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NEW YORK, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iVillage Inc. (NASDAQ:IVIL), The Internet For Women(TM), a leading women's media company, the number one source for women's content and community online, today announced the renewal of a content publication agreement with the MSN(R) network, the world's most popular online destination. Under the agreement, MSN will continue to present select iVillage content on its lifestyle channel, MSN Lifestyle, located at http://lifestyle.msn.com/. Douglas W. McCormick, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, iVillage Inc. stated, "We are pleased to continue our content publication relationship with MSN that makes iVillage content available to their vast audience." Details on the two companies' initial content publication agreement can be found in a joint press release dated September 9, 2003. The terms of the renewed agreement, which expires in December 2006, currently remain the same. About iVillage Inc. iVillage is "the Internet for women" and consists of several online and offline media-based properties that seek to enrich the lives of women, teenage girls and parents through the offering of unique content, community applications, tools and interactive features. iVillage Inc. (NASDAQ:IVIL) was established in 1995 and is headquartered in New York City. Average monthly page views for iVillage.com and its affiliate Web sites ("The iVillage Network") totaled 368 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2005. In October 2005, according to comScore Media Metrix, The iVillage Network ranked 45th among the top 100 Web and Digital Media properties with approximately 14.0 million unique visitors in the United States and had an average reach of mover than 8% of the total online population and more than 10% of women 18+ online. Also, according to the same report, The iVillage Network was the number one "women's community site" and the number four "community site" overall on the Web. For more information about iVillage, visit http://www.ivillage.com/. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: iVillage Inc. has included in this press release certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 concerning iVillage's business, operations and financial condition. The words or phrases "can be," "expects," "may affect," "anticipates," "may depend," "believes," "estimates," "plans," "projects" and similar words and phrases are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties and iVillage cautions you that any forward-looking information provided by or on behalf of iVillage is not a guarantee of future results, performance or achievements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, some of which are beyond iVillage's control. In addition to those risks discussed in iVillage's other press releases, public filings and statements by iVillage's management, factors that may cause iVillage's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in such forward looking statements include: (i) the volatile and competitive nature of the Internet industry and the media industry, (ii) changes in domestic and foreign economic, political and market conditions, (iii) the effect of federal, state and foreign regulation on iVillage's business, (iv) the impact of recent and future acquisitions and joint ventures on iVillage's business and financial condition, (v) iVillage's ability to establish and maintain relationships with advertisers, sponsors, and other third-party providers and partners, (vi) iVillage's ability to maintain or increase user traffic levels, (vii) the loss of one or more of iVillage's major customers, (viii) the effect of seasonal fluctuations in traditional online advertising purchasing patterns on iVillage's results of operations and (ix) the impact of pending litigation on iVillage's business, results of operations and financial condition. All such forward-looking statements are current only as of the date on which such statements were made. iVillage does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which any such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. DATASOURCE: iVillage Inc. CONTACT: Carl Fischer of iVillage Inc., +1-212-600-6502, Web site: http://www.ivillage.com/ http://lifestyle.msn.com/

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