Gaylord Entertainment Company to Present at the Seventh Annual JMP Securities Research Conference on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. PT and Nexstar Broadcasting Group Reports First Quarter 2008 Operating Results

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City of Industry, CA --(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 05/08/2008 - Media entertainment industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) announced recently that it will present to investors attending the Seventh Annual JMP Securities Research Conference being held at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, CA, on Tuesday, May 20, at 11:30 a.m. PT. Rob Tanner, Director of Investor Relations for Gaylord Entertainment, will communicate the Company's recent financial performance, growth objectives and business strategy. The presentation will be webcast and can be accessed on Gaylord's website at http://ir.gaylordentertainment.com.


Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI) said Wednesday it swung to a first-quarter profit, helped by a smaller debt extinguishment loss. The TV station operator reported earnings of $16.4 million, or 19 cents per share, compared with a loss of $2.4 million, or 3 cents per share, a year earlier. Income from continuing operations was $16.5 million, or 19 cents per share, compared with a loss from continuing operations of 2.1 million, or 3 cents per share.

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) recently reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Net revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 grew 2.6% to $63.7 million compared to $62.1 million in the first quarter of 2007. Loss from operations was $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 compared with income from operations of $6.1 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2007. During the quarter ended March 31, 2008, the Company recorded a one-time, pre-tax, non-cash contract termination charge of $7.2 million related to the Company's change in national sales representation firms at 24 of its television stations.

EPIC Corporation (OTC: EPIO) (the "Company"), a multi-media communications and broadcasting company, announced that two shareholders have returned 15 Million shares of EPIC's common stock to the Company and the shares have been cancelled and returned to authorized but unissued shares. The issued and outstanding shares of the Company is now 11,262,023 shares. The Company, in exchange for the cancellation of the shares, agreed to issue the shareholders shares in the newly formed EPIC Communications Corp., a majority owned subsidiary of the Company, which is to become the multi-media communications and broadcasting operating company.

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