Exhibit 99.4


           KING WORLD PROCEEDS IN SUIT AGAINST SONY SUBSIDIARIES


          New York, NY, May 13, 1997 -- King World Productions, Inc.
today announced it has filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission regarding developments in its pending litigation with the two
subsidiaries of Sony Pictures Entertainment that produce WHEEL OF
FORTUNE and JEOPARDY!

          On March 24, 1997, King World Productions, Inc. filed an
action in California Superior Court, Los Angeles County, against those
companies. In this suit, King World is seeking to confirm its rights to
produce and license others to produce strip game shows for distribution
in first-run syndication by others as explicitly recognized in the
agreements under which King World distributes WHEEL OF FORTUNE and
JEOPARDY!.

          On May 8, 1997, the defendants filed an answer and
cross-complaint. The cross-complaint alleges that King World has
breached the distribution agreements with the defendants and seeks a
judgment for damages in an unspecified amount, for termination of the
distribution agreements and/or for reformation (in effect, a judicial
rewriting) of the agreements to prohibit King World from, among other
things, producing any strip game show for first- run syndication. King
World believes that the allegations of the cross-complaint are baseless
and wholly without merit.

          Roger King, the Chairman of the Board of King World, said "King
World has never taken any action that would breach the agreements under
which it distributes WHEEL OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY! Indeed, Sony's request
that the court rewrite the agreements reflects the fact that the
unambiguous language of the agreements acknowledges King World's right to
produce and license others to produce a strip game show for distribution in
first-run syndication by others.

          "King World will continue to perform all of its obligations
under the agreements and expects that Sony will likewise honor its
commitments, both to King World and to the many broadcast stations
licensed to exhibit WHEEL OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY!," King stated.
"Indeed, King World has in recent months, succeeded in licensing WHEEL
OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY! through the 2001-2002 television









season in markets covering more than 75% of the United States. King
World plans to litigate aggressively the matters raised in its complaint
and the cross-complaint and is confident that its rights under the
agreements will be confirmed."

          King World is the leading worldwide distributor of first-run
programming, including WHEEL OF FORTUNE, JEOPARDY! and THE OPRAH WINFREY
SHOW, the three highest-rated strips in first-run syndication. The
Company produces and distributes INSIDE EDITION and AMERICAN JOURNAL,
and distributes THE GERALDO RIVERA SHOW, the MR. FOOD insert and a
library of feature films and television programs. The Company's barter
subsidiary, Camelot Entertainment Sales, Inc., sells national
advertising time in King World and other TV programming. Another
subsidiary, King World Direct, is a worldwide, full-service, direct
marketing company. WHEEL OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY! are produced by
Columbia TriStar Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. THE
OPRAH WINFREY SHOW is produced by HARPO Production, Inc. THE GERALDO
RIVERA SHOW is produced by Tribune Entertainment.










For further information contact:    Arthur Sando
                                    King World Productions
                                    (212) 541-0212

                                    Adam Miller
                                    The Abernathy MacGregor
                                    Group, Inc.
                                    (212) 371-5999