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Content and Distribution Agreement - Cox Interactive Media Inc. and Tickets.com Inc.

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                   CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN
             TICKETS.COM, INC. AND COX INTERACTIVE MEDIA, INC. (CIM)

        This Content and Distribution Agreement ("Agreement") is made on this
4th day of August, 1999 between Cox Interactive Media, Inc. ("CIM"), a Delaware
corporation with an address at 530 Means Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, and
Tickets.com, Inc. ("Tickets.com"), a Delaware corporation with an address at
4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 1400, Newport Beach, California, 92660.

                                    RECITALS

A.      CIM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc. ("Cox"), a
        leading media company with interests in a wide variety of Internet and
        traditional media ventures, including broadcast, cable television and
        newspapers.

B.      Tickets.com is a leading provider of online ticketing functionality and
        related information over the Internet.

C.      The parties are conducting negotiations relating to (1) distribution of
        the Tickets.com services and content through the CIM network of city
        sites, MP3Radio.com radio station websites, and other websites in the
        Cox Network (as defined in section 1(a) below),(2) ad rep services to be
        performed by CIM, (3) advertising commitments made by Tickets.com to
        promote Tickets.com through Cox media properties, including the CIM City
        Sites (as defined in section 1(b) below) and MP3Radio.com L.L.C.
        ("MP3Radio.com"), and (4) joint promotion of the respective services of
        the parties.

D.      This Agreement and Exhibit One shall constitute the legally binding
        obligation of the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein.

                                      TERMS

1.      CO-BRANDED TICKETING PAGES

        a)      Tickets.com shall be obligated to create, upon CIM's reasonable
                request, a co-branded ticketing page ("Co-Branded Ticketing
                Page") for any website in the Cox Network that is reasonably
                suited for ticketing and entertainment functioning. As used
                herein, a website is part of the "Cox Network" if it is (i)
                directly or indirectly controlled by Cox, where "control" means
                the power to direct the management of the entity, whether
                through ownership of a majority of outstanding voting equity
                interests or otherwise, (ii) operated by an entity in which Cox
                owns, directly or indirectly, at least forty percent (40%) of
                the outstanding equity interests in such entity, or (iii) is an
                MP3Radio.com website for a radio station affiliate of
                MP3Radio.com. Except as otherwise provided herein, upon CIM's
                request to build a Co-Branded Ticketing Page for a particular
                website, the parties shall mutually agree upon a timetable for
                development and roll-out of such Co-Branded Ticketing Page.

        b)      As soon as is reasonably practicable after the date of this
                Agreement, Tickets.com will build the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages
                for the existing network of CIM city sites (the "CIM City
                Sites") and MP3Radio.com websites. Tickets.com shall use its
                best efforts to have the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages for the
                existing CIM City Sites and MP3Radio.com sites available for
                public launch on or before December 1, 1999, subject to CIM's
                timely provision of specifications, design input and other
                requirements of this Agreement or Exhibit One. CIM may add
                additional City Sites and MP3Radio.com websites at any time and
                require Tickets.com to promptly build corresponding Co-Branded
                Ticketing Pages.

        c)      CIM and Tickets.com will work together to integrate Tickets.com
                ticketing functionality and content into CIM's local events
                listings and/or calendar. Tickets.com will update the content on
                the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages on a regular basis, and at least
                as frequently as it updates the content on the Tickets.com Site.


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        d)      CIM will have the right, but not the obligation, to link to and
                integrate the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages within CIM City Sites
                or other Cox Network websites as CIM sees fit, including without
                limitation by listing them in category search results and
                appropriate "CIM Sites Channels" including, but not limited to,
                Sports, Entertainment and Travel. "CIM Sites Channels" are
                channels on the CIM City Sites that display a site's navigation,
                directory and community products.

