Chronicle Communications Announces -Market Maker Plus-
A Magazine Featuring Publicly Traded, Emerging Growth Companies
CAIRO, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 1999-- Chronicle Communications Inc.(OTCBB:CRNC - news), CEO, John V. Whitman Jr., announced today that it is launching a magazine called Market Maker Plus.
This dynamic new publication will profile emerging growth, publicly traded companies. Market Maker Plus is going to be distributed free to every retail brokerage office in the United States and to top producing individual brokers nationally. Larger NASD firms will receive numerous free copies. Market Maker Plus will also be available to the general public via the Internet and on newsstands. The new magazine will be distributed six times per year. Individual subscriptions may be obtained for $39.00 per year US and $69.00 per year foreign. Market Plus is being designed and printed at Chronicle's United Printing and Publishing Inc., subsidiary located in Tampa, Fla.
There are over 5,500 NASD member firms. These member firms have more than 70,546 branch offices that employ over 591,000 registered representatives. Market Maker Plus is strategically designed to capture the attention of the brokerage community. A minimum of six companies each issue will compensate Chronicle to have their publicly traded company profiled in Market Maker Plus. Special non-paid editorials covering market trends, hot Internet stocks and stories of interest will appear in Market Maker Plus. Emerging growth companies need to get their story out to people who can generate enthusiasm and retail buying in their stock. Market Maker Plus represents the most cost effective method for young, fully reporting, emerging companies to get their story disseminated.
Market Maker Plus will make its debut beginning with the March/April '99 issue. Over 150,000 copies of Market Maker Plus will hit the mail on Feb. 23, 1999. Market Maker Plus will compete with publications like Money World and Market Pulse magazine. Market Maker Plus will reach a very targeted audience and offer highly competitive advertising rates and payment terms. Companies interested in advertising or having their company profiled should contact: Northeastern/West Coast Sales contact Randy Barrow, 301-468-7001, fax at 301-468-7005, Southeastern/Central Sales contact Richard Nicholson at 813-248-0100, fax at 813-247-2133.
Chronicle Communications Inc., is a fully reporting, publicly traded company quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol of ''CRNC.'' The company, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Cairo, Ga., is the publisher of the South Georgia Chronicle, a weekly edition shopper paper distributed free to the respective community. Chronicle's expansion plans include up to 20 shopper papers across Georgia and the acquisition of existing specialty print products, primarily in the Southeast. Chronicle also operates two commercial web-offset printing plants in Central Florida. Complete information including links to the SEC's EDGAR database can be found at Chronicle's website at: www.chronicleinc.com/. Chronicle is committed to expansion to the Internet and plans to announce it's Internet product line in mid-March.
Special Note: The foregoing release contains forward looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual events to materially differ from those indicated by such forward looking statements, including the availability of funding, results of marketing efforts and general economic conditions, among others. |