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Discovery Consumer Products Grants License to Barewalls.com

Launch Art Print Collection as Part of the New Trading Spacestm Home Decor Line

SHARON, MA, October 1, 2003 -- Discovery Consumer Products has granted Barewalls.com a license to launch the Trading Spaces Collection, a unique line of art prints inspired by the refreshing home decor television show, Trading Spacestm, which airs on TLC. Now, via a dedicated site on Barewalls.com, consumers can buy art prints to match their own personal style, from Casual to Chic and from Classic to Romantic.

Leveraging the eclectic tastes and themes that underlie Trading Spacestm, visitors can now purchase the Trading Spacestm Collection online at www.barewalls.com. Consumers can choose prints according to decorating themes, select special frames and matting options and have items shipped directly to their home or office.

"Taking the spirit of Trading Spacestm' do-it-yourself attitude to heart, Barewalls.com has designed this collection to inspire home decorators with creative ways of bringing art into their homes and lives," said Lorne Lieberman, co-founder of Barewalls.com. "Barewalls.com and Trading Spacestm are a winning combination, offering inspiring solutions to real-life home decor dilemmas."

"Barewalls.com is a terrific licensing partner for Discovery Consumer Products," said Sharon M. Bennett, Discovery's Senior VP of Strategic Partnerships. "By launching the Trading Spaces Collection online, Barewalls.com offers Trading Spaces viewers another way to refresh their 'spaces' and fulfill the promise of the Trading Spaces home décor line: 'Find your style through smart design.'"

The Trading Spacestm Collection in Action
The Trading Spacestm Collection features four different decorating styles: Casual, Chic, Classic and Romantic. Each style was developed to capture a distinct look and feel, based on design trends, key home decor elements and lifestyles of today's consumer.

One of the four Trading Spacestm styles Chic, calls to mind a modern, contemporary and urban lifestyle. The chic look features cool colors and bold lines to compliment the spacious layout of today's airy apartments and lofts. The chosen selection of artwork is a combination of cool and daring prints: vintage advertising, black and white photography and bold abstracts.

About Barewalls
Conceived in 1996 by its co-founders, Daniel Spira and Lorne Lieberman, and launched in 1997, Barewalls.com (http://www.barewalls.com) was the first company to capitalize on the tremendous potential of selling art prints and posters online. Most recently, Internet Retailer voted Barewalls.com one of its top 50 retail Web sites for 2003.

Barewalls.com is the Internet's leading print and poster retailer. The Web site offers more than 150,000 selections -- from the obscure to the everyday in more than 50 categories, including fine art, decorative art, sports and celebrities. Barewalls.com's professional framing and mounting services include board mounting, canvas transfers, and wood and metal frames.

About Discovery Consumer Products
Discovery Consumer Products is the retail, educational publishing and licensing arm of Discovery Communications, Inc. Discovery Consumer Products' offerings extend the Discovery experience to a worldwide audience through a broad array of entertaining and informative products and services. These include a national chain of 167 Discovery Channel retail stores, Discovery-branded licensed products, a robust online shopping business (discovery.com), educational product offerings and strategic third-party retail and merchandising partnerships. Discovery-branded consumer products are currently available in 80 countries and 28 languages.

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