        e)      The parties will mutually agree on design and user interface
                standards and specifications for the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages,
                including standards for a header, footer, sidebar, and other
                design/user interface standards, and attach such specifications
                as Exhibit One to this Agreement. Exhibit One may also address
                additional details with respect to the development of the
                Co-Branded Ticketing Pages, such as size and placement of
                branding, timetable for development and launch of new Co-Branded
                Ticketing Pages, type of functionality to be included, and other
                matters agreed upon by the parties and not inconsistent with
                this Agreement. The parties shall use their best efforts to
                mutually develop and agree on Exhibit One on or before October
                1, 1999. Tickets.com will design and create the Co-Branded
                Ticketing Pages in accordance with Exhibit One. Without limiting
                the foregoing, it is understood that the ticketing and
                ticketing-related functionality of the Co-Branded Ticketing
                Pages shall be substantially similar to the ticketing and
                ticketing-related functionality of the Tickets.com Site. The
                Co-Branded Ticketing Pages will carry both each individual Cox
                Network site's branding and Tickets.com branding, displayed in
                substantially equivalent location, size and prominence, as will
                be defined in Exhibit One.

        f)      The "look and feel" of the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages will be
                consistent with the "look and feel" of the corresponding Cox
                Network site. CIM will have final approval over the "look and
                feel" of the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages.

        g)      From time to time, the branding, functionality or look and feel
                of any Cox Network website may be changed in CIM's sole
                discretion. In the event that any such changes in branding,
                functionality or look and feel would make it necessary to change
                the design of the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages, Tickets.com will
                work in good faith with CIM to have such changes made as soon as
                is practicable.

        h)      Tickets.com will host and serve the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages.
                However, the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages shall be made eligible
                for roll-up so that the page views and reach may be counted as
                part of the Cox Network by third party measuring agencies, such
                as Media Metrix. CIM will work with Tickets.com and Media Metrix
                to get reach credit for the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages on behalf
                of Tickets.com, provided that any additional expenses paid to
                third parties shall be the responsibility of Tickets.com.

        i)      Tickets.com will continue to maintain its own web site at
                www.tickets.com ("Tickets.com Site").

2.      CONTENT PROVIDED TO CIM FOR INTEGRATION

        a)      Tickets.com will provide certain content as described below (the
                "Content") for display in the Event Guide sections of the CIM
                City Sites or on other areas of the Cox Network as CIM deems
                appropriate.

        b)      The Content provided by Tickets.com will include a comprehensive
                listing of events and venues for each market served by a CIM
                City Site. Events listings must include events for which other
                ticketing providers can provide ticket buying functionality as
                well as those events for which tickets can be purchased through
                Tickets.com. Tickets.com will update the Content on a regular
                basis, and at least as frequently as it updates the content on
                the Tickets.com Site.

        c)      The Content provided by Tickets.com will reside on servers
                controlled by CIM.

        d)      Tickets.com and CIM will determine mutually agreeable automated
                methods for the transmission and incorporation of updates to the
                Content.

        e)      Tickets.com will provide the Content to CIM, at Tickets.com's
                reasonable expense, subject to any existing contractual
                restrictions and additional costs incurred by Tickets.com with
                respect to particular Content.


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3.      ONLINE DISTRIBUTION AND OFF-LINE PROMOTION OF CO-BRANDED TICKETING PAGES

        a)      CIM will create a link to a ticket buying tool on the "Find it
                Fast" feature (or equivalent feature) of each CIM City Site home
                page.

        b)      CIM will feature the Events Calendar tool and/or events listings
                on the Entertainment Page of each CIM City Site. CIM will also
                feature the ticket-buying tool within the Events Calendar and/or
                events listings (or equivalent features) of CIM City Sites.

        c)      CIM City Sites will promote ticket-buying functionality in
                channels and applications that include, but are not limited to
                Sports, Entertainment and Travel.

        d)      CIM will commit to the minimum number of Integration Impressions
                on the CIM City Sites as set forth in Table I below. An
                "Integration Impression" means each placement of Content from
                Tickets.com, a link to Tickets.com or a Co-Branded Ticketing
                Page, or a promotion of Tickets.com or a Co-Branded Ticketing
                Page, including, but not limited to front-page placement,
                programmed search results, keyword banners, channels,
                applications and other forms of distribution; provided that an
                Integration Impression shall not include an advertising banner
                (other than a keyword banner) or a text link in the "Deals and
                Steals" section (or equivalent section) of the CIM City Sites.
                For the purposes of calculating Integration Impressions, if more
                than one text link is included in a search result or content
                placement on one web page, such multiple text links shall be
                counted as only one Integration Impression.

