MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

            Management  Agreement made as of this 14th day of March,  2000 (this
"Agreement")  between Liberty Group Services,  LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company ("Liberty"), and AskTheRobot,  LLC, a New York limited liability company
(the "Company").

            WHEREAS,  the Company  desires to retain  Liberty to render  certain
services  to the  Company  with  respect to the  strategy of the Company and the
administration of the Company's business affairs,  and the Company is willing to
render such services;

            NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

            1.  Appointment.  The  Company  hereby  appoints  Liberty to provide
management  services to the Company to administrator  its business affairs until
this  Agreement  is  terminated  by either  party in  accordance  with the terms
hereof.  Liberty  accepts  such  appointment  and agrees to render the  services
herein described, for the compensation herein provided.

            2.  Duties.  Liberty will provide  implementation  of the  Company's
strategy as well as administer  the Company's  business  affairs as requested by
the Company, and, in connection  therewith,  the Company will furnish to Liberty
and its  affiliates,  agents and  representatives  with  office  facilities  and
utilities as well as with clerical,  bookkeeping and  recordkeeping  services at
such  office  facilities,   communications   equipment  and  services  including
telephone and telefax  facilities,  and computer  equipment  and  services.  The
services of Liberty to the  Company  under this  Agreement  are not to be deemed
exclusive, and Liberty will be free to render similar services to others.

            3. Management Fee. For the services provided hereunder,  the Company
shall pay  Liberty a fee of $5,000  per month,  payable  in options to  purchase
membership interests of the Company at a pre-money valuation of $6 million. Said
fee shall be payable for the term of this  Agreement,  provided,  however,  that
notwithstanding  any termination of this Agreement prior to the anniversary date
hereof or any sale or  merger or public  offering  of the  Company  during  said
twelve  (12) month  period,  said  management  fee (i.e.,  the right to purchase
equity  interests  in the  Company)  shall  survive for not less than a 12-month
period (i.e., the right to purchase $60,000 worth of membership interests of the
Company at a pre-money valuation of $6 million).

            4.  Limitation  of  Liability.  (a)  None of  Liberty  or any of its
members,  managers  or  their  respective  stockholders,   controlling  persons,
officers,  directors,  employees,  representatives  or  agents  or any of  their
respective affiliates,  employees, agents or principals (collectively,  "Covered
Persons")  will be  liable  to the  Company  for any act or  omission  taken  or
suffered by such Covered Person in good faith and in the reasonable  belief that
such act or omission is within the scope of  authority  granted to such  Covered
Person by this Agreement; provided that such act or omission does not constitute
fraud, willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence by the Covered Person
in the conduct of the duties of the Covered Person ("Disabling Conduct").

            (b) A Covered  Person  will incur no  liability  in acting  upon any
signature or writing reasonably believed by him to be genuine, and may rely on a
certificate  signed by an executive  officer of any person in order to ascertain
any fact with respect to such person or within such  person's  knowledge and may
rely on an opinion of counsel  selected by such  Covered  Person with respect to
legal matters  unless such Covered  Person  engaged in Disabling  Conduct.  Each
Covered Person may act directly or through its agents or attorneys. Each Covered
Person may consult with counsel,  appraisers,  engineers,  accountants and other
skilled  persons  of its  choosing,  and will not be liable for  anything  done,
suffered or omitted in good faith in reasonable reliance upon the advice of such
persons  unless such Covered  Person  engaged in Disabling  Conduct.  No Covered
Person  will be liable to the Company for any mistake of fact or judgment by the
Covered Person in conducting  the affairs of the Company or otherwise  acting in
respect of and within the scope of this Agreement  unless such person engaged in
Disabling Conduct.

