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Promotion Agreement - Snap! LLC and iVillage Inc.

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                          SNAP PROMOTION AGREEMENT
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                                 (iVillage)

This Promotion Agreement (the "Agreement") is dated as of November 6, 1998
between Snap! LLC, with its principal place of business located at One Beach
Street, San Francisco, California 94111 ("Snap"), and iVillage, Inc., with
its principal place of business located at 170 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
10010 (the "Company"). Pursuant to this Agreement, Snap will provide various
promotions to the Company to assist the Company in promoting its network of
Internet sites and related services. Accordingly, the parties hereby agree
as follows:

1.       Background.

         1.1      The Company. The Company operates a network of Internet
                  sites including but not limited to content pertaining to
                  parenting, work and health, including the site located at
                  http://www.ivillage.com.

         1.2      Snap. Snap operates a search and aggregation "portal" site
                  on the World Wide Web.

2.       Definitions.

         "Above the Fold" means that a particular item on a Web page is
         viewable on a computer screen at an 800 x 600 pixels resolution
         when the User first accesses such Web page, without scrolling down
         to view more of the Web page.

         "Agreed Channels" means all of the Targeted Impressions plus up to
         five additional channels, as mutually agreed. Such additional
         channels shall initially be Business & Money, Computing, Travel,
         Education and Entertainment.

         "Company Marks" means any trademarks, trade names, service marks
         and logos that may be delivered by the Company to Snap expressly
         for inclusion in the Promotions.

         "Company Sites" means the Internet sites operated by the Company and
         promoted on Snap through the Promotions, including the Internet sites
         expressly referenced in Section 3, together with any mirror      
         sites, co-branded sites and successors thereto.

         "Content Portal" means an area on the front page of a Resource
         Center that is designed to be programmed with content from a third
         party content provider such as the Company.

         "Family Center" means a Resource Center within Snap's Kids & Family
         Channel that is focused on family issues and is linked to directly
         from the front door of the Snap Site and from within the Kids &
         Family Channel.

         "Health Center" means a Resource Center within Snap's Health
         Channel, currently referred to as the "Guide to Better Health,"
         that is focused on health issues and is linked to directly from the
         front door of the Snap Site and from within the Health Channel.




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         "Impression" means the display of a Promotion for any Company Site
         on any Snap Site in accordance with this Agreement.

         "Parenting Center" means a Resource Center within Snap's Kids &
         Family Channel that is focused on parenting issues and is linked to
         from within the Kids & Family Channel and from the parenting
         section of Snap's Living Channel.

         "Products" means any product or service sold on or through the
         Company Sites.

         "Promotions" means banners, buttons, text links, branded text,
         Content Portals, links within email newsletters distributed by Snap
         and other promotions displayed on any Snap Site, including the
         specific types of promotions referenced in Section 3.
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         "Referral Users" are any users that access the Company Site through a
         Promotion. All Referral Users will be tagged and tracked by the Company
         during the first and any subsequent visit to the Company Site via the
         Snap Site for the purpose of revenue sharing as referenced in Section
         5.3.

         "Resource Center" means a collection of related Web pages, links,
         portals and other resources on the Snap Site focused on a
         particular subject matter.

         "Snap Box" means a search box with Snap's full Internet search
         functionality and containing icons for and links to the Snap Site.
         Each Snap Box will take users directly to the Snap Site to view the
         results of their search query.

         "Snap Results Page" means a successful search results page on the
         Snap Site that is served by Snap in response to a search inquiry
         through a Snap Box on the Company Site.

         "Snap Marks" means any trademarks, trade names, service marks and
         logos delivered by Snap to the Company expressly for inclusion on a
         Company Site.

         "Snap Site" means the search and aggregation "portal" site operated by
         Snap at http://www.snap.com, together with any co-branded editions of
         such site that have been or may be developed for Snap's third party
         distribution partners and licensees.

         "Targeted Impressions" means (a) any Impressions within the Kids &
         Family, Health, Living, or Shopping Channels; (b) other Impressions
         that appear in context within editorial content or tools provided
         by the Company (for example, a "calorie counter" feature); (c)
         Impressions within email newsletters distributed pursuant to
         Section 3.4; (d) Impressions within My Snap!, as contemplated by
         Section 3.5; and (e) Keyword banner Impressions delivered pursuant
         to Section 3.6.

