115,000 Register for MLG Online Sweepstakes; Grand Prize Winner to Attend WWF Summer Slam This Weekend.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1999-- Musicland Stores Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MLG MLG Major League Gaming (e-sports organization) MLG Main Landing Gear MLG Maple Leaf Gardens (Toronto) MLG Middle Low German MLG Marine Logistics Group (US Marine Corps) ), the country's leading specialty retailer of home-entertainment software products, today announced that approximately 115,000 site visitors registered for its "Imagine What You Could Win Sweepstakes," which kicked off in conjunction with the launch of the company's four e-commerce Web sites: SamGoody.com (http://www.samgoody.com), Suncoast.com, MediaPlay.com and OnCue.com on June 23. It awarded $35,000 in prizes to contest entrants including the $10,000 grand prize of a Sony Home Entertainment System and a trip for two to the WWF See Windows Workflow Foundation. Summer Slam in Minneapolis, Minn., on Sunday, August 22, courtesy of Warner Home Video Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (for Warner Communications, Inc.). It was re-named Warner Home Video in 1980. and WWF Home Video. "Prizes were awarded daily and weekly on the site and the number of contest entrants grew exponentially as entrants passed on news about the sweepstakes to their friends," Karl Sowa, vice president of e-commerce, said. "The contest proved to be a great tool in drawing traffic to our sites." Based in Minneapolis, Musicland Stores Corporation is the leading specialty retailer of home-entertainment software products in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . As of June 30, 1999, the company operated 1,325 retail stores in 49 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands under the names Sam Goody, Suncoast Motion Picture Company, Media Play and On Cue. In addition to its four store formats, Musicland also operates five commercial Web sites including: SamGoody.com, Suncoast.com, MediaPlay.com, OnCue.com and Requestline.com. For additional information on Musicland Stores Corporation, visit the company's Web site at http://www.musicland.com. Forward-looking statements in this news release, if any, are made under the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Certain important factors could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements, including the impact of changing economic or business conditions, other risk factors inherent in the entertainment industry and other factors discussed from time to time in reports filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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