FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Corporate Communications 214/854-3190   BLOCKBUSTER® CHARLIE THOMAS JOINS BLOCKBUSTER® AS DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS DALLAS, June 12, 1998 -Blockbuster, a world leader in video rental, has announced that Charlie Thomas has been selected for the newly created position of Director of Promotions. Thomas will be responsible for developing national consumer in-store promotions and will report to Curt Andrews, Blockbuster's vice president of product merchandising and promotions. "This is a very exciting opportunity for all of us at Blockbuster," said Andrews. "With Charlie's impressive background in this area, we know he will take Blockbuster's promotions to new heights." Prior to joining Blockbuster, Thomas was the Promotions Development Manager at Moroch and Associates, Inc., where he managed regional activity for McDonald's. Prior to that, he was the Advertising and Promotional Development Manager at The Southland Corporation, where he won a Reggie award from the Promotion Marketing Association for his work on the "MTV Beach House/Slurpee" promotion. Thomas is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana. Blockbuster operates approximately 6,000 Blockbuster Video and 400 Blockbuster Music neighborhood entertainment stores in the United States, its territories and 26 other countries and may be accessed internationally at www.blockbuster.com. Blockbuster is a unit of Viacom Inc., one of the world's largest entertainment and publishing companies and a leading force in nearly every segment of the international media marketplace. ### |  Current Releases   |  Archives   | BLOCKBUSTER name, design and related marks are trademarks of Blockbuster Entertainment Inc. © 1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.