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Technology Stocks : Big Flower Holdings(BGF)-The next CMGI? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JPhilipS who wrote (48)	4/21/1999 9:10:00 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 66

One has to wonder if the intent is to sell off the core business and actually set themselves up as a mini CMGI. The news: go2net.newsalert.com Big Flower Announces Exploration of Strategic Alternatives Business Wire - April 20, 1999 09:55 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 1999--Big Flower Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BGF) has announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the exploration of certain strategic alternatives, including a transaction involving part or all of the Company. There can be no assurance that any strategic alternative will be pursued or that any transaction will be consummated. Big Flower Holdings, Inc. is a leading advertising and marketing services and solutions company which provides more than 3,000 retail, advertising agency, broadcasting, manufacturing and newspaper customers with highly-targeted, promotional advertising products, services and software. Big Flower specializes in targeted advertising inserts, circulation-building newspaper products, data-driven direct mail and direct marketing services and digital services, including commercial image design and production, and computer-based advertising management systems. For the year ended December 31, 1998, the Company's pro forma revenues were approximately $1.8 billion, including all acquisitions. This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events in the future could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements as a result of changes affecting the Company's operating businesses, changes in the advertising markets, the financial conditions of the Company's customers, the general condition of the domestic and international economies and financial markets. CONTACT: Nancy S. Murray Big Flower Holdings, Inc. 212.521.1606 nmurray@bigflower.com