American Honda Motor Launches Digital Newsroom For Fast and Easy Access to Company Information

               New Web Site Is Hosted by Wieck Media Services,
                     Pioneer In Web Distribution Services

    ADDISON, Texas, July 11 American Honda Motor Co., Inc.,
has launched a Web-based Digital Newsroom to provide the news media with easy
access and instantaneous downloads of company information and graphic
materials.
    The site -- http://www.hondanews.com and http://www.acuranews.com -- is
hosted, managed and maintained by Wieck Media Services, a 10-year-old database
company that specializes in Web distribution solutions for media companies and
corporate media departments.
    "We recognize that the media increasingly need immediate and efficient
access to information and images to support their stories," said Kurt
Antonius, senior manager of public relations for American Honda. "The Honda
and Acura Digital Newsroom provides our media clients with a broad base of
information on the company and its products in a functional and efficient
Web-based environment.
    "Journalists visiting the site have access to detailed corporate and
product background including pricing, sales history and complete technical
details, along with an ever-increasing gallery of high-resolution product
photography," said Antonius. "With Wieck as our partner, we have developed a
Web site that speaks to the core needs of our media clients."
    The new site features a home page designed to give editors immediate
access to the most critical information, including "What's Hot" and "Latest
News" sections and detailed corporate background, Honda and Acura product
information, Honda Racing activities and environmental news.  Members of the
media may also fill out an on-line registration form to receive password
access to high-resolution photography and graphics and other special access
features.
    Since 1995, Wieck has designed media Web sites and Web links to image
databases for clients from several industries, although the automotive
industry has taken the lead in delivering print-ready digital images.
    Wieck provided the design and programming for the Honda site, which
features quick access, search and download capabilities for the media. It also
designed, manages and maintains the database for the Honda media files.
    "As former reporters, photographers and editors, we have a keen
understanding of the needs of media," said Jim Wieck, chairman & CEO of the
company. "We know from talking to editors and reporters that services such as
ours are becoming the 'go to' sites on the Web."

    About Wieck Media Services
    Wieck Media Services specializes in database storage and Web distribution
of multi-media materials for corporate media relations departments and news
organizations.
    Within six months of its founding in 1991, the company was processing and
distributing digital images through a bulletin board system and then moved to
Web distribution in the mid-1990s.
    Wieck, which designs, manages and maintains corporate media Web sites,
processes files to formats that conform to international publishing standards
and then loads them into its databases. Members of the media have free access
to the databases through the various Web sites, including Wieck's own media
site, where they can preview files online and download them without charge.
    Wieck's clients include a "Who's Who" of media and Fortune 500 companies,
including Agence France-Presse, American Honda Motor Corp., Anheuser-Busch
Cos., AT&T, The Coca-Cola Co., DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company, General
Motors, Hearst News Service, The New York Times Newspaper Group, The New York
Times Syndicate and News Services, Newsmakers, and Toyota Corporate Services.
    For more information about Wieck Media Services, please visit
http://www.wieck.com. Photos for media use are available at the Wieck Media
Web site.