To: joepcf who wrote (18985 ) 1/5/2000 11:36:00 AM From: Jim Bishop Respond to of 150070
CRNC todays news numero uno, for those that missed it: Chronicle Communications Inc., Takes Major Step in Branding Products and Services TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000--Chronicle Communications Inc., (OTCBB:CRNC - news), (http://www.chronicleinc.com) announced Wednesday, it has hired Creative Intelligence Associates, Inc. of Palm Harbor, FL. Creative Intelligence are seasoned professionals in marketing, advertising and corporate image. Creative Intelligence and its principal, G. Andre Delporte, has represented companies such as: Boise Cascade, Carrier Air Conditioning, King World, Touchette Corporation, American General Life Insurance, RCA Home Entertainment and Bank of New York to name just a few. Chronicle has hired Creative to produce a new visual identity for Chronicle and its subsidaries, establish a core identity of all Chronicle's services, develop a comprehensive outline for Chronicle's product positioning and, advertising, graphic illustrations, sampling marketing and advertising directions and a five minute corporate video profiling the Company's services and products. ''We feel very honored and privileged to join in on the reinvention of Chronicle's marketing direction and creating the brand positioning and face lift this company and affiliates need in this new age of communication where the Media Is The Message. Configuring Chronicle's present business and product line of services with the new acquisitions, the company can communicate a creative leadership position to help businesses succeed in on-line marketing. We are just seeing the beginning to the next communication revolution. It is driven by and will continue to be driven by the Internet. Providing fundamentals, expertise and hard copy (printed word) for e-commerce, Chronicle is brilliantly now, at the right place at the right time,'' said G. Andre Delporte, CEO Creative Intelligence Associates, Inc. ''It is Chronicle's time. We are building a fundamentally strong business and that message needs to be presented to the general public in a quick, accurate and understandable way. I believe management needs to concentrate on the core business and has hired Creative Intelligence to present us to the world,'' said Chronicle CEO, John V. Whitman Jr. Special Note: Management believes certain statements in this press release may constitute ''forward-looking statements'' within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are made on the basis of management's views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance as of the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ from those expressed or implied. Such differences may result from actions taken by the company prior to its current fiscal year end, as well as from developments beyond the company's control, including changes in global economic conditions that may, among other things, affect the performance of the company's anticipated acquisitions or future business. In addition, changes in domestic competitive and economic conditions may also affect performance of all significant company businesses. Contact: Chronicle Communications Inc., Tampa David Salmon 813-248-0100