                                     TABLE I



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                                 YEAR 1         YEAR 2         YEAR 3
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        Minimum Integration

        Impression Guarantee     [***]          [***]          [***]
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        e)      CIM's obligation to provide the level of Integration Impressions
                in Table I above shall be contingent upon Tickets.com providing
                Content and Co-Branded Ticketing Pages that (i) are comparable
                to those other ticketing services available on the Internet with
                the most advanced and commercially successful, functionality,
                performance, content, and features, whether utilitarian or
                aesthetic, and (ii) are able to scale easily with only
                additional hardware and to accommodate, at a minimum, the peak
                traffic volume expected of one of the top Internet ticketing
                sites.

        f)      CIM's obligation to provide Integration Impressions at this
                level is for the entire network of CIM City Sites; CIM does not
                make any specific guarantees with respect to any given CIM
                website or market.

        g)      If, for any reason other than Tickets.com's failure to provide
                quality content and Co-Branded Ticketing Pages, CIM fails to
                deliver the number of Integration Impressions set forth above in
                a given one year period, Tickets.com's sole remedy shall be to
                require CIM to provide a "make good" of such Integration
                Impressions over the following six month period.

        h)      Subject to existing contractual obligations, Tickets.com will
                receive all banner inventory for the key word "tickets" on CIM
                City Site and MP3Radio.com search results pages that will point
                to the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages for the term. Such banner
                inventory shall be used only for the purpose of promoting
                Tickets.com or the corresponding Co-Branded Ticketing Page.

        i)      CIM will use commercially reasonable efforts to assist
                Tickets.com in obtaining ticketing rights for venues in CIM
                markets, such as by providing Tickets.com with introductions and
                contacts with respect to such venues and participating in
                negotiations when CIM deems it appropriate. Tickets.com will use
                its commercially reasonable efforts in light of technological
                and business constraints to ensure that


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                tickets for such venues will not be available through the
                websites of any CIM Competitor (as defined in section 13(c)
                below).

        j)      Tickets.com will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in
                light of technological and business constraints, to provide
                software and hardware at a preferred rate for ticketing
                functionality for resale or distribution by CIM to facilitate
                the acquisition of ticket inventory by Tickets.com.

4.      COMMUNITIES/DATA OWNERSHIP/USAGE REPORTS

        a)      At CIM's option, the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages for each Cox
                Network website will point to corresponding CIM community
                products which may include message boards, chat, clubs, home
                pages, instant messaging, calendar, address book, email, photos
                and any other community products developed by CIM during the
                term of this Agreement ("Community Products"). The Co-Branded
                Ticketing Pages will not feature or display links to non-CIM
                community products without the written permission of CIM.
                Tickets.com and CIM will work together, to the extent feasible,
                to integrate Community Products into the Co-Branded Ticketing
                Pages.

        b)      CIM and Tickets.com will explore opportunities to synchronize
                the registration processes of both parties' sites so users can
                have a seamless experience regardless of where they registered.

        c)      Tickets.com may collect user information on the Co-Branded
                Ticketing Pages ("User Data"). Tickets.com's storage, use and
                disclosure of User Data will comply with CIM's security
                guidelines and CIM's privacy policies as amended from time to
                time.

        d)      CIM and Tickets.com shall jointly own the User Data collected
                through the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages.

        e)      Tickets.com agrees not to use User Data to directly or
                indirectly solicit or contact any Cox Network users either
                individually or in the aggregate. To the extent that Tickets.com
                must share User Data with individual venues, and to the extent
                consistent with applicable law and CIM's then current privacy
                policy, CIM will honor the contractual agreements and privacy
                policies between the venues and Tickets.com.

        f)      Tickets.com and CIM agree to not sell, disclose, transfer or
                rent User Data to any third party without the express permission
                of the user.

        g)      Tickets.com and CIM will provide usage reports to each other on
                a monthly basis by email.

