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To: Lou D who wrote (12977)4/26/1999 6:47:00 PM
From: BomboochaBoy  Respond to of 41369
 
More from Bloomberg

Moviefone, Inc. mails proxy statement regarding merger with America Online


Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999--

Shareholder Meeting Will be 9:00 AM Edt On May 21, 1999

MovieFone, Inc. (Nasdaq NM: MOFN), the nation's largest movie guide and ticketing service, today announced that the proxy statement for its merger with America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) was mailed to shareholders on April 23, 1999 and that it will hold a shareholder meeting at 9:00 AM EDT on May 21, 1999 at its headquarter at 335 Madison Avenue on the 27th floor, New York, New York.

MovieFone, Inc. through its MovieFone interactive telephone service (e.g. 777-FILM) and its online sister service moviefone.com, is the largest movie listing guide and ticketing service in the country, providing millions of moviegoers each week with a complete, free directory of movies, showtimes, theater locations, and the ability to purchase tickets. The company, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, has received over 350 million calls and logged over 50 million online users. The company's services cover more than 18,000 movie screens in 46 cities around the country, which account for over 70% of national movie attendance. MovieFone, Inc. (NASDAQ NM: MOFN) is a public company with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Certain statements contained herein regarding matters that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, including statements concerning MovieFone's business strategy. Actual strategies and the timing and expected results thereof may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those set forth in materials filed by MovieFone with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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To: Lou D who wrote (12977)4/26/1999 6:52:00 PM
From: Hamiltonian  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 41369
 
<<Do you ever go the wrong way with AOL? You seem to hit it right all the time. How do you do it?>>

Lou D
...about (Not So) Smart Investor....I'll just be rude and call him a liar. Only in hindsight could anyone have made the trades he said he did.
<EOM>



To: Lou D who wrote (12977)4/26/1999 7:11:00 PM
From: Smart Investor  Respond to of 41369
 
Yes. I sold some too early in March. I made quite a few mistakes in YHOO. However, AOL has been my best stock.