Buffalo, NY, May 15, 2000 -- Algonquin Studios, Inc., a leading provider of internet commerce solutions, announced today that Joseph P. Murphy has been promoted to Creative Director/Partner. Murphy will be responsible for day-to-day creative activities along with managing client relationships for Algonquin Studios, Inc. His focus will be on ensuring that the latest web technologies are used to create stimulating multimedia experiences that keep the end user in mind.

Murphy is a proven creative professional, with over 3 years of experience developing multimedia presentations as a web developer and interactive designer. His experience extends to work in all dimensions of interactive media ? from the inception of ideas to making them functional.

Murphy brings a background of enhancing multimedia businesses such as ONE4 and Automatic Communication Arts. Joseph has worked with the founders of Algonquin Studios, Inc. since the fall of 1997. He began as a freelance Business Consultant before becoming an official member of the Algonquin Studios, Inc. team in January 1999.

Sites Joseph has worked on: Crowley Web and Associates, Maid of the Mist, Mark Dellas Photography, Heritage Centers, Jerktown, Rhea Anna Photography, One4.com, Automatic Communication Arts, Lightmakers of NY, and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center.

Algonquin Studios is a Buffalo-based organization that unites the complementary talents of business, creative and technical professionals to bring business models online. Algonquin Studios can offer businesses the competitive advantage they need to prosper in today's changing marketplace through Internet Business Development, Enterprise Application Development, Corporate Identity & Branding, Business & Technology Consulting and Technical Project Advising and Training. Founded in March 1998, Algonquin Studios is headquartered in Buffalo, NY. For additional information, please call 716.842.1439.