5.      TICKETS.COM'S PREMIER STATUS ON CIM NETWORK

        a)      During the term, Tickets.com will be the premier provider of
                ticketing functionality on the CIM Network ("Premier Status").
                Premier ticketing functionality is defined as the most highly
                promoted provider of integrated ticketing functionality.

        b)      In the event that CIM decides that it needs to add to the Cox
                Network features, tools and/or content relating to online
                ticketing (including movie tickets inventory, but excluding
                events tickets inventory) that would be reasonably considered to
                be directly competitive with Tickets.com and that Tickets.com
                does not have ("Additional Functionality"), Tickets.com will
                have ten (10) days to respond to CIM's written notice of its
                desire to provide the Additional Functionality on or before the
                later of (i) thirty (30) days or (ii) the date on which
                Additional Functionality can reasonably be available to CIM from
                a third party, as determined by a proposal by a third party. If
                Tickets.com is not able to provide Additional Functionality, CIM
                may enter into an agreement with another third party provider to
                attain the Additional Functionality and incorporate it into the
                CIM Network. In the event that CIM uses a third party provider
                for Additional Functionality, Tickets.com Premier Status as
                described in 5 (a) above will not be impacted with respect to
                Tickets.com existing functionality. Without limiting the
                foregoing, the parties agree that CIM may seek movie ticketing
                functionality from a third party vendor subject to the notice
                provisions of this paragraph.


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6.      COX'S PREMIER STATUS AS TICKETS.COM DISTRIBUTION PARTNER

        a)      Cox Network websites, including specifically MP3Radio.com
                websites, will receive Most Favored Nations status for content,
                functionality, exclusivity, revenue sharing on transactions and
                ticket sales, and any other economic terms, in comparison to any
                other deals entered into by Tickets.com that provide a third
                party website or online service with any of Tickets.com's
                content and/or ticketing functionality. By way of example and
                not of limitation, Tickets.com will not enter into any agreement
                with a third party that provides such third party with more
                favorable terms as described in (i), (ii) or (iii) below without
                extending the more favorable terms in such agreement to Cox
                Network websites:

                i)      An agreement under which a third party is allowed to
                        integrate its content with Tickets.com content in a
                        manner more favorable to such party than the permitted
                        integration of CIM's content with Tickets.com;

                ii)     An agreement under which a third party receives a
                        greater proportion of the net revenue for e-commerce or
                        a higher per-ticket commission than Tickets.com pays to
                        CIM; or

                iii)    An agreement under which a third party would receive an
                        additional financial incentive, in terms of an increased
                        per ticket commission, e-commerce revenue share or
                        otherwise, for such party's assistance to Tickets.com in
                        obtaining ticketing rights.

                Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tickets.com may enter into an
                agreement that provides a third party with more favorable terms
                without making such terms available to Cox Network websites if
                such agreement (i) is materially dissimilar to this Agreement
                and such third party is not described in section 6(b)(i) or
                6(b)(ii) below, or (ii) is with an entertainment organization
                (such as a venue, event promoter or artist management company)
                that provides ticketing inventory to Tickets.com pursuant to
                such agreement, as long as such entertainment organization could
                not reasonably be considered a competitor of CIM or any Cox
                Network website. Tickets.com will allocate the engineering
                resources necessary to make CIM as high a priority as any of
                Tickets.com's other premier distribution partners.

        b)      As used in this paragraph, a "Cox Exclusive Area" means each of
                the top [***] ADIs (Areas of Dominant Influence, as determined
                by Arbitron) and any local consumer market then-served by a CIM
                City Site. For [***] years from the date of this Agreement,
                Tickets.com will not enter into any arrangement with respect to
                any website or online service directed primarily towards
                Internet users in a Cox Exclusive Area with any third party that
                either (i) provides a broad offering of Internet delivery,
                content, Web search functionality, directory and user services,
                or (ii) could reasonably be considered a competitor of any CIM
                City Site in such Cox Exclusive Area, including, without
                limitation the websites for any local print media product,
                television (but not radio) broadcast station, cable channel or
                local cable operator, if, under any such arrangement covered by
                (i) or (ii) above, (w) Tickets.com supplies content to such
                party for display on its website(s), (x) the Tickets.com Site
                and/or content is integrated with the content and functionality
                of such third party's website(s), (y) Tickets.com builds web
                pages with ticketing information and functionality that are
                private-labeled or co-branded with the brands of such third
                party, or (z) such third party is promoted through Tickets.com
                advertising in any Cox Exclusive Area. After [***] year from the
                date of this Agreement, if Tickets.com determines that it would
                like to enter into an agreement described in the previous
                sentence above with respect to a Cox Exclusive Area in which CIM
                does not then have an existing City Site, it will notify CIM
                prior to entering into such agreement, and CIM will have ten
                (10) days to respond to Tickets.com as to whether it plans to
                launch a City Site in such Cox Exclusive Area within six months
                from the date of such notice. If CIM does plan to launch a City
                Site in such Cox Exclusive Area within six months and makes
                reasonable progress in doing so within three months from the
                date of such notice, then Tickets.com may not enter into the
                agreement with the third party. Otherwise, Tickets.com may enter
                into such agreement.

        c)      If Tickets.com determines that it would like to enter into an
                agreement that is described in the second sentence of section
                6(b) above except that it relates to a market not in a Cox
                Exclusive Area, it will notify CIM prior to entering into such
                agreement, and CIM will have ten (10) days to respond to


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                Tickets.com as to whether it plans to launch a City Site in such
                market within six months from the date of such notice. If CIM
                does plan to launch a City Site in such market within six months
                and makes reasonable progress in doing so within three months
                from the date of such notice, then Tickets.com may not enter
                into the agreement with the third party. Otherwise, Tickets.com
                may enter into such agreement.

        d)      In the event that Tickets.com enters into an agreement with a
                third party to provide tickets or ticketing functionality
                through advanced set-top boxes or interactive television,
                Tickets.com will provide Cox and its affiliates with Most
                Favored Nations status for content, functionality, and revenue
                sharing on transactions and ticket sales in comparison to such
                third party agreement.

7.      CONTENT AND FUNCTIONALITY PROVIDED TO TICKETS.COM SITE

        a)      Tickets.com may link to CIM content such as local content for
                any available local markets in the US, movie listings, local
                event listings, reviews and related content ("CIM Content").

        b)      Tickets.com may link to CIM tools such as calendar, clubs,
                message boards, chat, and classifieds ("CIM Tools").

        c)      CIM agrees to negotiate in good faith on a case-by-case basis
                any requests by Tickets.com to display directly on the
                Tickets.com Site any CIM content, in light of existing
                contractual restrictions on the use of such content and
                commercially reasonable revenue-sharing opportunities for the
                display of such content.

8.      QUALITY/CUSTOMER SUPPORT

        a)      Tickets.com will answer and/or fix significant bug reports on
                the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages within 24 hours of delivery of
                written notification via facsimile, email or otherwise.

        b)      Tickets.com Site and Co-Branded Ticketing Pages will be
                accessible from the web twenty-four hours a day, seven days a
                week, three hundred sixty-five days a year.

        c)      Tickets.com will copy CIM on all correspondence with Co-Branded
                Ticketing Pages users. CIM will copy Tickets.com on all
                correspondence related to the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages from
                its users.

        d)      CIM will not specifically target direct mailings (including
                e-mails) to users of the Tickets.com Site without the prior
                consent of Tickets.com, provided that CIM may contact those
                users for which CIM acquires user data or contact information
                from a source other than Tickets.com. Tickets.com will not
                specifically target direct mailings (including e-mails) to users
                of the Cox Network websites without the prior consent of CIM,
                provided that Tickets.com may contact those users for which
                Tickets.com acquires user data or contact information from a
                source other than CIM.

9.      TERM

        The term of this Agreement will be for five years. The parties agree to
        meet and negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions of renewal no
        later than 90 days prior to the expiration of this Agreement.


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10.     ADVERTISING REVENUES FOR TICKETS.COM

        Co-Branded Ticket Pages

        a)      CIM will be responsible for selling advertising on the
                Co-Branded Ticketing Pages. CIM will also be responsible for ad
                serving on the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages.

        b)      CIM will pay Tickets.com on a quarterly basis [***] percent
                ([***]%) of the "Net Advertising Revenue" that accrues to CIM
                during the term of this Agreement from advertising on the
                Co-Branded Ticketing Pages. "Net Advertising Revenue" means the
                gross revenue from advertising on the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages
                that is collected by CIM during the applicable payment period
                minus sales commissions of [***] percent ([***]%) and ad serving
                expenses of [***] percent ([***]%).

