Hollywood Media Corp. Schedules Release of Second Quarter 2005 Results and Teleconference

Hollywood Media Corp. Schedules Release of Second Quarter 2005 Results and Teleconference

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ:HOLL), a leading provider of news, information and ticketing covering the entertainment and media industries, today announced that it will host a teleconference to discuss Hollywood Media's 2005 second quarter financial results. The conference call is scheduled for Monday, August 8, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Hollywood Media will release 2005 second quarter financial results prior to the call on Monday, August 8, 2005.

To access the teleconference, please dial 800-275-3939 if calling within the United States or 973-409-9258 if calling internationally approximately five minutes prior to the start of the call. The teleconference will also be available via live webcast on the investor relations portion of Hollywood Media's website, located at http://www.hollywood.com/about_us/. Following prepared remarks, management will take questions from the audience via phone and e-mail. To ask a question via e-mail, please send your questions to questions@exec.hollywood.com in advance of, or during, the live call.

If you are unable to listen to the live teleconference at its scheduled time, there will be a replay available through August 15, 2005 and can be accessed by dialing 877-519-4471 (U.S.), 973-341-3080 (Int'l), passcode 6334947. A replay of the teleconference will also be archived for a longer period on the investor relations portion of Hollywood Media's web site.

About Hollywood Media Corp.

Hollywood Media Corp. is a leading provider of news, information and ticketing covering the entertainment and media industries. On the strength of its history in developing comprehensive entertainment industry databases, as well as its major strategic partners and unique content, Hollywood Media has launched a network of media businesses. Hollywood Media's Data Business includes CinemaSource, EventSource, ExhibitorAds and Baseline/StudioSystems. Hollywood Media's Broadway Tickets business includes Broadway.com, 1-800-Broadway and Theatre Direct International. These services supply thousands of media outlets with specific information on entertainment events, such as movies, live theater and concerts, and sell tickets for Broadway. Hollywood Media's businesses also include an intellectual property business, as well as Hollywood.com and a minority interest in MovieTickets.com. In addition, Hollywood Media owns and operates the cable television network, Hollywood.com Television.

Statements in this press release may be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities laws. The matters discussed herein that are forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations that involve risks and uncertainties that may result in such expectations not being realized. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous potential risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the need to manage our growth and integrate new businesses, our ability to develop strategic relationships, our ability to compete with other media, data and Internet companies, technology risks, the volatility of our stock price, and other risks and factors described in Hollywood Media Corp.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including our Form 10-K for 2004, as amended. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made.

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