1. A method of providing a time-sensitive information exchange by a host, the method comprising the steps of: (a) registering at the host one or more experts, each having expertise in one or more categories of matters of interest; (b) registering at the host one or more subscribers in return for a payment to the host; (c) providing from the host a description of a request for information about one matter of interest in a predetermined time period to the one or more experts that have expertise in said one matter of interest; (d) receiving at the host information about one or more responses to the request for information from the one or more experts to whom the request has been made; (e) transferring information from the host about the response to subscribers of the host; and (f) compensating at least one of the experts on the basis of a portion of revenue received by said host.