        Tickets.com Site

        c)      CIM will be Tickets.com's exclusive ad sales rep for Local
                Advertising on the Tickets.com Site, and will be responsible for
                selling Local Advertising on the Tickets.com Site. CIM will also
                be responsible for arranging for serving the Local Advertising
                it sells on the Tickets.com Site. As used herein, "Local
                Advertising" means advertising seeking to reach less than
                seventy percent (70%) of the U.S. market. After six months have
                elapsed from the date of this Agreement, Tickets.com will be
                able terminate CIM's ad rep services under this paragraph upon
                ninety (90) days written notice.

        d)      Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (c) above, if Tickets.com
                determines that it would like to enter into an agreement for ad
                rep services for Local Advertising in a market not served by a
                CIM ad sales force, it will notify CIM prior to entering into
                such agreement, and CIM will have ten (10) days to respond to
                Tickets.com as to whether it plans to launch an ad sales force
                to serve such market within thirty (30) days from the date of
                such notice. If CIM does plan to launch an ad sales force to
                serve such market within thirty (30) days, then Tickets.com may
                not enter into the agreement with the third party. Otherwise,
                Tickets.com may enter into such ad rep agreement.

        e)      "Tickets.com Local Ad Revenue" shall mean all revenue derived
                from the CIM's sale of Local Advertising on the Tickets.com
                Site. Tickets.com will pay to CIM a percentage of the
                Tickets.com Local Ad Revenue as follows: sales commissions of
                [***] percent ([***]%) and ad serving expenses of [***] percent
                ([***]%). All other revenues, less commission and ad serving
                costs will accrue to Tickets.com.

        f)      Tickets.com will ensure that Tickets.com Site will have
                flexibility in programming for advertising and will have at
                least the same number of advertising opportunities as on the
                channel and application pages on the CIM City Sites (currently
                one banner ad and three sponsorship boxes).

11.     REVENUES PAID TO CIM BY TICKETS.COM

        a)      Tickets.com will pay CIM on a quarterly basis [***] percent
                ([***]%) of the "Net Revenues" that accrues to Tickets.com from
                CIM users during the term of this Agreement from e-commerce
                opportunities, including but not limited to, merchandise,
                travel, events packages and auctions. "Net Revenues" means
                e-commerce related transaction revenue (excluding ticket sales),
                less costs directly allocated to the goods sold, that accrues to
                Tickets.com from the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages during the term
                of the applicable payment period. CIM shall use commercially
                reasonable efforts to distribute Tickets.com sourced and
                initiated e-commerce transactions throughout the CIM City Sites
                in relevant channels and applications, subject to existing
                contractual obligations. For instance, merchandise may be
                promoted in the Searchable Product Application that will reside
                in the Shopping Channel and sports events packages will be
                promoted in the Sports Channel.

        b)      Tickets.com will pay CIM on a quarterly basis a commission of
                $[***] per ticket. The commission to CIM is intended to
                represent [***] percent ([***]%) of the gross margin on tickets
                sold over


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                the Internet. In the event that the gross margin on tickets sold
                over the Internet improves, CIM will, on an annual basis adjust
                the dollar commission based on the increased gross margin, so
                that CIM's commission is equal to [***]% of Tickets.com's gross
                margin.

        c)      If CIM has played a primary, substantial and integral role in
                assisting Tickets.com in obtaining ticketing rights to any
                venue, Tickets.com will pay CIM a per ticket commission of
                $[***] or [***] percent ([***]%) of the gross margin per ticket
                sold, whichever is greater, for any tickets sold for such venue,
                whether through a Co-Branded Ticketing Page, the Tickets.com
                Site, another distribution partner of Tickets.com, or any other
                method of distribution employed by or on behalf of Tickets.com.

        d)      If CIM believes it would be able to assist Tickets.com in
                obtaining ticketing rights for a category of tickets that would
                be sold with a significantly higher per-ticket service charge
                than typical venue events, the parties agree to discuss in good
                faith whether such assistance would be appropriate and what
                compensation would be paid to CIM in the event that Tickets.com
                obtains such ticketing rights.

        e)      In cases where CIM distributes Tickets.com content through the
                broadband platform of Excite@Home, the foregoing revenue-sharing
                provisions of section 11(a) and section 11(b) will apply only if
                the content is integrated so that Tickets.com serves the user a
                Co-Branded Ticketing Page that corresponds to the area of the
                Excite@Home service programmed by CIM (or any Cox Network
                website).