         "Term" means the term of this Agreement, as set forth in Section 5.


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         "User" means a user of the Snap Site.

3.       Promotions.

         3.1      Promotions within the Health Channel.

                  3.1.1    During the Term, the Company will have the
                           exclusive right to program the Content Portal on
                           the front page of the Health Center with health
                           related content from its Better Health site or
                           any successor Web site thereto ("Better Health"),
                           as well as health related content from the
                           ivillage.com Site, subject to the reasonable
                           discretion of a Snap producer.

                  3.1.2    Subject to the mutual agreement of the parties,
                           to the extent Snap reasonably deems it to be
                           appropriate editorially, Snap may include other
                           Promotions for Better Health throughout the
                           Health Center and may provide additional
                           opportunities for the Company to provide content
                           from the Better Health site for display within
                           the Health Channel.

                  3.1.3    Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein
                           to the contrary, the parties mutually agree that
                           the Company's content will appear in the Health
                           Center 31 days after Snap gives notice to the
                           content providers currently in such center, which
                           notice will be given within 10 days following the
                           execution of this Agreement.

         3.2      Promotions within the Kids and Family Channel

                  3.2.1    During the Term, the Company will have the
                           exclusive right to program the Content Portals on
                           the front pages of the Family Center and the
                           Parenting Center with content from its Parent
                           Soup site, subject to the reasonable discretion
                           of a Snap producer.

                  3.2.2    Subject to the mutual agreement of the parties,
                           to the extent Snap reasonably deems it to be
                           appropriate editorially, Snap may include other
                           Promotions for Parent Soup throughout the Family
                           Center and the Parenting Center and may provide
                           additional opportunities for the Company to
                           provide content from the Parent Soup site for
                           display on the Snap Site.

         3.3      Promotions for iBaby. Snap shall, subject to Snap's
                  discretion include Promotions for the Company's iBaby site
                  throughout the Kids and Family, Health, Living and
                  Shopping Channels, and Snap may provide additional
                  opportunities for the Company to provide content from the
                  iBaby site for display on the Snap Site, including working
                  with Snap to create a Baby Shop.

         3.4      Newsletters. If Snap develops an area where Users can
                  register for e-mail newsletters from third party content
                  providers, Snap will provide the Company a reasonable
                  opportunity to offer a newsletter to Users through such
                  area.


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         3.5      Promotions for My Snap!. The Company's Better Health and
                  Parent Soup content and links will be included as an
                  initial default option for Snap's "My Snap!" personalized
                  home page, meaning that initial default links for Better
                  Health and Parent Soup will automatically appear on the My
                  Snap! start page for each first time User. All Company
                  content linked to from within My Snap! will be hosted in
                  its entirety by Snap!.

         3.6      Keyword Banners. The Company will receive [*]% of the
                  banner advertisements served on search results pages that
                  result from searches that include any of the 30 search
                  terms identified in Exhibit A.
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         3.7      Best Labels. To the extent Snap deems it to be appropriate
                  editorially, links to Company Sites included within Snap
                  search results will include a "Best" editorial label.

         3.8      Snap may provide standard Promotions throughout the Snap Site
                  in an amount sufficient to meet the minimum impressions in
                  Section  3.9. The Company may request any reasonable
                  reallocation of the location and type of the Promotions
                  subject to Snap's then-current inventory availability. Snap
                  shall not charge the Company any extra fees for such requested
                  reallocations of Promotions if they are equivalent in value to
                  those that would otherwise be provided by Snap hereunder.

         3.9      Minimum Impressions.

                  3.9.1    During the first year of the Term, Snap will
                           deliver a total of at least [*] Impressions. Snap
                           will deliver [*] additional Impressions at no
                           additional charge on a run-of-site basis.

                  3.9.2    During the second year of the Term, Snap will
                           deliver a total of at least [*] Impressions. Snap
                           will deliver [*] additional Impressions at no
                           additional charge on a run-of-site basis.

                  3.9.3    In each year of the of the Term, at least [*]% of
                           the minimum number of Impressions will be
                           Targeted Impressions. Of the remaining minimum
                           number of Impressions, at least half will be
                           displayed within Agreed Channels. The remaining
                           Impressions may be untargeted and may appear
                           anywhere within the Snap Site (for example,
                           run-of-site banner advertisements).
                           Notwithstanding these minimum requirements, Snap
                           will endeavor to deliver a larger percentage of
                           Targeted Impressions during the Term, subject to
                           Snap's discretion.

