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"For Immediate Release"

"Publisher Named At the Lebanon Daily News"

MediaOnePA has appointed Scott Downs to the position of Publisher for the Lebanon Daily News. Prior to joining MediaOnePA, Mr. Downs served as the Director of Sales for Illini Media, an independent nonprofit that handles University of Illinois student media, including a 20,000-circulation daily newspaper, FM radio station, engineering magazine, entertainment publication and Internet sites. As Publisher, Mr. Downs will be heading the implementation of company projects involving the Lebanon Community.

Mr. Downs has more than 12 years experience in the newspaper industry and has worked in media for more than two decades. He earned his Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Illinois and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Temple University. Mr. Downs previously worked as the Ad Director for the Evening Sun located in Hanover and as a Retail Ad Manager for the York Newspaper Company prior to moving to Champaign, Illinois in 2004.

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 -- York Daily Record, The York Dispatch, York Sunday News, The Evening Sun of Hanover, PA, The Lebanon Daily News and The Public Opinion of Chambersburg, PA, 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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