School Book Fairs nationwide will be distributing free book lists, summer
reading journals and colorful rubber reading bracelets to students who commit
to reading eight books over the summer. 1, 2006. to 10:00 p.

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SAN RAFAEL, Calif.
"Our goal with Telltale Texas Hold'em was to create characters
that you would want to play Poker with, whether you're a seasoned
player or just learning the game," said Dan Connors, chief executive
officer of Telltale. "Partnering with IGN makes a lot of sense for
us," he added "we have the shared forward thinking vision that sees
distribution online as a vital part of the games business that can
only grow.com, GameSpy .

IGN Entertainment, Direct2Drive, IGN.com has launched, Summer Reading Counts
(http://www .
"With summer approaching, parents need to be thinking of ways to
incorporate learning and reading into their children's lives over the long
vacation months," said Sylvia Barsotti, Editor -in-Chief of Scholastic.com
features an extensive, relevant selection of classroom and professional
development materials at preferred teacher pricing. Currently, a player with the Web
name T-Bone has had the most appearances on the leader board.

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scholastic.com/summerreading offers great online
activities for indoor summer fun."
New customers and any current customer can obtain Blue Jackets Banking
simply by visiting a banking office, by visiting
http://www. Join the Blue Jackets squad
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Telltale + IGN Entertainment's Direct2Drive up the Ante with Telltale Texas Hold'em

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In Telltale Texas Hold'em you face off against four carefully
crafted characters all with their own personality, playing style and
story.direct2drive.com,
GameSpyArcade . The privately held company has its headquarters in the San
Francisco Bay Area, with offices throughout the U.com, GameSpy, Rotten
Tomatoes, FilePlanet, GameSpy Arcade, GameSpy Arena and TeamXbox are
trademarks of IGN Entertainment.
Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products
for use in school and at home, including children's books, magazines,
technology-based products , teacher materials, television programming, film,
videos and toys. The checking package also includes
free Online Banking and Bill Pay.

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com, GameSpyArena. In addition, the site offers targeted grade level
reading lists, tips on how to use public libraries to get the most out of the
experience and activities for reluctant, beginner and advanced readers.

About Scholastic. Huntington also offers
retail and commercial financial services online at huntington.

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Direct2Drive is
carrying the title for ($14. Collectively , these properties reached 24. For summer, Scholastic Trade Books
has launched After Words(TM), a new collection of Scholastic children's
paperback novels with bonus content including author interviews , and
Scholastic Readers and Scholastic Bookshelf picture books in paperback for
younger readers .com
Scholastic.com .newscom.m. International banking services are made available
through the headquarters office in Columbus and an office located in the
Cayman Islands and an office located in Hong Kong.

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, headquartered in San Rafael, is a newly founded
developer of interactive entertainment that specializes in character
driven content.

www. The Company distributes its products and services through a
variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs, school-
based book fairs, and school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs;
retail stores, schools, libraries and television networks; and the Company's
Internet site, http://www.
The site also lists the top scorers in the game, which has prompted many
players to play and try to beat the champs.

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-- Interactive Activities and Expert Information to Help
Get Kids Reading This Summer

NEW YORK, Studies show that millions of children in
the United States lose ground in reading skills during the summer when school
is out. In an effort to combat the effects of what is known as the "summer
slide" and encourage children across the nation to keep reading while school
is out, Scholastic."
For families, http://www.com is a leading website for K-8 teachers , students and
families. Most recently special
interest areas including a Librarian Area and Administrator Area have been
created to provide resources and meet the needs for various educational
fields .
(Photo: http://www.com; through its
technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of
almost 1,000 ATMs. Selected financial service activities are also conducted
in other states including: Dealer Sales offices in Arizona, Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee; Private Financial
and Capital Markets Group offices in Florida; and Mortgage Banking offices in
Maryland and New Jersey.

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95). Other trademarks and copyrights
mentioned are the properties of their respective holders. With useful articles, reading tips, activities and
booklists, the Summer Reading mini-site is an interactive experience that
brings reading and books to life online and offline.

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com

About Direct2Drive

Direct2Drive (http://www.com/summerreading focuses on getting
children excited about reading with informative articles, age-appropriate
booklists , detailed advice and suggestions compiled by education experts. The Teacher Store at Scholastic. The Family Area on the site facilitates home-to-school connections
with robust resources including rich content and The Scholastic Store Online,
which offers a broad mix of merchandise carefully selected for its
developmental appropriateness and kid appeal, with learning benefits endorsed
by a panel of early childhood experts.scholastic.

com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060302/CLTH017)
"At Huntington , we wanted to offer all of the convenience of our checking
services along with a fun way to demonstrate fan loyalty to the Blue Jackets,"
said Jim Kunk, President of Huntington's Central Ohio Region. ET
weekends. Through its affiliated companies,
Huntington has more than 140 years of serving the financial needs of its
customers.

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com/bluejacketsbanking/ and click on the interactive
blue rectangle with the invitation: "Hit the ice. You must meet or beat your opponent's score to move to
the next period.

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com

About Telltale Inc. IGN Entertainment is
also a leading provider of technology for online game play in video
games. The company's paid content, download and game play services are
among the most popular game-related subscriptions available on the
Internet.com gives parents the easy and
useful resources they need to ensure their child's summer is filled with
books, activities , and lots of fun. The Kids Area offers game and
activities featuring children's favorite Scholastic characters, including
Clifford the Big Red Dog(TM), Harry Potter(TM), Maya + Miguel(TM) and Captain
Underpants(TM).m. Huntington provides innovative retail and commercial financial
products and services through more than 380 regional banking offices in
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia.

