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To: LANCE B who wrote (3158)	1/24/2000 8:12:00 AM
From: Norms	Respond to of 4792

CECS News - This will get better and better :)))) Monday January 24, 6:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Choices Entertainment Corporation Choices Pictures Profits With Photochannel.com SEATTLE and CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- President and CEO Tracy M. Shier today announced that Choices Entertainment Corporation (CECS) (OTC Bulletin Board: CECS - news) has subscribed for the entire private offering of convertible debentures and warrants of publicly-traded Photochannel Networks, Inc. (''Photochannel'') (OTC Bulletin Board: PFCHF - news; ME: PNI - news). Photochannel is a late-stage development company engaged in E-commerce selling online photo-finishing services and digital and other cameras and photographic equipment. PNI's website may be viewed at www.photochannel.com. The precise terms of the subscription agreement were not disclosed pending regulatory and other approvals. Mr. Shier said, ''Photochannel meets our criteria for investment which are, horsepower, access to capital, and integrity. By integrity I mean, among other things, a lack of excessive and destructive greed. In a crowded field of entrants, we think Photochannel will win, place, or show. You might say that we expect a photofinish.'' Chairman of the Board James D. Sink said that the proposed inaugural investment in Photochannel has the full support of the Board of CECS. Earlier this week, Mr. Sink announced the reinvention of CECS as a technology holding company. General Description of Choices Choices Entertainment Corporation was incorporated in Maryland in July 1985, under the name PPV Enterprises, Inc., and was reincorporated in Delaware under the name DataVend, Inc. in August 1987. In March 1990, Choices changed its name to ''Choices Entertainment Corporation.'' In 1997, Choices sold all of its assets. Until then, Choices was engaged in the retail home video cassette rental business. Forward-Looking Statement. The information set forth herein includes ''forward-looking statements'' as defined by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is subject to the safe harbor provisions contained within that section. Certain factors could realistically cause results to differ materially from those projected herein, including but not limited to final approval by shareholders of Photochannel of the proposed investment by CECS, the provision of required capital to make the investment, regulatory approval by the Montreal Stock Exchange, and other business, legal and financial factors. CONTACT: Thomas Renna, Corporate Information Officer, 954-494-9766, or teerenna@msn.com; or Tracy M. Shier, President, 206-443-7668, or ms1903@hotmail.com, both for Choices Entertainment Corporation. SOURCE: Choices Entertainment Corporation More Quotes and News: Choices Entertainment Corp (OTC BB:CECS.OB - news) Related News Categories: computers, entertainment

To: LANCE B who wrote (3158)	1/24/2000 9:03:00 AM
From: Mr Metals	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4792

Can this be the start of something BIG? Applies to -- BGOC -- WWCA WIRELESS EXECUTIVE NAMED TO BGOC BOARD WIRELESS EXECUTIVE NAMED TO BGOC BOARD CISCO, Texas, Jan 18, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Black Giant Oil Company (OTC Bulletin Board: BGOC) has named a nationally recognized executive from the telecommunications industry to its Board of Directors. Ronald Baker, who is President and CEO of GetMore TelCom, LLC, based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and a veteran of the telecommunications and wireless internet industries, will join the BGOC Board of Directors on February 1, 2000. Mr. Baker, one of the first executives hired by McCaw Cellular during the inception of the commercialized cellular telephone industry during the mid- 1980s, has twenty years' active experience in all phases of the communications business. BGOC recently acquired forty percent (40%) of the retail operations owned by GetMore Communications, which includes ten (10) cell phone and pager stores operating currently in Oklahoma and Texas as an authorized Voice Stream dealer. GetMore TelCom, LLC also owns GetMore Communications, TelCom One Communications and GetMore Wireless & Internet. Prior to being a co-founder of GetMore in 1998, Mr. Baker served as an executive with Western Wireless Corporation, working for the Corporate Office in Issaquah, Washington as National Sales Manager for the Wireless Data Division and as General Manager in Oklahoma City. He was with McCaw Cellular/AT&T Wireless Services from 1984 until 1996. Mr. Baker has served on three (3) national committees which have guided members of Congress in formulating regulations for the telecommunications industry and the Internet. He has served as an Advisor to the Federal Law Enforcement Wireless Users Group (FLEWUG), to the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Council (PLSWAC), and the Intelligent Transportation System. In 1998-99, Mr. Baker developed and implemented the Wireless Village Communications System in Norman, Oklahoma, an unprecedented hi-tech coalition between the University of Oklahoma, the City of Norman, Cleveland County, and public safety officials from the State of Oklahoma, which is being used as a model for other such Wireless Village communities throughout the U.S. Mr. Baker is currently spearheading the Joint Venture between BGOC and GetMore TelCom, LLC for the construction and implementation of High-Speed Wireless Internet operations in several cities throughout Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Iowa and Colorado for business customers. Mr. Baker remains active with the United States Disaster Preparedness Council, of which he was co- founder. This News Release includes forward-looking statements that involved risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reformed Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially, due to a variety of factors including, without limitation, the Company's ability to produce and market products and/or services and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. For additional information, contact Ivan Webb at 254-442-3968 or fax, 254-442-3843. SOURCE Black Giant Oil Company (C) 2000 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. prnewswire.com -0- CONTACT: Ivan Webb of Black Giant Oil Company, 254-442-3968 or fax, 254-442-3843 (BGOC) GEOGRAPHY: Texas INDUSTRY CODE: OIL SUBJECT CODE: PER OTC