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Journal Register
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NEWS RELEASE
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December 5, 2000
Journal Register Company Announces Web Cast of Presentation at Credit Suisse
First Boston Media Week Conference
TRENTON, NJ --Journal Register Company (NYSE: JRC) executives will review the
Company's 2000 results, online strategy and outlook for 2001 on December 6,
2000, at the Credit Suisse First Boston Media Week Conference at The Plaza Hotel
in New York City at 4:10 p.m. (EST).
Robert M. Jelenic, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jean B.
Clifton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Howard L.
Griffin, Vice President of Advertising, will speak at the conference.
A live web cast of the presentation will be available via a link found on
Journal Register Company's homepage at www.journalregister.com. Please allow 15
minutes in advance to access the presentation on the Company's homepage. Journal
Register Company will recap the presentation in a press release and post the
presentation on the company's web site within 24 hours following the conference.
Journal Register Company is a leading U.S. newspaper publishing company that
owns 24 daily newspapers, including the New Haven Register, Connecticut's second
largest daily and Sunday newspaper, and 151 non-daily publications. Journal
Register Company currently operates 104 individual Web sites featuring the
Company's daily newspapers and non-daily publications, which can be accessed at
jounalregister.com. The Company currently has equity investments in AdOne, LLC,
a premier Internet-based classified advertising service, and PowerAdz.com, LLC,
a leading Internet infrastructure provider for the newspaper industry.
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For more Journal Register Company Noelle Greene-Hunt
information: State Street Square, 50 West State Street Director of Investor
Trenton, NJ 08608-1298 Relations
(609) 396-2200 - voice;
(609) 396-2292 - fax
