American Media Operations, Inc. Amends Consent Solicitation for 11-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2004.

LANTANA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 1999--American Media Operations, Inc. (NYSE:ENQ) (the "Company") today announced that it has amended the expiration date (the "Consent Expiration Date") for the solicitation of consents to amend the indenture (the "Indenture") for its 11-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2004 (the "Notes") from 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, April 22, 1999 to 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Wednesday, April 7, 1999, unless extended, or the first date thereafter at least one day prior to which the Company has received the requisite consents and has made a public announcement (by press release) that it has received the requisite consents. As of the date hereof, the Company has received the requisite consents. Consents may be revoked at any time prior to the Consent Expiration Date but thereafter are irrevocable unless the Tender Offer (as defined below) is terminated.

Subject to the the provisions of the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated March 1, 1999 (the "Offer to Purchase"), holders of the Notes who deliver consents on or prior to the Consent Expiration Date will receive the consent payment of $20.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes for which Consents have been validly delivered and not revoked.

If Consents of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes are received and accepted, the Company and the United States Trust Company of New York, the trustee for the holders of the Notes (the "Trustee"), intend to execute a supplemental indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture") to the Indenture promptly after the Consent Expiration Date. The Supplemental Indenture will eliminate all of the material restrictive covenants in the Indenture. Although the Supplemental Indenture will be executed by the Company and the Trustee promptly after the Consent Expiration Date, it will not become operative unless and until the Notes are accepted for purchase by the Company pursuant to its tender offer (the "Tender Offer") for cash of any and all of the Notes.

The expiration date (the "Tender Offer Expiration Date") for the Tender Offer remains unchanged and will be 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, April 29, 1999. Tenders of Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Tender Offer Expiration Date. In addition, the date on which the purchase price for the Notes will be determined also remains unchanged and will be 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, April 27, 1999 (the second business day preceding the Tender Offer Expiration Date), unless the tender offer is extended.

Information regarding the pricing, tender and delivery procedures and conditions of the tender offer and consent solicitations are contained in the Offer to Purchase and related documents, which have been sent to the holders of the Notes. Chase Securities Inc. will be acting as the exclusive Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent for the tender offer and the consent solicitation. Any questions regarding the tender offer or consent solicitation may be directed to Alexis Pugliese of Chase Securities Inc. at [phone]. The Offer to Purchase and related documents can be obtained by contacting ChaseMellon Shareholder Services L.L.C., the Information Agent, at [phone] or [phone].

American Media Operations, Inc. publishes National Enquirer, Star, Weekly World News and Country Weekly. Distribution Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, provides marketing, merchandising and information-gathering services to publishing and consumer products companies and to retailers.

This news release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The tender offer and consent solicitations are made only by the Offer to Purchase.