Journal Register Company Announces CorporateAppointment.

Business Editors

TRENTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000

The appointment of Noelle Greene-Hunt as Director of Investor Relations at Journal Register Company (NYSE: JRC) was announced today by Jean B. Clifton, Journal Register Company's executive vice president and chief

Prior to joining Journal Register Company, Greene-Hunt had held senior investor relations positions with The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Edelman Public Relations Worldwide and CompUSA Inc. Earlier in her career, Greene-Hunt held security analyst positions with Equitable Capital Management and Fidelity Bank.

"Noelle's six years as an investor relations professional, combined with more than ten years experience as a security analyst, makes her an excellent candidate for Journal Register Company's investor relations director position," said Clifton. "Her knowledge of the securities industry and corporate investor relations make her an excellent liaison with the investor community and the Company. We are extremely pleased to have Noelle join JRC in this very important role."

Greene-Hunt holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bucknell University.

Journal Register Company, which had 1999 total revenues of $470 million, is a leading U.S. newspaper publishing company that owns 25 daily newspapers, including the New Haven Register, Connecticut's second largest daily and Sunday newspaper, and 200 non-daily publications. All of the Company's operations are strategically clustered in seven geographic areas: Connecticut, Philadelphia and its surrounding areas, Ohio, the greater St. Louis area, central New England, and the Capital-Saratoga and Mid-Hudson regions of New York. The Company currently operates 146 individual Web sites featuring the Company's daily newspapers and non-daily publications, which can be accessed at journalregister.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.