News Release

January 11, 2006

NEWSPAPER NATIONAL NETWORK APPOINTS TWO SENIOR EXECUTIVES

Lynn A. Lehmkuhl Named Senior Vice President, Sales
Paul C. Atkinson Promoted to Senior Vice President, Business Development

New York - Lynn A. Lehmkuhl has been named Senior Vice President, Sales, and Paul C. Atkinson has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Business Development, for the Newspaper National Network, LP, Jason E. Klein, NNN President and CEO announced today.

Lehmkuhl, an industry veteran, brings a deep understanding of the power of print in the advertising mix. Lehmkuhl's background includes Publisher of Ladies Home Journal, President of the Youth Group of EMAP USA, and most recently General Manager & Publisher of Yoga Journal. Lehmkuhl re-launched Ladies Home Journal which was named one of Ad Age's Top 10 Gainers of the Year in 2003. She is credited with reinventing TEEN Magazine as a shopping/celebrity title. Lehmkuhl was also launch Publisher of Nickelodeon Magazine and Vice President and Group Publisher of Walt Disney Publishing. Lehmkuhl will focus on the consumer packaged goods, shelter, apparel, and general merchandise sectors.

"We're extremely pleased to have Lynn Lehmkuhl join the NNN. Her strong understanding of advertiser needs, passion and vision will be an asset to our clients," said Klein.

"It is exciting for me to be part of this industry revolution. I have been an avid newspaper reader for years and welcome the opportunity to demonstrate how key packaged goods advertisers can benefit from the power of newspapers", said Lehmkuhl.

Atkinson is promoted to Senior Vice President, Business Development, from Vice President, Business Development, and will focus on pharmaceutical, business/technology, and automotive.

"Paul had a banner year in 2005 as he opened many new doors for the newspaper industry, particularly in the pharmaceutical category," said Klein.

Prior to joining NNN in 2004, Atkinson was Senior Vice President, Advertising for The Wall Street Journal where he oversaw a global staff of 500 people. In his 24 years with Dow Jones & Company his roles included Publisher, The Wall Street Journal Europe and a sales role in Hong Kong. Atkinson also spent three years at America Online in roles including Vice President, Business Development, AOL Interactive Marketing. Atkinson graduated from Princeton University.

Both will report directly to Klein.

About NNN

Established in 1994, NNN is private partnership representing virtually all of the newspapers in the United States and the Newspaper Association of America. Its 23 newspaper company shareholders are: Tribune Co. (TRB), Knight Ridder (KRI), Advance Publications Inc., Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI), The New York Times CO. (NYT), Hearst Newspapers, The Washington Post Co. (WPO), The McClatchy Co. (MNI), The Chicago Sun-Times, Belo (BLC), Cox Newspapers, The Seattle Times Co., Journal Sentinel Inc., The San Diego Union-Tribune, Orange County Register, Lee Enterprises (LEE), E.W. Scripps (SSP), The St. Petersburg Times, The Buffalo News, MediaNews Group Inc., Media General Inc. (MEG), Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Omaha World-Herald.

NNN is the newspaper industry's national sales and marketing arm for categories including packaged goods, pharmaceutical, general merchandise, technology, automotive, business, and restaurants. As the "one-stop point of contact" with national advertisers, NNN is dedicated to strengthening brands, improving effectiveness, reducing costs, and improving advertiser return on investment from national newspaper campaigns. NNN is headquartered in New York, with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. More information about NNN can be found at www.nnnlp.com.