                  3.9.4    If Snap does not deliver the required number of
                           Impressions during any year of the Term, Snap
                           will have an additional three months to deliver
                           such Impressions (together with any other
                           Impressions otherwise required during such three
                           month period hereunder) on the Snap Site. Such
                           Impressions delivered during this three month
                           period shall be allocated to the appropriate
                           category, (i.e. targeted or untargeted) to
                           fulfill the impressions guarantee pursuant to
                           Section 3.9.3.


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                  3.9.5    If Snap does not deliver the required number of
                           Impressions during the additional three month
                           period described in Section 3.9.4, Snap will have
                           a second three month period to deliver such
                           Impressions (together with any other Impressions
                           otherwise required during such three month period
                           hereunder) on the Snap Site or any other Internet
                           site operated by CNET, Inc. or the National
                           Broadcasting Company, Inc. or their affiliates,
                           subject (in the case of sites other than the Snap
                           Site) to the Company's prior consent, which shall
                           not be unreasonably withheld, and provided that
                           such substituted Impressions are substantially
                           equivalent in value.

4.       Exclusivity.

         4.1      Content provided by On Health, Women.com and Oxygen
                  (individually, a "Competitor") will not constitute, in the
                  aggregate, more than [*]% of the total content provided on
                  the front page of the Health Center; the aforementioned
                  notwithstanding, each Competitor may provide not more than
                  [*]% of the total content on that page. In addition Snap
                  will agree not to receive any payment for such content.
                  Promotions for On Health, Women.com and Oxygen will not
                  constitute, in the aggregate, more than [*]% of the total
                  number of Promotions displayed within the Health Center of
                  Snap.

         4.2      Content provided by Home Arts and Oxygen (individually, a
                  "Competitor") will not constitute, in the aggregate, more
                  than [*]% of the total content provided on the front page
                  of the Family Center or the Parenting Center; the
                  aforementioned notwithstanding, each Competitor may
                  provide not more than [*% of the total content on that
                  page. In addition Snap will agree not to receive any
                  payment for such content. Promotions for Home Arts and
                  Oxygen will not constitute, in the aggregate, more than
                  [*]% of the total number of Promotions displayed on the
                  front page of the Family Center or the Parenting Center.

         4.3      For purposes of this Section 4, the percentage of content
                  provided on a page will be measured based on the total
                  area of the page on which such content appears. In the
                  event that Snap plans to offer any Competitor an editorial
                  or promotional opportunity, other than standard media buys
                  that are up to three months, or aggregation and selection
                  of content, provided such content is not paid for, in
                  connection with the Health Center, Family Center or
                  Parenting Center, Snap agrees to provide the Company with
                  such opportunity first Notwithstanding the foregoing,
                  Company shall, at all times during the Term of this
                  Agreement, be the preferred provider of content and
                  promotions throughout those areas of the Snap Site which
                  are set forth herein, the Health Center, Family Center and
                  Parenting Center.

5.       Payments.

         5.1      First Year. The Company will pay Snap a total of
                  $[*] with respect to the first year of the Term, as
                  follows:


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                  5.1.1    The Company will pay Snap a one time development
                           fee of $[*] for content integration payable
                           within five days after execution of this
                           Agreement;

                  5.1.2    The Company will pay Snap an annual slotting fee
                           of $[*] for carriage of the Promotions within
                           the Snap Site, payable in twelve equal monthly
                           installments, within 30 days of each month; and
                          
                  5.1.3    The Company will pay Snap a partnership fee of
                           $[*], payable in the following installments
                           by the fifth day of each calendar month:

                           5.1.3.1  $[*] per month during months 1-6
                                    of the Term

                           5.1.3.2  $[*] per month during months 7-12
                                    of the Term

         5.2      Second Year. The Company will pay Snap a total of
                  $[*] with respect to the second year of the Term, as
                  follows:

                  5.2.1    The Company will pay Snap an annual slotting fee
                           of $[*] for carriage of the Promotions within
                           the Snap Site, payable in twelve equal monthly
                           installments, within 30 days of each month; and

                  5.2.2    The Company will pay Snap a partnership fee of
                           $[*] payable in equal monthly
                           installments of $[*] by the fifth day of
                           each calendar month.

