October 6, 2003

Looksmart is loosing its most important partner: its deal with Microsoft is not being renewed. LookSmart's deal to power the main web search results for MSN in the United States has been extended for just over a month to run through mid-January 2004. According to MSN, LookSmart listings will be dropped from its MSN Search UK site even sooner, by the middle of this month.

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