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Related QuotesGTE JNNE 63 1/8 0.034000 +1/8 -0.001000 delayed 20 mins - disclaimerWednesday November 25, 9:30 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Jones Naughton Entertainment, Inc. to Offer GTE Prepaid Calling Cards to Advertising Clients LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 1998--Jones Naughton Entertainment, Inc. (OTC BB:JNNE) and its AMS, Inc. subsidiary elaborated on an earlier announcement confirming they have received authorization from the Prepaid Calling Card Division of GTE Communications Corporation (NYSE:GTE - news) to offer prepaid calling cards as a promotional service to its existing advertising clients. Jones Naughton and AMS, Inc. intend to offer these cards to clients as part of the family of media products currently available. Advertising clients can place promotional announcements in the initial welcome greeting of the instructional guidelines. Companies can use this opportunity to inform customers on goods and services available through their firm and to increase name recognition. After listening to the promotional greeting and calling instructions, customers will be allowed to make free calls for a predetermined length of time. When the amount of time is used up the caller can pay for additional time via credit card. Additional services such as store locators, customer surveys, call transfers, warranty registration and consumer tracking can be added to the telecommunication service. ''Adding promotional prepaid calling card products to our existing list of media services gives our advertising base a unique approach to informing customers of new products and services and increases name recognition. Preliminary interest from our advertisers has been very strong. Joining forces with an industry giant such as GTE provides us with a quality partner that can handle complex technical applications and large volumes of call traffic. ''The sale of calling cards will add to our revenue stream and launch Jones Naughton into the mainstream of marketing telecommunications products and services,'' stated Patrick M. Rost, director of Business Development for Jones Naughton Entertainment, Inc. About the Company Jones Naughton Entertainment, Inc. through its operating businesses Community Marquee and Affiliated Marketing Services, Inc. provides multi-media publishing, advertising, internet services and media buying services. Publications and advertising opportunities under the Jones Naughton umbrella include free-standing kiosks, Pre-paid Calling Cards through GTE Calling Cards Services, ''The Smart Shopper Savings Guide,'' ''The Entertainer and Lifestyles Magazine,'' the ''American Home Marketing Guide'' and several other local regional and national publications. AMS' joint venture with Senatron Inc. will make AMS' publications available on the internet allowing consumers to access all the information from current and previous publications. Numerous nationally-known advertisers subscribe to Jones Naughton's services. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: Jones Naughton Entertainment Patrick M. Rost, 888/847-5663 ext. 13 Joseph M. Naughton, 714/736-0988 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ More Quotes and News: •GTE Corp (NYSE:GTE - news)•Jones Naughton Entertainment Inc (OTC BB: JNNE - news) Related News Categories: computers, entertainment, internet, telecom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright © 1998 Business Wire. All rights reserved. All the news releases provided by Business Wire are copyrighted. Any forms of copying other than an individual user's personal reference without express written permission is prohibited. Further distribution of these materials is strictly forbidden, including but not limited to, posting, emailing, faxing, archiving ina public database, redistributing via a computer network or in a printed form. See our Important Disclaimers and Legal Information