         5.3      Revenue Sharing. The Company will pay to Snap an amount
                  equal to [*]% of all gross margin earned by the Company
                  from sales made through the Company's iBaby site to
                  Referral Users. Such revenue sharing will be payable
                  monthly, simultaneously with delivery of the monthly
                  reports referenced in Section 8.2, which will support the
                  Company's calculation of the required payment for the
                  preceding month.

         5.4      Required payments hereunder will be made by check or wire
                  transfer of immediately available funds as reasonably
                  directed by Snap.

         5.5      Notwithstanding the foregoing: if Snap has not delivered:
                  (i) [*] impressions on or before the date that is
                  six months from this Agreement then Snap and the Company
                  will meet in good faith within 30 days of that time to
                  re-negotiate the agreement; if no agreement is reached
                  after that time, the Company may terminate the agreement,
                  or (ii) [*] impressions (based on the proportions
                  described in section 3.9 including the additional
                  impressions as referenced in section 3.9.1 and section
                  3.9.2.), on or after the date that is twelve months from
                  the date of this agreement the Company may terminate the
                  agreement.

         5.6      Snap Results Pages. Snap will pay the Company a standard
                  monthly fee based on the daily average number of Snap
                  Results Pages delivered to users. Such fee will be
                  calculated as follows: (1) divide the total number of Snap
                  Results Pages for the


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                  month by the number of days in the month, (2) divide the
                  result by [*], (3) multiply the result by the appropriate
                  Guaranteed Daily CPM as set forth below, and (4) multiply
                  the result by the number of days in the month. For
                  example, if the Company's Snap Box produces a total of
                  [*] Snap Results Pages for June, the monthly fee for
                  June will be calculated by the following formula: ((([*]
                  / [*]) / [*]) * $[*]) = $[*] = $[*]. Thus, Snap will
                  pay the Company $[*] for [*] Snap Results.

                     Average Number of
                     Daily Snap Results Pages          Guaranteed Daily CPM
                     ------------------------          --------------------
          
                     [*]                              $[*]
                     [*]                              $[*]
                     [*]                              $[*]
                     [*]                              $[*]
                     [*]                              $[*]
                     [*]                              $[*]

6.       Design of the Promotions and Operation of the Company Site and Snap
         Site

         6.1      Snap and the Company will cooperate in good faith to
                  create an "implementation team," which will include an
                  account manager designated by Snap and an appropriate
                  representative of the Company, to oversee the creation and
                  delivery of the Promotions contemplated by this Agreement.

         6.2      The Company will design any graphics and other materials
                  required for the Promotions and will supply digital copies
                  of such materials to Snap. Such materials will be designed
                  and delivered in accordance with Snap's technical and
                  editorial guidelines as defined in Exhibit B, as may be
                  changed from time to time and communicated by Snap to the
                  Company. Snap will provide reasonable assistance to the
                  Company in connection with the design and delivery of such
                  materials.

         6.3      On each page of a Company Site to which Users are linked
                  from the Promotions, the Company will display a button or
                  other graphical link to be provided by Snap, which links
                  back to the default Snap Site. All such links on the
                  Company Sites will be displayed Above the Fold. Snap
                  agrees not to specifically target (separately from the
                  general database of Snap Users) any Users who access the
                  Snap Site through such links.

         6.4      Both parties will be responsible for ensuring that each
                  URL provided to the other party for use as set forth in
                  this Agreement, takes the User to the appropriate area
                  within the respective site and that each party's site
                  functions with reasonable reliability and in a
                  commercially reasonable manner throughout the Term. In
                  particular, both parties agree that each party's
                  respective site will comply with the following performance
                  standards throughout the Term:


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                  6.4.1    Each party's site will be operational and fully
                           functional in all material respects (i.e. capable
                           of displaying information and conducting
                           transactions as contemplated in the ordinary
                           course of business) at least 97% of the time
                           during any 30 day period.

                  6.4.2    The average time required to start displaying the
                           HTML on a page of a party's site after a link
                           from the other party's shall not exceed a daily
                           average of three seconds, and the average time
                           required to deliver an entire page of a party's
                           site over the open Internet shall not exceed a
                           daily average of six seconds. For measurements
                           required in this Paragraph, both parties may
                           assume standard T1 connectivity to the Internet.
                          
                  6.4.3    Without limiting the effect of Paragraphs 6.4.1
                           and 6.4.2 above, the Company shall provide to
                           Users coming to the Company Sites from the
                           Promotions at least the same level of service as
                           is offered to Users coming directly to such
                           Company Sites.