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"The growth and popularity of Poker has been quite amazing,"
commented Sutton Trout, director of digital content and consumer
products, IGN Entertainment. This game is
definitely like no other poker game out there because we focused on
the characters not the cards. Staffed with long time industry veterans their next
title, based on the popular comic book Bone(R), by Jeff Smith , will be
released in 2005.com, 3D
Gamers.com, more than 70 community sites and a vast array of online
forums. When you are done
playing, you can play again or challenge a friend by sending them an e-mail
with a link to the game. More and more
challengers are logging on to the game every day to see if they can knock T-
Bone off the leader board.

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Noted Connors, "At Telltale we put a lot of energy into making
our characters feel alive, the characters in Telltale Texas Hold'em
are very responsive to the decisions of the player. Direct2Drive offers game publishers a new
channel to sell both their new and catalog PC game titles.

(a) Worldwide data cited herein represent an aggregate of 32
countries reported by comScore Media Metrix on a monthly basis.com/summerreading ), a unique and interactive online
resource for families. The Blue Jackets Banking online hockey game
has attracted more than 4,000 game plays since its debut on
Feb.m.
As the game progresses , the play increases in difficulty and speed.

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com.Telltalegames.

Telltale Inc.com, Direct2Drive , TeamXbox.7 million users
worldwide(a) in the month of December 2004, according to Internet
audience measurement firm comScore Media Metrix.m.

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Telltale Texas Hold'em is a unique Poker game filled with all the
drama and wisecracking found everywhere from friendly neighborhood
poker games to million dollar television tournaments. "A character driven title is a natural
for our audience as we continue to validate the digital delivery
revolution.com, Rotten Tomatoes, FilePlanet.
As part of the company's commitment to improving children's literacy and
to slowing down the effects of the "summer slide," Scholastic will also
provide special book offers and fun summer-themed national promotions through
its in-school Book Clubs, Book Fairs and at-home continuity Book Clubs.com for information . There
is no set ending to the game, just increased difficulty.

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As a digital-download-only store, Direct2Drive carries no
physical inventory, meaning Direct2Drive can offer as many games to
its customers as a publisher wishes to put on sale. For educators, The Teacher Area offers free, standards-based
content, online activities and teacher tools that span reading, language arts,
math social studies, and science.

About Scholastic
Scholastic Corporation (Nasdaq: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and
distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology. It's an
interactive hockey game now featured on Huntington Bank 's Web site that was
designed to accompany Huntington's unveiling of Blue Jackets Banking." The premise of the online game is for the player
to skate up ice with the puck, dodging and/or checking the opposing electronic
players. If you run into an opposing player or the net, you are knocked down
and you start back at the point of contact.

About Huntington
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $35 billion regional bank holding
company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

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Scholastic.com Launches Special Summer Reading Site to Tackle the 'Summer Slide'

"The new summer reading site on Scholastic.

Huntington Bank Unveils Blue Jackets Banking

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com.
Parents can view the online "Be a Reading Coach" video that shows parents how
to help a child learn to read, and can take a virtual tour of a reading
friendly home environment. ET weekdays or 8:00 a.

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Direct2Drive's Digital Distribution Revolution Expands Market
for New Character Driven Poker Title

Telltale, a new development studio in Northern California and IGN
Entertainment, the leader in digital distribution, today announced the
availability of Telltale Texas Hold'em on IGN's digital download
retail site, Direct2Drive.com
For more information on Telltale please visit
www.scholastic. Kids can explore and uncover never-before-
seen information about some of their favorite books including Because of Winn-
Dixie, Holes and the newest edition to the club for summer, Esperanza Rising,
plus participate in interactive message boards and bulletin boards about
books.scholastic. The new
banking package includes a free mouse pad, a check card and designer checks
all emblazoned with the Blue Jackets' logo. Time periods in the game are
limited to one minute.

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Game publishers and developers interested in learning more about
the distribution opportunities on Direct2Drive can contact Sutton
Trout, IGN's director of digital content and consumer products at
415-508-2062 or by e-mail at strout@ign.
This special area devoted to summer reading features interactive and fun
activities for children, in addition to expert advice and information for
parents /caregivers.
For kids, http://www.

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com), IGN Entertainment's
digital download retail store, serves the users of IGN's popular games
and entertainment sites. Kids can download fun bookmarks featuring
their favorite characters including Maya + Miguel(TM) and Captain Underpants,
and join Flashlight Readers(TM), an interactive online reading club that
brings children's books to life.

Visit http://www.

ground purchasing

The company's properties include
IGN.com/bluejacketsbanking/ or by calling 1-877-422-5243
from 7:00 a.
Anyone interested in playing the game need only visit
http://www.

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telltalegames. The service
uses the proven ActiveMARK(TM) technology from Trymedia Systems, which
helps to ensure a secure transaction for both the buyer and the game
publisher .

About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment provides many of the Internet's leading
destinations for video gaming, entertainment and community targeted at
teens and 18-34 year-old males.scholastic . Accompanying Online Interactive Game Attracts Thousands of Players

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Columbus' newest sport can be
played 24-hours a day at any computer terminal and admission is free . "We are
delighted that the game has attracted so many players and that people are
having fun playing. to 5:00 p.huntington.

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