12.     TICKETS.COM ADVERTISING THROUGH COX MEDIA PROPERTIES

        a)      If within sixty (60) days of the date of this Agreement,
                MP3Radio.com acquires any number of equity interests in
                Tickets.com from CIM, Tickets.com shall be required to spend the
                annual minimum amounts on advertising set forth in Table II
                below in the following Cox media properties: the CIM City Sites,
                AutoConnect.com, ValPak.com, MP3Radio.com (national),and
                MP3Radio.com websites of Cox radio station affiliates
                (collectively, "Cox Internet Properties"), and also Cox Radio
                Stations, Cox Newspapers, Cox Television Stations, ValPak and
                Cox Communications (cable).

                                    TABLE II



        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Guaranteed Advertising   YEAR 1         YEAR 2          YEAR 3
        Expenditure
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        CIM City Sites           [***]          [***]           [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        MP3Radio.com (national)  [***]          [***]           [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        MP3Radio.com (Cox        [***]          [***]           [***]
        Radio affiliate
        websites only)
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        AutoConnect.com          [***]          [***]           [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        ValPak.com               [***]          [***]           [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        [SUBTOTAL FOR COX        [[***]]        [[***]]         [[***]]
        INTERNET PROPERTIES]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------

        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Cox Radio Stations       [***]          [***]           [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------

        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Discretionary (i.e.      [***]          [***]           [***]
        any Cox Property
        listed in Section
        12(a) above)
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Total                    [***]          [***]           [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------


        b)      If within sixty (60) days of the date of this Agreement,
                MP3Radio.com does not acquire any equity interests in
                Tickets.com from CIM, Tickets.com shall be required to spend the
                annual minimum amounts on advertising in the Cox media
                properties listed in section 12(a) above as set forth in Table
                III below.


[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for redacted portion. The
confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


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                                    TABLE III



        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Guaranteed Advertising    YEAR 1        YEAR 2         YEAR 3
        Expenditure
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        CIM City Sites            [***]         [***]          [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        MP3Radio.com (national)   [***]         [***]          [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        MP3Radio.com (Cox Radio   [***]         [***]          [***]
        affiliate websites only)
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        AutoConnect.com           [***]         [***]          [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        ValPak.com                [***]         [***]          [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        [SUBTOTAL OF COX          [[***]]       [[***]]        [[***]]
        INTERNET PROPERTIES]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Cox Radio Stations        [***]         [***]          [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------

        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Discretionary (i.e. any   [***]         [***]          [***]
        Cox Property listed in
        Section 12(a) above)
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Total                     [***]         [***]          [***]
        ---------------------------------------------------------------


        c)      CIM may, at any time in its discretion, elect to decrease the
                annual minimum expenditures set forth in Table II or Table III
                above with respect to the Cox Internet Properties. If CIM
                reduces the annual minimums, it may require Tickets.com to
                re-allocate up to half of the guaranteed minimum expenditures to
                other Cox Internet Properties, provided that CIM will make good
                faith efforts to allocate Tickets.com's expenditures to Cox
                Internet Properties that CIM believes will be useful and
                attractive means of promoting Tickets.com.

        d)      With respect to advertising on the CIM City Sites, Tickets.com
                shall make ad buys at a CPM of $[***]. With respect to ad buys
                in other Cox media properties, Tickets.com shall be entitled to
                the average rate paid by advertisers on such properties for ad
                buys of a similar dollar amount and in consideration of the
                prominence of the advertisements. The terms for such advertising
                (other than rates) will be the same terms found in the standard
                terms and conditions for such advertising.

        e)      Wherever commercially reasonable and appropriate,Tickets.com
                advertisements in Cox media properties will include a specific
                mention of the corresponding CIM City Site (by applicable brand)
                in the market for which the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages are
                available (e.g. "available through [nameofCIMsite.com]").

