MARCH 21 , 2005

For Immediate Release

 

Contact:           John Tuller

                        Director, Public Relations

                        914-694-5354

The Journal News gears up for new community magazines!

White Plains, NY – The Journal News is preparing for one of its’ most ambitious 2005 projects with a series of community magazines.  The announcement was made today by Gary F. Sherlock, president and publisher of The Journal News.

The magazines titled IN-TOWN will debut on March 23 and is scheduled to appear 15 times this year in various markets throughout the tri-county area through the company’s custom publishing division.

Sherlock said, “The mission of The Journal News as a company includes offering a host of publications to inform, inspire and entertain our readers, to fulfill the needs of our customers and to play an integral part of the communities we serve.  “Our new IN-Town magazines help us do all of these while being a natural extension of our core products."

“The new high quality magazines will offer a micro-level of local coverage and information specific to their individual community” said Warren Webster, director of custom publishing.  “They will include stories about dining, families, unique places, activities, fitness, as well as directories and a calendar of events.” 

Staffing up for the efforts, The Journal News has appointed Mary Lynn Mitcham as the editor of the publications, responsible for the content of the new magazines, and Journal News veteran Scott Colontonio to be the new sales manager to director the advertising sales efforts.  The department will have its own ad and editorial team for the magazines.

Through custom publishing, The Journal News already publishes specialty magazines on weddings, businesses in Westchester and Rockland, health and other topics and creates publications for various clients, including theater and concert playbills, and visitor magazines.  The community magazines will be one of the company’s biggest efforts yet.

Owned by the Gannett Co. Inc., The Journal News serves New York’s Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties.

Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a leading international news and information company that publishes 101 daily newspapers in the USA, including USA TODAY, the nation's largest-selling daily newspaper. The company also owns more than 750 non-daily publications in the USA and USA WEEKEND, a weekly newspaper magazine. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom’s second largest regional newspaper company. Newsquest publishes more than 300 titles, including 17 daily newspapers, and a network of prize-winning Web sites. Gannett also operates 21 television stations in the United States and is an Internet leader with sites sponsored by its TV stations and newspapers including USATODAY.com, one of the most popular news sites on the Web.  

More information about The Journal News can be found on its Web site at www.thejournalnews.com.