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AMARILLO, Texas, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, will hold its 24(th) annual Madge Marmaduke Scholarship Golf Tournament on Thursday, May 30,( )2013 at the Ross Rogers Golf Club in Amarillo. This year 212 golfers, each of whom has donated to the scholarship fund, are expected to compete in this year's tournament. All proceeds will go into the Madge Marmaduke Scholarship Fund which...

AMARILLO, Texas, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment (NASDAQ: HAST) wants to celebrate teachers and educators of all kinds with their Educator Appreciation Event on Saturday, May 18(th). Look for the green table at the front of your local Hastings Entertainment which will be full of give-away items, educator discount applications, Summer Book Club Journals, and Teacher Appreciation handbills that have a $5 clip-out coupon included. All Hastings Entertainment...

AMARILLO, Texas, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. will host their annual Summer Book Club in stores and online beginning May 12, 2013.  The Summer Book Club program is designed to encourage children to continue reading during the summer months through various rewards programs, including an essay contest for a chance to win a computer and a computer for the school of their choice.  Other rewards to be given out this summer will include product discounts and various...

AMARILLO, Texas, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, has announced its plans for a chain-wide Free Comic Book Day promotion on Saturday, May 4(th), 2013. Hastings Entertainment is proud to be a part of the international event of Free Comic Book Day. As a part of Free Comic Book Day, there will be various offers available for customers to take advantage of throughout the day. During Free Comic...

AMARILLO, Texas, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, has announced its plans for a chain-wide celebration for Hastings Record Store Day on Saturday, April 20(th). As part of Record Store Day, Hastings will provide customers with offers on some of your favorite music and music accessories. As a part of Record Store Day Hastings will have various offers available throughout the day...

AMARILLO, Texas, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, has announced its plans to host a military discount day for all of our past and present military personnel. The event will be on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 all day at all of our Hastings Entertainment locations. Any past or present military members will be eligible for a 10% discount off of their final purchase with their ID and any...

AMARILLO, Texas, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment retailer, will announce financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 via a press release issued before the market opens on Monday, March 18, 2013. About Hastings Founded in 1968, Hastings Entertainment, Inc. is a leading multimedia entertainment retailer that combines the sale of new and used books, videos, video games and CDs, as well as...

AMARILLO, Texas, Feb. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, has announced its plans to host midnight release parties for Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2. Fans are encouraged to visit their local Hastings for a midnight release party on Friday, March 1, 2013. Festivities for the night will begin at 9:00 p.m. local time and will end with the release of the movie at midnight. Only select stores will be...

AMARILLO, Texas, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, has announced that Alan Van Ongevalle has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer effective February 15, 2013. Mr. Van Ongevalle previously served as Executive Vice President of Merchandising and has held various store management and senior management positions since joining Hastings in November 1992. John Marmaduke,...

AMARILLO, Texas, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAST), a leading multimedia entertainment superstore retailer, on January 4, 2013, entered into a second amendment to its credit facility with Bank of America, N.A. The Second Amendment extends the maturity date of the loan agreement from July 22, 2014 to January 4, 2017. There are no other changes in terms or conditions. "Amending our loan agreement allows us to maintain our low cost of capital...