                  6.4.4    The Company Sites e shall not, to the best of the
                           Company's knowledge: (a) contain defamatory or
                           libelous material or material which discloses
                           private or personal matters concerning any
                           person, without such person's consent; (b) permit
                           to appear or be uploaded any messages, data,
                           images or programs which are illegal, contain
                           nudity or sexually explicit content or are, by
                           law, obscene, profane or pornographic; or (c)
                           permit to appear or be uploaded any messages,
                           data, images or programs that would knowingly or
                           intentionally (which includes imputed intent)
                           violate the property rights of others, including
                           unauthorized copyrighted text, images or
                           programs, trade secrets or other confidential
                           proprietary information, or trademarks or service
                           marks used in an infringing fashion.

                  6.4.5    If any of the performance standards set forth
                           above are not met by either party with respect to
                           that party's site, the other party may, after
                           notifying the violating party, remove any or all
                           links to such party's, at the non violating
                           party's sole discretion. If a party's site fails
                           to operate fully and functionally in any material
                           respect for any period of four or more
                           consecutive hours, even if otherwise in
                           compliance with the performance standards, the
                           other party may, after notifying the violating
                           party, remove any or all links to such violating
                           party's site, at the non-violating party's sole
                           discretion, until such time as the violating
                           party notifies the non-violating party that such
                           site has resumed acceptable operation. These
                           remedies are for each party's editorial purposes
                           and in no way limit either party's ability to
                           terminate this contract or pursue any other
                           remedies hereunder in the event the performance
                           standards set forth herein are not met.


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7.       Termination.

         7.1      The term of this Agreement (the "Term") will begin on the
                  date hereof and will end on the second anniversary of the
                  date hereof, unless otherwise terminated or extended as
                  provided in this Agreement.

         7.2      If either party commits a material breach of its
                  obligations hereunder that is not cured within 30 days
                  after notice thereof from the non-breaching party, the
                  non-breaching party may terminate this Agreement at any
                  time by giving written notice of termination to the
                  breaching party (or ten days in the event of non-payment).

         7.3      The provisions of Sections 12, 13 and 14 and any payment
                  obligations arising prior to termination will survive any
                  termination of this Agreement.

8.       Reporting.

         8.1      Within 30 days after the end of each calendar month during
                  the Term, Snap will provide to the Company standard
                  advertising reports, as generally offered by Snap, with
                  respect to the Promotions.

         8.2      Within 30 days after the end of each calendar month during
                  the Term, the Company will provide to Snap a report
                  indicating (a) the number of Users who access any Company
                  Site by clicking on a link embedded within a Promotion
                  delivered by Snap hereunder, in the aggregate and for each
                  Company Site, and (b) the total revenues and gross profit
                  earned by the Company from sales made through the
                  Company's iBaby site to such Users. The Company will
                  obtain such data by tagging each User who accesses any
                  Company Site through a Promotion using a cookie or other
                  similar technology, as agreed upon by the parties.

9.       User Data.

         The Company will be the sole owner of any information that the
         Company collects from Users through the Company Sites, and Snap
         will be the sole owner of any information that Snap collects from
         Users through the Snap Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing and
         subject to the provisions of Section 14.8, each party will have the
         unrestricted right and license to use any information provided by
         the other party pursuant to Section 7.

10.      Company Integration of Snap.

         10.1     The Company will feature a Snap Box as a part of the front
                  page of each of the Company Sites and throughout the
                  Company Sites as appropriate, the design, size and
                  positioning of which will be mutually agreed upon by Snap
                  and the Company, provided that the Snap Box appear above
                  the fold. Snap will pay the Company for Snap Results Pages
                  as provided in Section 5.6, above.


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         10.2     The Snap Results Pages delivered to users as a result of a
                  query from Company's Snap Box will be co-branded edition
                  of the Snap Service located at www.snap.com.

         10.3     On each page of a Snap Site to which Users are linked from
                  the Company Site, Snap will display a mutually agreed upon
                  button or other graphical link to be provided by the
                  Company, which links back to the default Company Site. All
                  such links on the Snap Site will be displayed Above the
                  Fold. Company agrees not to specifically target
                  (separately from the general database of Company Users)
                  any Users who access the Company Site through such links.

