Exhibit 99.2

 AMERICAN MEDIA OPERATIONS, INC. TO MAKE PRIVATE OFFERING OF $150 MILLION OF
             10 1/4% SERIES B SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2009

BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, FEBRUARY 5, 2002 - American Media Operations, Inc. ("AMI")
today announced that it intends to issue approximately $150 million in aggregate
principal amount of its 10 1/4% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009
through a private placement.

        The notes will be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to all
of AMI's existing and future senior indebtedness. The notes will rank equally
with all of AMI's existing and future senior subordinated indebtedness. The
notes will be guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by all of AMI's
current subsidiaries.

        AMI intends to use 50% of the gross proceeds of the offering to make a
distribution to its parent entity and to use the remaining net proceeds to
prepay term loans under its credit facility.

        The notes will be offered to qualified institutional buyers in reliance
on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and to non-U.S. persons in
reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933. The notes will not
be registered under the Securities Act of 1933. Therefore, the notes may not be
offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and
applicable state securities laws.

        This press release does not and will not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes, nor shall there be any sale of
the notes in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such state. This news release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance
with rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933.

        AMI owns and publishes the NATIONAL ENQUIRER, STAR, WEEKLY WORLD NEWS,
GLOBE, NATIONAL EXAMINER, SUN, COUNTRY WEEKLY, COUNTRY MUSIC MAGAZINE, MIRA!
and AUTO WORLD MAGAZINE. AMI also owns Distribution Services, Inc. (DSI), an
in-store supermarket and drugstore magazine marketing company.