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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

                                  EXHIBIT 10.1

                               NEWSEDGE AGREEMENT

                               DATED MAY 27, 2000


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May 25, 2000



Mr. Mark Ressa
Vice President Corporate Development
thehealthchannel.com
260 Newport Center Drive # 250
Newport Beach, CA 92660

Dear Mark,

Based on our discussions, NewsEdge is pleased to present thehealthchannel.com
with the following eTopics-TM- proposal for an Internet news solution. Outlined
below is a description of the service and pricing.

The proposal is based on the following assumptions:

1.   NewsEdge will provide eTopics-TM- to thehealthchannel.com for use on a
     designated thehealthchannel.com site: HTTP://WWW.THEHEALTHCHANNEL.COM
2.   thehealthchannel.com will purchase eTopics-TM- with unlimited end-user
     access to the designated site.
3.   thehealthchannel.com has decided to host their service and will receive an
     SGML feed from NewsEdge. NewsEdge will FTP the SGML feed to a secure FTP
     site. thehealthchannel.com will be given an id/password to the FTP site
     allowing them to pull their SGML feed to their server. The FTP feed is
     delivered daily between 5am & 7am EST.

Company Overview
NewsEdge Corporation is the world's largest independent news integrator and the
leader in global news and current awareness solutions for business. The
Company's mission is to make news valuable for business. NewsEdge provides
clients at nearly 1,200 organizations with a powerful combination of customized,
authoritative content; cutting-edge technology; editorial, value-added
capabilities; and unparalleled client support and consulting services. NewsEdge
helps business people find the most important, relevant stories from an
overwhelming volume of daily news and enables them to act on the most current
information possible.

PRODUCT OVERVIEW
eTopics-TM- is an automated means to updating your web page each business day
with the most current news that is uniquely relevant to your visitors. The
service takes advantage of NewsEdge's vast experience in news delivery and
NewsEdge's editorial expertise to completely news-enable your web site.

Simply select from the NewsEdge library of 1,300 industry-focused eTopics-TM-.
The selection should meet the needs and interest of your audience. Each selected
topic will be fully integrated into your web page providing your audience with
the day's top stories in headline and brief format. A viewer can get a quick
overview using the headlines and briefs, or can delve deeper by clicking on the
headline to access the underlying full-text article.


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Each day, by 8:00 AM EST, your site is stocked with fresh content from over 250
worldwide information sources. NewsEdge brings you the hottest, most important
industry news, logically organized for quick and easy use. We spend each night
reviewing over 20,000 news articles. Through the use of technology and human
expertise, we carefully review and evaluate the news to deliver only the news
that is relevant to the interests of your audience.

PRICING STRUCTURE
The price of the eTopics-TM- is based on the number of industry-specific topics
that are integrated into your web site. The annual price includes full
implementation of the service and provides full access to all the news for your
audience.

         ITEM              # ORDERED                 PRICE
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         eTopics-TM-          15                     $15,000*

* ONE-TIME SETUP FEE OF $1000 IS INCLUDED.

eTOPICS-TM-  BENEFITS
-    Fresh, relevant industry news that is focused on the interests of your
     visitors.
-    Headlines and briefs of the day's top stories with complete access to all
     the articles in full text.
-    Aggregation of news from 250 premium news sources.
-    News is automatically updated on your web site by 8:00 AM EST.
-    Choose from over 1,300 industry-specific topics, enabling you to focus the
     news on highly granular subjects that specifically relate to your audience.
-    Seamless integration of news on your web site. We will maintain your look
     and feel, while enhancing the content offered.
-    Adds stickiness to your site and enables you to draw end users of specific
     communities to view the latest information about their specific interests.


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ACCEPTANCE:

Your signature on this letter will confirm thehealthchannel.com's subscription
to the NewsEdge eTopics-TM- service. Please sign and date a copy of this
agreement and return it to me as approval of the terms and conditions outlined
above.

/s/ Mark Ressa
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Signature

Mark Ressa, CTO & Vice President
of Corporate Development
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Name/Title

May 27, 2000
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Date

Regards,

Bradford Yeager
Regional Manager
eMedia Services
415.836.0673 - W
415.269.0912 - C
415.836.0670 - F

                          bradford.yeager@newsedge.com