11.      Trademark Licenses.

         11.1     The Company hereby grants to Snap a non-exclusive,
                  royalty-free license, effective throughout the Term, to
                  use, display and publish the Company Marks solely within
                  the Promotions. Any use of the Company Marks by Snap must
                  comply with any reasonable usage guidelines communicated
                  by the Company to Snap from time to time. Nothing
                  contained in this Agreement will give Snap any right,
                  title or interest in or to the Company Marks or the
                  goodwill associated therewith, except for the limited
                  usage rights expressly provided above. Snap acknowledges
                  and agrees that, as between the Company and Snap, the
                  Company is the sole owner of all rights in and to the
                  Company Marks.

         11.2     Snap hereby grants to the Company a non-exclusive, royalty
                  free license, effective throughout the Term, to use,
                  display and publish the Snap Marks solely within the
                  Company Sites as provided in Section 8 above. Any use of
                  the Snap Marks by the Company must comply with any
                  reasonable usage guidelines communicated to the Company by
                  Snap from time to time. Nothing contained in this
                  Agreement will give the Company any right, title or
                  interest in or to the Snap Marks or the goodwill
                  associated therewith, except for the limited usage rights
                  expressly provided above. The Company acknowledges and
                  agrees that, as between the Company and Snap, Snap is the
                  sole owner of all rights in and to the Snap Marks.

12.      Responsibility for the Products.

         The Company acknowledges and agrees that, as between the Company
         and Snap, the Company will be solely responsible for any claims or
         other losses associated with or resulting from the marketing or
         operation of the Company Sites or the offer or sale of any Products
         by the Company or through the Company Sites. Snap is not authorized
         to make, and agrees not to make, any representations or warranties
         concerning the Company Sites or the Products, except to the extent
         (if any) contained within Promotions delivered to Snap by the
         Company or approved by the Company.

13.      Mutual Indemnification.

         13.1     Indemnification by Snap. Snap shall indemnify and hold the
                  Company harmless from and against any costs, losses,
                  liabilities and expenses, including all court


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                  costs, reasonable expenses and reasonable attorney's fees
                  (collectively, "Losses") that the Company may suffer,
                  incur or be subjected to by reason of any legal action,
                  proceeding, arbitration or other claim by a third party,
                  whether commenced or threatened, arising out of or as a
                  result of any claims of infringement or misappropriation
                  of intellectual property rights, or arising from the
                  operation of Snap Site.

         13.2     Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall
                  indemnify and hold Snap harmless from and against any
                  Losses that Snap may suffer, incur or be subjected to by
                  reason of any legal action, proceeding, arbitration or
                  other claim by a third party, whether commenced or
                  threatened, arising out of or as a result of (a) the use
                  of the Company Marks by Snap in accordance with this
                  Agreement; (b) any content provided by the Company to Snap
                  for display on the Snap Site; (c) the operation of the
                  Company Sites; or (e) the offer or sale of any Products by
                  the Company or through the Company Sites.

         13.3     Indemnification Procedures. If any party entitled to
                  indemnification under this Section (an "Indemnified
                  Party") makes an indemnification request to the other, the
                  Indemnified Party shall permit the other party (the
                  "Indemnifying Party") to control the defense, disposition
                  or settlement of the matter at its own expense; provided
                  that the Indemnifying Party shall not, without the consent
                  of the Indemnified Party enter into any settlement or
                  agree to any disposition that imposes an obligation on the
                  Indemnified Party that is not wholly discharged or
                  dischargeable by the Indemnifying Party, or imposes any
                  conditions or obligations on the Indemnified Party other
                  than the payment of monies that are readily measurable for
                  purposes of determining the monetary indemnification or
                  reimbursement obligations of Indemnifying Party. The
                  Indemnified Party shall notify Indemnifying Party promptly
                  of any claim for which Indemnifying Party is responsible
                  and shall cooperate with Indemnifying Party in every
                  commercially reasonable way to facilitate defense of any
                  such claim; provided that the Indemnified Party's failure
                  to notify Indemnifying Party shall not diminish
                  Indemnifying Party's obligations under this Section except
                  to the extent that Indemnifying Party is materially
                  prejudiced as a result of such failure. An Indemnified
                  Party shall at all times have the option to participate in
                  any matter or litigation through counsel of its own
                  selection and at its own expense.