13.     TERMINATION

        a)      Either party may terminate if the other party materially
                breaches this Agreement and the breach remains uncured for a
                period of ninety (90) days.

        b)      In the event of a Change of Control Transaction with respect to
                Tickets.com, where the acquiring party in such transaction is a
                "Competitor" as defined in c) below, Tickets.com agrees that:
                (i) the Tickets.com branding on the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages
                will remain unchanged and no additional or different branding,
                other than CIM branding, will be displayed; (ii) the content and
                functionality of the Tickets.com and Co-Branded Ticket Pages
                will remain at least at the level that it exists at the time of
                the Change of Control Transaction; and (iii) Tickets.com will
                make available to CIM all content and functionality available on
                the Tickets.com Site (or subsequent site).


[***] Confidential treatment has been requested for redacted portion. The
confidential redacted portion has been omitted and filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


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        c)      For the purposes hereof, (i) a "Competitor" shall mean an entity
                which (a) acts as a provider of a broad offering of Internet
                delivery, content, search, directory and user services to a
                local consumer market and (b) is competitive with CIM; (ii)
                "Change of Control Transaction" shall mean with respect to a
                particular corporation (a) any merger, share exchange or other
                acquisition (or series of related transactions of such nature)
                as a result of which the holders of voting securities of the
                corporation immediately prior thereto do not continue to own
                beneficially voting securities representing 50% or more of the
                total voting securities of the corporation (or any successor
                entity or parent corporation) immediately thereafter or (b) a
                sale or transfer of all or substantially all of a corporation's
                assets.

        d)      CIM may terminate this Agreement if Tickets.com is not one of
                the top providers in terms of online ticketing functionality and
                tools (excluding ticket inventory) based on commercially
                reasonable standards. Tickets.com may terminate this Agreement
                if CIM's City Sites are not among the top local websites in
                terms of tools and functionality based on commercially
                reasonable standards.

14.     WARRANTY AND INDEMNITY

        a)      Tickets.com will defend, indemnify and hold harmless CIM, Cox
                Enterprises, Inc., and all of their affiliates from claims
                arising from the content or transactions on the Tickets.com Site
                or the Co-Branded Ticketing Pages (other than content provided
                by CIM), or claims that its Content or transactions related
                thereto infringe or violate any federal, state or local law,
                third party copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, right of
                publicity or right of privacy or contains any defamatory
                content.

        b)      CIM will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Tickets.com from
                claims arising from content on the Cox Network, other than the
                content or transactions provided by or on behalf of Tickets.com,
                including claims that the content infringes or violates any
                federal, state or local law, third party copyright, patent,
                trade secret, trademark, right of publicity or right of privacy
                or contains any defamatory content.

15.     LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

        Except for liability for indemnity, neither party will have liability
        for any damages other than direct damages. Each party's liability will
        be limited to the amounts actually paid by Tickets.com.

16.        GENERAL

        a)      With each payment, each party will provide the other
                documentation reasonably detailing the calculation of the
                payment. Each party will maintain accurate records with respect
                to the calculation of all payments due under this Agreement. No
                more than once per year, either party may cause an independent
                Certified Public Accountant to inspect the records of the other
                reasonably related to the calculation of such payments. The fees
                charged by such Certified Public Accountant in connection with
                the inspection will be paid by the party initiating the audit,
                unless the Certified Public Accountant discovers an underpayment
                of greater than 10%, in which case the other party will pay such
                fees.

        b)      CIM and Tickets.com shall jointly prepare, and determine the
                timing of, any press release or other announcement to the public
                relating to the transaction described in this Agreement. Prior
                to the execution of any Definitive Agreement, neither of the
                parties hereto, nor their respective affiliates, shall make any
                public announcement with respect to this Agreement or the
                transaction contemplated hereby without the express consent of
                the other party as to form and content.

        c)      This Agreement is the complete and exclusive agreement between
                the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof,
                superseding any prior agreements and communications (both
                written and oral) regarding such subject matter. This Agreement
                may only be modified, or any rights under it waived, by a
                written document executed by both parties.


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        d)      This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which
                when taken together shall constitute one and the same
                instrument.

AGREED as of the date first written above:

TICKETS.COM, INC.                              COX INTERACTIVE MEDIA, INC.

By: ____________________________               By: ____________________________

Name: __________________________               Name: __________________________

Title: _________________________               Title: _________________________

Date: __________________________               Date: __________________________


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