, Dulles, Virginia 20166, and N2K Inc. ("N2K"), a Delaware corporation, with its princip
al offices at 55 Broad Street, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10004 (each a "Party" and collectively the "Parties").
N2K and AOL are Parties to the Interactive Services Agreement, dated as of September 1, 1997 (the "Agreement"). The Parties wish to amend t
he Agreement as described below. Therefore, in consideration of the promises set forth below and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follo
ws. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall be as defined in the Agreement.
1. AOL.com Placement. The following shall be added to the Agreement as Section
1.1.2.4 of the Agreement:
"1.1.2.4 AOL.com Homepage/Shopping Channel Promotions. During the
period from the Addendum Effective Date through December 31, 1998 (the
"Promotion Period"), AOL shall provide N2K with continuous placement
on: (i) one of the principal, persistent promotional buttons (or
substantially equivalent promotional mechanisms) which will appear on
the homepage of AOL.com and promote the products and/or services of
third party sponsors who purchase rights to such buttons (the
"HomePage Button"); and (ii) an anchor tenant button on the main
screen of the principal shopping channel on AOL.com (the "Anchor
Tenant Button"), consistent in size and nature with the other third
party anchor tenant buttons on such screen (collectively, the
"Additional Promotions"). The HomePage Button will be **** x ****
pixels in size (on a **** pixel x **** pixel display) and the Anchor
Tenant Button will be approximately **** x **** pixels in size (on a
**** pixel x **** pixel display) (subject, in each case, to the terms
of Section 1.1.4 of the Agreement). N2K will have the **** choice of
positions among ...