14.      Miscellaneous.

         14.1     Women's Channel. If, during the Tenn, Snap creates a
                  Women's Channel or a Women's resource center, Snap will
                  negotiate in good faith with the Company, for at least 15
                  days before negotiating with any third party, concerning
                  the terms on which the Company could provide content or
                  receive branding within such channel or resource center.
                  Should Snap and the Company agree on such terms then, as
                  part of that agreement, (i) content provided by Women.com,
                  Home Arts and Oxygen


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                  will not constitute, in the aggregate, more than 40% of
                  the total content provided within the Women's Channel or
                  Women's resource center, as the case may be; (ii) content
                  provided by Women.com, Home Arts and Oxygen will not
                  constitute individually more than 25% of the total content
                  in the Women's Channel or Women's resource center, and
                  (iii) promotions for Women.com, Home Arts and Oxygen will
                  not constitute, in the aggregate, more than 50% of the
                  total number of Promotions displayed within the Women's
                  Channel or Women's resource center, provided that each
                  company's promotions may not constitute more than 25% of
                  the total Promotions displayed within the Women's Channel
                  or Women's resource center; and (iv) the Company shall at
                  all times during the term of the agreement be the
                  preferred provider of content and promotions throughout
                  such Women's Channel.

         14.2     LIMITATION OF DAMAGES. NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR
                  ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
                  ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, HOWEVER
                  CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY (INCLUDING
                  NEGLIGENCE), AND EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
                  THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FURTHER, EXCEPT FOR ANY
                  CLAIM FOR INDEMNIFICATION ARISING UNDER SECTION 13 ABOVE,
                  IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES IN
                  EXCESS OF THE TOTAL PAYMENTS REQUIRED TO BE MADE UNDER
                  THIS AGREEMENT.

         14.3     Assignment. Snap may not assign this Agreement, except (a)
                  in connection with the transfer of substantially all of
                  the business operations of Snap (whether by asset sale,
                  stock sale, merger or otherwise); (b) to an affiliate of
                  Snap; or (c) with the written permission of the Company,
                  which will not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may
                  not assign this Agreement, except with the written
                  permission of Snap, which will not be unreasonably
                  withheld or delayed.

         14.4     Relationship of Parties. This Agreement will not be
                  construed to create a joint venture, partnership or the
                  relationship of principal and agent between the parties
                  hereto, nor to impose upon either party any obligations
                  for any losses, debts or other obligations incurred by the
                  other party except as expressly set forth herein.

         14.5     Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes and contains
                  the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
                  the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior oral or
                  written agreements. This Agreement may not be amended
                  except in writing signed by both parties. Each party
                  acknowledges and agrees that the other has not made any
                  representations, warranties or agreements of any kind,
                  except as expressly set forth herein.

         14.6     Audit Rights. Each party will have the right to engage an
                  independent third party to audit the books and records of
                  the other party relevant to the quantification of the
                  Promotions, not more than once per year during the term of
                  this Agreement, and upon not less than thirty (15) days
                  written notice and during normal business hours, and the
                  other party will provide reasonable cooperation in
                  connection with any such audit. The party requesting the
                  audit will pay all expenses of the auditor


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                  unless the audit reveals an underpayment by the other
                  party of more than 5%, in which case the other party will
                  reimburse all reasonable expenses of the auditor.

         14.7     Applicable Law. This Agreement will be construed in
                  accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of
                  California, without regard to principles of conflicts of
                  law.

         14.8     Confidentiality. In connection with the activities
                  contemplated by this Agreement, each party may have access
                  to confidential or proprietary technical or business
                  information of the other party, including without
                  limitation (a) proposals, ideas or research related to
                  possible new products or services; (b) financial
                  information; and (c) the material terms of the
                  relationship between the parties (collectively,
                  "Confidential Information"). Each party will take
                  reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality of
                  the other party's Confidential Information, which
                  precautions will be at least equivalent to those taken by
                  such party to protect its own Confidential Information.
                  Except as required by law or as necessary to perform under
                  this Agreement, neither party will knowingly disclose the
                  Confidential Information of the other party or use such
                  Confidential Information for the benefit of any third
                  party. Each party's obligations in this Section with
                  respect to any portion of the other party's Confidential
                  Information shall terminate when the party seeking to
                  avoid its obligation under this Section can document that:
                  (i) it was in the public domain at or subsequent to the
                  time it was communicated to the receiving party
                  ("Recipient") by the disclosing party (`Discloser")
                  through no fault of Recipient; (ii) it was rightfully in
                  Recipient's possession free of any obligation of
                  confidence at or subsequent to the time it was
                  communicated to Recipient by Discloser; (iii) it was
                  developed by employees or agents of Recipient
                  independently of and without reference to any information
                  communicated to Recipient by Discloser; (iv) it was
                  communicated by the Discloser to an unaffiliated third
                  party free of any obligation or confidence; or (v) the
                  communication was in response to a valid order by a court
                  or other governmental body, was otherwise required by law
                  or was necessary to establish the rights of either party
                  under this Agreement.

