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"For Immediate Release"

"Public Opinion joins MediaOnePA"

MediaOnePA announced today that the Public Opinion located in Chambersburg, PA will officially join the group on May 1, 2010.  MediaOnePA launched in December 2008 by MediaNews Group to regionalize newspaper, website and magazine holdings throughout Southcentral Pennsylvania.  The MediaOnePA brand encompasses the York Daily Record, The York Dispatch, York Sunday News, the Evening Sun of Hanover, PA, The Lebanon Daily News and the Public Opinion.

Public Opinion serves the greater Chambersburg and Cumberland Valley as the largest daily and only Sunday newspaper in the area.  Founded in 1869 by M.A. Foltz, Public Opinion remained in the Foltz family until 1964, when it was purchased by McClure Newspapers.  In 1971, Public Opinion became the 27th newspaper owned by Gannett Co. Inc., which publishes USA TODAY.  In 2005, MediaNews Group, Inc became the majority partner in ownership of the Public Opinion.

MediaOnePA (www.mediaonepa.com) is a media placement company in York, Pennsylvania that delivers targeted audiences to businesses through a consultative marketing approach. MediaOnePA publishes six daily newspapers, six local news websites, five niche publication websites and SMART & SPACES magazines. Situated in Southcentral Pennsylvania, MediaOnePA understands the needs of local and regional businesses.

MediaNews Group, Inc. (www.medianewsgroup.com) is the nation’s second largest newspaper company as measured by circulation, with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. MediaNews Group and its affiliated companies publish 61 daily newspapers and approximately 100 non-daily publications in 13 states. In addition, MediaNews Group provides programming and operational services for a CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska and four radio stations in Texas licensed to Affiliated Media, Inc. FCC Trust. MediaNews Group Interactive, MediaNews Group’s new media division maintains more than 75 Web sites for its daily newspapers.

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