            5.  Confidentiality.  (a) Liberty  hereby  severally  covenants  and
agrees that Liberty and each of its  officers,  directors,  members,  employees,
agents and representatives shall retain in strict confidence,  and shall not use
for any purpose  whatsoever,  or divulge,  disseminate  or disclose to any third
party (other than in furtherance  of the business  purposes of the Company or as
may be required by law) all proprietary or confidential  information relating to
the Company's business,  including,  without limitation,  financial information,
development plans, pricing information, business methods, management information
systems and software,  customer lists, supplier lists, leads,  solicitations and
contacts,   know-how,   show-how,    inventions,    techniques,    improvements,
specifications,  trade secrets, agreements,  research and development,  business
plans and  marketing  plans of the Company,  whether or not any of the foregoing
are copyrightable or patentable.

                  (b) If Liberty  breaches,  or threatens to commit a breach of,
any of the  provisions  of this  Section  5,  then the  Company  shall  have the
following  rights  and  remedies,  each of which  rights and  remedies  shall be
independent of the other and severally enforceable,  and all of which rights and
remedies  shall be in  addition  to and not in lieu of,  any  other  rights  and
remedies that are available at law or in equity:

                        (i)   The  right  and  remedy  to have  the  covenants
contained herein specifically  enforced by any court having equity jurisdiction,
it being  acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach will
cause irreparable  injury to the Company and that money damages will not provide
an adequate remedy to the Company; and/or

                        (ii)  The right  and  remedy  to  declare  a  material
default  of this  Agreement  by  Liberty  and to  recover  damages  therefor  in
accordance with applicable law.

            If any court determines that any of the covenants  contained in this
Section  5, or any part  thereof,  is  unenforceable  because  of,  among  other
reasons, the duration of such provision or the restrictive area covered thereby,
such court shall have the power to reduce the  duration or  restrictive  area of
such provision and, in its reduced form, such provision will then be enforceable
and shall be enforced.

            6.  Indemnification.  (a) The Company  will,  to the fullest  extent
permitted by applicable  law,  indemnify  and hold harmless each Covered  Person
from and against all claims,  liabilities and expenses of whatever nature, known
or unknown,  liquidated or unliquidated  ("Claims")  relating to or arising from
activities  undertaken in connection  with the Company or otherwise  relating to
this Agreement,  including,  but not limited to, amounts paid in satisfaction of
judgments,  in  compromise  or as fines  and  penalties,  and  counsel  fees and
expenses  (all of  such  amounts  are  referred  to as  "Damages")  incurred  in
connection  with  the  defense  or  disposition  of any  action,  suit or  other
proceeding  (a  "Proceeding"),  whether  civil or criminal,  before any court or
administrative  body in  which  such  Covered  Person  may be or may  have  been
involved as a party or otherwise or with which such Covered Person may be or may
have been threatened, while acting as such Covered Person except with respect to
any matter as to which such  Covered  Person  shall  have  engaged in  Disabling
Conduct.

            (b) Expenses  incurred by a Covered  Person in defense or settlement
of any Claim that may be subject to a right of indemnification  hereunder may be
advanced by the Company prior to the final  disposition  thereof upon receipt of
an  undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it
shall be  determined  ultimately  that the Covered  Person is not entitled to be
indemnified  hereunder.  The right of any Covered Person to the  indemnification
provided herein shall be cumulative with, and in addition to, any and all rights
to which such  Covered  Person may  otherwise  be  entitled  by contract or as a
matter of law or equity and shall  extend to such Covered  Person's  successors,
assigns and legal representatives.

            (c)  Promptly  after  receipt  by a Covered  Person of notice of the
commencement of any action or proceeding  involving a Claim, such Covered Person
will, if a claim for  indemnification  in respect  thereof is to be made against
the Company,  give  written  notice to the Company of the  commencement  of such
action;  provided  that the  failure  of any  Covered  Person to give  notice as
provided  herein  shall not relieve the  Company of its  obligations  under this
Section 5, except to the extent that the Company is actually  prejudiced by such
failure to give  notice.  In case any such  action is brought  against a Covered
Person, the Company will be entitled to participate in and to assume the defense
thereof  to the  extent  that the  Company  may wish,  with  counsel  reasonably
satisfactory  to such  Covered  Person.  After  notice  from the Company to such
Covered  Person of the  Company's  election to assume the defense  thereof,  the
Company  will not be liable for expenses  subsequently  incurred by such Covered
Person in connection with the defense  thereof.  The Company will not consent to
entry of any judgment or enter into any  settlement  that does not include as an
unconditional  term  thereof  the giving by the  claimant or  plaintiff  to such
Covered  Person of a release  from all  liability  in  respect  to such claim or
litigation.

