PRN and FOX News Channel Team Up to Provide Series of Financial Tips on the Wal-Mart TV Network and Business Tips on the SAM'S CLUB TV Network

PRN and FOX News Channel Team Up to Provide Series of Financial Tips on the Wal-Mart TV Network and Business Tips on the SAM'S CLUB TV Network

FOX News Business Series to Provide Tax Tips for Wal-Mart TV Viewers and Website Maintenance Tips for SAM'S CLUB TV Viewers

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- PRN Corporation announced today that Premier Retail Networks, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, is expanding its relationship with FOX News Channel, a 24-hour news network, to provide a monthly series of financial tips for the viewers of the Wal-Mart Television Network and SAM'S CLUB TV. The series of financial tips, which expands PRN's ongoing partnership with FOX News Channel for covering breaking news and special events, will be broadcast to more than 2,620 Wal-Mart stores and more than 550 SAM'S CLUB warehouses nationwide with a total of more than 100 million shoppers per week.

In addition, PRN announced today that FOX News business brief "Tips for tackling taxes," is airing on Wal-Mart TV through Tax Day on Friday April 15. "Creating and maintaining a website" is currently airing on SAM'S CLUB TV and will be followed by "Accounting Software and time saving tips for Small Businesses during tax season," which began airing on March 21 for the four weeks leading up to Tax Day on April 15.

The tips on Wal-Mart TV will focus on issues related to personal finance with seasonal financial tips supplemented by everyday relevant tips, such as "Financial Planning for retirement," "How to afford a house remodel," "Financial planning for elder care," "Kids & Allowances," "Financial tips for home buyers & home owners," and "Financial tips for renters."

The tips on SAM'S CLUB TV will focus on today's pressing issues for owners and operators of small businesses -- such as offices, child care, schools, restaurants, motels, vending companies, churches, contractors and beauty shops -- and will include topics, such as "Lowering expenses", "Setting up an Internet security or firewall," "Tips for how to attract and keep customers coming back to your establishment," "Creating a safe and friendly working environment," and "Maintaining Company Morale."

Charlie Nooney, chairman and chief executive officer of PRN Corporation, commented, "Many of our viewers have provided us with positive feedback on the current news segments that FOX News Channel provides and we are pleased to expand this relationship. Wal-Mart and SAM'S CLUB shoppers and associates are always focused on finding innovative new ideas that will save them time and money and we believe this series of financial tips will be very relevant and valuable for our viewers."

John Malkin, Vice President of Affiliate Sales and Marketing of FOX News Channel said, "FOX News Channel is dedicated to providing fair and balanced news on a range of topics from breaking news to business and financial news. We are pleased to expand our relationship with PRN to deliver financial planning tips to shoppers at Wal-Mart and SAM'S CLUB."

About FOX News Channel

FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour general news service covering breaking news as well as political, entertainment and business news. For more than three years, FNC has been the most watched cable news channel in the nation and currently presents eleven out of the top twelve programs in cable news. Owned by News Corp., FNC is available in more than 85 million homes.

About PRN Corporation

Founded in 1992, the PRN Corporation operates the PRN Network, the largest in-store television network in the United States based on the number of consumers reached each month. Through the PRN Network, PRN enables national and local advertisers to target consumers in over 5,000 leading retail stores in all of the 210 media markets designated by AC Nielsen in the United States. PRN works with retailers and advertisers to create in-store television programming that includes entertainment, news, product information, advertising and community content. Retailers carrying the PRN Network include Best Buy, Circuit City, Costco, Pathmark Stores, Ralphs, SAM'S CLUB, Sears, ShopRite and Wal-Mart Stores. Based on information provided by several third-party research firms and retailers, PRN Network is watched more than 180 million times each month by consumers in retail stores. PRN's headquarters are in San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit www.prn.com.

Source: Premier Retail Networks

CONTACT: Genet Garamendi of Premier Retail Networks, +1-415-808-9167, or
Genet_Garamendi@prn.com; or Erica Pettit, +1-212-850-5614, or
epettit@fd-us.com, or Evan Smith, CFA, +1-212-850-5606, or esmith@fd-us.com,
both for Premier Retail Networks; or Dana Klinghoffer of FOX News Channel,
+1-212-301-3534, or Dana.Klinghoffer@foxnews.com

Web site: http://www.prn.com/

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