Mandalay
Media to Acquire
Green
Screen Interactive Software
Beverly
Hills, CA—May
22,
2008—Mandalay Media, Inc. (OTCBB: MNDL.OB) announced today that it signed a
letter of intent to purchase video gaming company Green Screen Interactive
Software, Inc. Based in New York, Green Screen is a diversified global publisher
and distributor of interactive entertainment software with divisions producing
frontline and casual game titles for all major console and portable gaming
platforms.
The
closing of the transaction is subject to certain conditions, including execution
of a definitive acquisition agreement and the completion of due diligence.
There
can be no assurance that the acquisition will be consummated or, if consummated,
that it will be consummated on the terms set forth in the letter of
intent.
Backed
by
an experienced and successful management team who have created some of the
most
respected brands and well-known video game properties ever, Green Screen is
one
of the fastest-growing publishers in the $9.5 billion dollar video game
industry*. Most recently, Green Screen announced the acquisition of ZOO Digital
Publishing and Destination Software, Inc., which Green Screen combined to form
a
new casual game label, Zoo Games. Green Screen’s wholly owned label Zoo Games is
currently producing and selling games in the casual game space.
Mandalay
Media’s
strategic focus
is
on acquiring various
types of companies
in digital distribution, interactive entertainment, and online digital media
and
publishing. Mandalay Media will accomplish this by utilizing the combined
strengths of the media industry relationships and expertise of its officers
and
directors, including Peter Guber,
Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment Group and Rob
Ellin, Partner,
Trinad Capital.
-more-
Bruce
Stein, CEO of Mandalay Media, commented: “This is a strategic piece of the
Mandalay Media vision to build our digital content and distribution platforms.
Green Screen Interactive Software and Twistbox complement each other in many
ways and we look forward to growing both companies in the coming years.”
Adds
Ron
Chaimowitz, CEO of Green Screen Interactive Software: “The ability to introduce
entertainment across a diverse array of mass-market consumer devices is critical
to long-term success. Our pending combination with Mandalay Media affords us
that great capability, and we are excited at the potential of the new
company.”
Mandalay’s
recent merger with Twistbox Entertainment is a
foundational component for Mandalay Media's mobile and interactive strategy.
Twistbox
has direct, on-deck distribution with over 100 mobile operators and
operates
in more than 40 countries. Its products and services include video rich WAP
sites, mobile TV, and in-house developed mobile games that reach more than
one
billion handsets.
*Source:
The Entertainment Software Association
About
Mandalay Media, Inc.
Mandalay
Media, Inc. is a development stage company whose mission is to build a unique
combination of new media distribution and content companies through asset
acquisition, merger, exchange of capital stock, or other business combination
with a domestic or foreign business. For more information please consult
mandalaymediainc.com
About
Green Screen Interactive Software, Inc.
Based
in New York City, Green Screen Interactive Software, Inc. is a global publisher
and developer of interactive entertainment software. More information regarding
Green Screen may be found at greensreengames.com
Safe Harbor
This
press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, about MNDL.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Such
forward-looking statements, based upon the current beliefs and expectations
of
MNDL's management, are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements. The following
factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set
forth
in the forward-looking statements: failure
of the Green Screen acquisition to be completed;
general
economic conditions; geopolitical events and regulatory changes; requirements
or
changes adversely affecting the businesses in which Twistbox and Green Screen
Interactive Software is engaged; demand for the products and services that
Twistbox and Green Screen Interactive Software provides, as well as other
relevant risks detailed in MNDL's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The information set forth herein should be read in light of such
risks. MNDL assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this
press release.
Contact
Info:
Mandalay
Media, Inc.
Michael
Saltzman
Saltzman
Communications
310-271-5789
saltzman@earthlink.net
Green
Screen Interactive Software, Inc.
Sheree
Johnson
HighWater
Group
(212)
338-0077 x311
sheree@highwatergroup.com