            7. No  Restriction on  Activities.  Nothing in this Agreement  shall
limit or restrict the right of any member, employee, agent or officer of Liberty
to engage in any other  business or to devote his time and  attention in part to
the  management  or other  aspects  of any  business,  whether  of a similar  or
dissimilar  nature,  nor limit or restrict the right of Liberty to engage in any
other business or to render services of any kind to any other corporation, firm,
individual or association.

            8. Termination.  This Agreement shall continue in effect for as long
as the parties hereto mutually agree,  until otherwise  terminated in accordance
with the  provisions  hereof,  provided,  however,  that the right of Liberty to
purchase membership interests in the Company for an exercise price of $60,000 at
a $6  million  pre-money  valuation  shall  continue  in full  force and  effect
notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement.

            9.  Notices.  Any  notice or other  communication  required  to be
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given  pursuant to this  Agreement  shall be deemed duly given if delivered or
mailed by  registered  mail,  postage  prepaid,  (1) to the Company at 29 East
31st Street,  New York,  New York 10016;  or (2) to Liberty at 11 52nd Street,
Brooklyn,  New York 11232,  and in either  case,  with a copy to David  Lubin,
Esq., at Herrick, Feinstein LLP, 2 Park Avenue, New York, New York  10016.

            10. Amendments and Waivers.  This Agreement may be amended by mutual
consent of the  parties.  Any  amendment to this  Agreement  shall be in writing
signed by the parties hereto.  No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to
have been waived  except if the giving of such waiver is  contained in a written
notice  given to the party  claiming  such  waiver and no such  waiver  shall be
deemed to be a waiver of any other or further  obligation  or  liability  of the
party or parties in whose favor the waiver was given.

            11.  Counterparts.  This  Agreement  may be executed in any number
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of  counterparts,  each of which will be deemed an  original  and all of which
taken together shall constitute a single instrument.

            12.  Headings.  The  headings of the  sections  of this  Agreement
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are  inserted  for  convenience  only and shall not be deemed to  constitute a
part hereof.

            13.  Successors and Assigns;  Parties in Interest.  This Agreement
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will  inure to the  benefit of and be binding  upon the  parties  and to their
respective  heirs,   executors,   administrators,   successors  and  permitted
assigns.

            14. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited
or  unenforceable  in  any  jurisdiction  will,  as  to  such  jurisdiction,  be
ineffective  to the  extent  of such  prohibition  or  unenforceability  without
invalidating  the  remaining  provisions  hereof,  and any such  prohibition  or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction will not invalidate or render unenforceable
such provision in any other jurisdiction.  To the extent permitted by applicable
law, the parties waive any  provision of law that renders any  provision  hereof
prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  if
any provision is so prohibited or unenforceable, the parties will, to the extent
lawful and  practicable,  use their best efforts to enter into  arrangements  to
effect the intent of such provision.

            15.  Governing  Law.  This  Agreement  will  be  governed  by  and
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construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

            16.  Entirety  of  Agreement.   This  Agreement   constitutes  the
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entire  agreement  among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.


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            IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have caused this instrument
to be executed by their duly authorized signatories below as of the day and year
first above written.

                                          ASKTHEROBOT, LLC

                                          By:
                                                  Michael Vogel

                                          By:
                                                  Douglas Capeci


                                          LIBERTY GROUP SERVICES, LLC

                                           By Liberty  Group  Holdings,  Inc.,
                                           its Manager

                                           By: _________________________
                                                Name: Barry Hawk
                                                Title:  President