         14.9     Press Release. Each party may issue a press release
                  concerning the business relationship contemplated in this
                  Agreement, provided that the other party has had a
                  reasonable opportunity to review and comment on its press
                  release, and agreed on the content of the release either
                  verbally or in writing. In addition, each party will
                  provide an appropriate quote from one of its senior
                  executive officers for use in the other party's release.

         14.10    Illustrations. All Illustrations attached to the Exhibits
                  are for illustrative purposes only and shall not be deemed
                  to bind, obligate or restrict either party from making
                  reasonable changes in such party's discretion.

         14.11    Attorney Fees. In any action or suit to enforce any right
                  or remedy under this Agreement or to interpret any
                  provision of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be
                  entitled to recover its costs, including reasonable
                  attorneys' fees.


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         14.12    Dispute Resolution. In the event that any dispute arises
                  hereunder, the parties agree that prior to commencing
                  litigation, arbitration, or any other legal proceeding,
                  each party shall send an officer of such party to
                  negotiate a resolution of the dispute in good faith at a
                  time and place as may be mutually agreed. Each officer
                  shall have the power to bind its respective party in all
                  material respects related to the dispute.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

SNAP, LLC                                  iVILLAGE, INC.



By:    /s/ Edmund Sanctis                  By:   /s/ Steve Elkes
       ---------------------------               ------------------------------


Name:      Edmund Sanctis                  Name:     Steve Elkes
       ---------------------------               ------------------------------


Title:     C.O.O.                          Title:   V.P. Business Affairs
       ---------------------------               ------------------------------


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                                  Exhibit A

                                  Keywords

babies
baby
baby products
baby store
babyname
babynames
birth
breast feeding
car seat
exercise
expecting
fitness
health
healthcare
healthy
maternity
menopause
mother
name
names
osteoporosis
parenting
parents
pregnant
pregnancy
pregnant
prevention
stroller


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                                  Exhibit B

                Snap Editorial Guidelines for Partner Content
                           (as of September 1998)

Editorial Suggestions
---------------------

Provide content that is inherently informative or useful in itself, rather
than strictly a promotion for content on your site. Feel free to include as
many links to your site as you want, but they should be related to the
content you are providing. An exception would be your logo link, which
should link to your site's main home page.

Editorial Requirements
----------------------

All content or other materials provided to Snap must adhere to Snap's
editorial guidelines. These guidelines include, without limitation, a
prohibition on direct links from the applicable site to pornographic or
illegal material, and a prohibition on the advertising of firearms or
pornographic products or services from within Snap. Snap prohibits any
obscene, indecent, or profane language. Snap requires that all content
should be factually correct.

Links in your content must only point to the site from which the content was
harvested. Links must take the user directly to the content which they
describe. For example, links must not lead users through advertisements on
the way to the content. No interstitial advertisements. No pop-up
advertisements.

Content must be relevant to the Topic. It must also be relevant to the point
and time. This does not mean that content must be updated at a particular
rate. However, whatever content is live at any given time must be completely
relevant. The content must include your brand, either as text or a graphic.
A logo graphic should contain the brand name and the ALT text for the
graphic must give the brand name.

The content linked to from your page must be free to Snap users, and initial
registration or subscription must not be required. However, you are free to
use content pages on your own site (not hosted by Snap) to up sell
subscription or registration-required content. (example: "For more
headlines, click here to subscribe.")

Advertisements within your content are not allowed. Your information must be
content, not an advertisement for your site or brand or any other
site/brand.

General Notes & Standards
-------------------------

Snap is willing to discuss modifications to the policies stated in these
documents; however, all exceptions must be approved by the Snap Executive
Producer. Snap may change these Content Page specifications and requirements
at any time, with reasonable notice given to the Provider.

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