Hastings Entertainment to Announce Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 on August 17, 2009

Hastings Entertainment to Announce Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 on August 17, 2009

AMARILLO, Texas, Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment retailer, will announce financial results for the three and six months ended July 31, 2009 via a press release issued before the market opens on Monday, August 17, 2009.

About Hastings

Founded in 1968, Hastings Entertainment, Inc. is a leading multimedia entertainment retailer that combines the sale of new and used books, videos, video games and CDs, as well as trends merchandise, with the rental of videos and video games in a superstore format. We currently operate 151 superstores, averaging approximately 21,000 square feet, primarily in medium-sized markets throughout the United States.

We also operate www.gohastings.com, an e-commerce Internet Web site that makes available to our customers new and used entertainment products. The site features exceptional product and pricing offers. The Investor Relations section of our web site contains press releases, a link to request financial and other literature and access to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Source: Hastings Entertainment, Inc.

CONTACT: Dan Crow, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Hastings Entertainment, Inc., +1-806-677-1422

Web Site: http://www.gohastings.com/

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