JNNE- VOLUME COMING IN ON ANTICIPATION OF A MORE APPEALING NAME????? the major contracts ...nothing..this volume comes in.. (COMTEX) B: Jones Naughton Entertainment Announces Plans for Corporat B: Jones Naughton Entertainment Announces Plans for Corporate Name Change LOS ANGELES, Aug 26, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- JonesNaughton Entertainment, Inc. (OTC BB: JNNE), today announced the agenda for the Company's upcoming shareholder meeting scheduled for September 8th, 1999. Jones Naughton's shareholders will convene for the purpose of approving changing the Company's name to Go Online Networks Corporation and re-incorporating the Company as a Delaware corporation. This special meeting will take place Wednesday, September 8th, 1999, at 1:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time. The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel located at 1325 E. Dyer Road, Santa Ana, California 92705. Notice of the meeting, and a proxy, have been sent to over 11,000 shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 12, 1999. All eligible shareholders unable to attend are encouraged to complete and return their proxy, or they can vote directly via the Internet. Jones Naughton Entertainment is working to complete their SEC filings for the purpose of becoming a reporting company, and will make its filing immediately following the shareholders' meeting. Company Profile Update Following the announcement of the proxy count, members of Jones Naughton's management will briefly present components of the Company's business plan, as well as summary overviews of the Company's three business divisions: - The GoOn-line Kiosk Division - The ShopGoOnline.com e-commerce Division (http://www.ShopGoOnline.com ) - The Auctionomics Division Additionally, representatives from several of Jones Naughton's business partners, including Nicom Telemanagement, P.D.Q. Inc., Icom Networks and Info Touch Technologies, will be present to answer shareholders' questions relating to each company's relationship with Jones Naughton Entertainment. Kiosk Update James Cannon, Director of the GoOn-line Kiosk Division, announced the signing of three new hoteliers in Hawaii. GoOn-line's Internet Kiosk Division has now signed more than 135 contracts for its Internet service in hotels and motels, with service available in 31 states by October. Advertising Retraction Joseph Naughton, Chairman of Jones Naughton Entertainment, expressed his apologies to investors and shareholders of the Company for the delay in executing a national newspaper campaign scheduled for Wednesday, August 25th. "Our Company, with my approval, issued a press release stating that, as part of a coordinated advertising campaign to support our ShopGoOnline.com's business expansion, it would run newspaper advertisements in eight major media markets yesterday. Due to an unfortunate clerical error by a representative of our outside advertising bureau, these ads were not placed for distribution as our Company had planned. "We apologize for this error and have taken the necessary steps to ensure this does not happen again," said Mr. Naughton. "This short delay will not, in any way, deter us from implementing the marketing strategies necessary to grow this core business." About Jones Naughton Entertainment, Inc. Jones Naughton Entertainment, Inc. is an information technology concern focused on combining traditional marketing methods with the latest advancements in Internet technology. Through its GoOn-line Division, Jones Naughton provides interactive Internet, advertising and media buying services to a growing number of clients across the country. GoOn-line has also begun installing Internet kiosks in various hotels and is aggressively pursuing kiosk agreements with a number of national hotel chains. Jones Naughton's subsidiary, GoOn-line.com (a Chico, California- based Internet company specializing in the production of streaming video infomercials over the Internet), offers Internet products and services to consumers via e-commerce solutions available on the World Wide Web. GoOn-line.com has just launched ShopGoOnline.com, a virtual shopping mall Web site featuring a wide variety of products, some of which have traditionally only been available frominfomercial companies advertising on broadcast television. Jones Naughton's growing list of Internet service and e-commerce suppliers and partners includes: Icom Networks, Inc.; Nicom Telemanagement, Inc.; DoubleClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCLK); Guthy-Renker, Inc.; RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK); LinkShare Corporation; PDQ Internet Services, Inc.; Website Results, LLC; and Info Touch Technologies. This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Expression of future goals and similar expressions reflecting something other than historical fact involve risks and uncertainties. The actual results the company achieves may differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to such risks and uncertainties. Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved. -0- CONTACT: Jones Naughton Entertainment, Inc. Joseph Naughton, Chairman 714/736-9888 Web site: www.jnne.com e-mail: joe@jnne.com or PMR and Assoc. Patrick M. Rost, Investor Relations 760/942-0015 e-mail: PMRandCo@aol.com WEB PAGE: businesswire.com GEOGRAPHY: CALIFORNIA HAWAII INDUSTRY CODE: ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET |