News Release

Angie Cunningham
Communications Manager
Phone: (212) 856-6387
E-mail: acunningham@nnnlp.com
Web site: www.nnnlp.com
October 1, 2003

FRANK P. GRASSO APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT AT NEWSPAPER NATIONAL NETWORK LP

New York-- Frank P. Grasso, 48, has been named Vice President, Newspaper Relations for the Newspaper National Network, LP, announced Jason E. Klein, NNN President and CEO.

Grasso returns to NNN after spending three years at Mediaspace Solutions, where he was Director of Newspaper Relations. At Mediaspace Solutions, Grasso oversaw newspaper relations, rate negotiations, and ad placement, and he played a key role in the company's growth and development. He was Director of Newspaper Relations from 1999 to 2000 at NNN, and was instrumental in setting up NNN's one-order/one-bill back office as a consultant in 1999. He reports to Jerry Fragetti, Senior Vice President of Media Operations.

"Frank has an excellent reputation within the newspaper industry. We're glad to have him back," said Fragetti. Grasso, a former high school Social Studies teacher, has 22 years of newspaper industry experience. He was Director of Advertising Operations at Publicitas Advertising Services, where his responsibilities included handling NNN's back office. He has also held positions at Valassis and Marketing Corporation of America.

About NNN

NNN is a for-profit, limited liability partnership whose ownership includes virtually all of the largest US newspaper publishers and the Newspaper Association of America (www.naa.org). Its 23 newspaper company shareholders are as follows: 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, Pulitzer Inc. (PTZ), 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 primary sales and marketing arm for the newspaper industry for key national categories of advertising. NNN plans, places, and services multi-market newspaper campaigns. NNN offers a premium service model, and its client base is restricted to advertisers in selected national categories where TV, magazines and other media receive 90% or more of category advertising spending such as packaged goods, pharmaceuticals, technology, and household products. NNN is headquartered in New York with offices in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco. More information about NNN can be found at www.nnnlp.com.