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May 2, 2005
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Jan M. Guszynski
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Tribune Media Services
(312) 222-4717
jguszynski@tribune.com

Zap2it.com Sizzles With Summer Movie Preview

Chicago, IL, May 2, 2005 — Zap2it.com (www.Zap2it.com) kicks off the summer movie season with a Boooom!! Zap!! Pow!! comic book-themed preview of the most hotly anticipated films opening this May through August.

Zap2it.com's Summer Movie Preview (www.zap2it.com/movies/summer2005/) is a treasure trove of information for film fans, complete with movie reviews and cast information, trailers, chat forums and photo galleries focusing on the studio blockbusters and independent features alike.
"Similar to the Holiday movie season, the summer movie season seems to expand each year," says Brill Bundy, Zap2it.com Managing Editor. "Like our readers, we can't wait to see what the next few months hold and we'll be there covering it every step of the way."
A sampling of what is coming to local theaters this summer: In May, it's lightsabers, droids and Vader, with George Lucas' space saga as it comes full circle in "Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith." June brings action and intrigue in "Batman Begins," "Land of the Dead" and "War of the Worlds." July's biggest blockbuster hopefuls include "Fantastic Four," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "The Bad News Bears." It used to be that the summer movie season was over by the beginning of August, this year "The Pink Panther," "Dukes of Hazzard" and "Doom" will end the summer on a high note.

About Tribune Media Services Entertainment Products Division
Tribune Media Services (TMS) is a leading provider of print, online and on-screen entertainment listings and editorial information to newspapers and online media, cable and satellite operators, and consumer electronics companies. Offering a full line of enhanced entertainment information products and services, TMS' TV information clients include Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, New York Times, USA Today, TiVo and Microsoft. TMS collects information from more than 12,500 broadcast, cable and satellite sources worldwide. Its newspaper, cable and satellite program magazines reach more than 30 million households in over 50 major markets on a weekly and monthly basis. Additionally, TMS' passive program guide (PPG) is available in 9 million homes worldwide.
TMS print and online advertising networks provide opportunities to reach nearly 70 million people, through major market newspaper TV supplements and Zap2it.com. TMS Movies collects data from more than 35,000 movie theater screens in North America to create and market print and electronic movie information products and services. TMS Movie information clients include Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp., Clear Channel Interactive, Cox Communications, Inc., Los Angeles Times and others. TMS Movies is also the exclusive licensing agent for the Fandango Ticketing Service, the nation's largest online and phone movies ticketing service.

Additionally, TMS offers Zap2it.com, a leading entertainment information website for TV and Movie listings and editorial, and information on the latest video and DVD releases.