Article: Medscape Announces Termination Of Relationship With Viacom Inc.

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HILLSBORO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2001

Medscape (NASDAQ: MDLI), a leading provider of digital health record applications and online medical information, today announced that, effective immediately, it has agreed to a termination of its relationship with Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIAB).

Under terms of its original agreements with Viacom Inc. (successor to CBS Corporation), Medscape received advertising inventory, health news content and trademark license rights in exchange for shares of common stock.

As a part of the termination of the Viacom agreements, Medscape will return to Viacom the approximately $111.3 ...

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