The Week Creates Six New Management Positions to Drive Continued Growth

-- Maer Roshan to Lead TheWeek.com--

Chief Financial Officer, Controller, International Advertising Director, and
Production Director Hired

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Having just surpassed the 500,000 mark in circulation in its sixth consecutive
year of circulation growth, and as one of the very few magazines to show an
increase in ad pages during the first quarter of 2009, The Week, which recently
secured the #1 spot on Adweek`s Hot List "10 under 60",has just announced six
newly created key positions.

Steven Kotok, President of The Week, announced the appointments today: Maer
Roshan, Editor, TheWeek.com; Kevin Morgan, Chief Financial Officer; Arielle
Starkman, Controller; David Weeks, International Advertising Director; Lori
Crook, Production Director; and ShelbyWashington, Senior Promotion Manager.

"We are delighted that this group of extremely talented individuals is joining
The Week," says Kotok. "Their addition to our team ensures that we have the
necessary resources to maintain and accelerate our business growth as The Week
continues to add readers and advertisers in print and online."

Roshan will join TheWeek.com as editor for an interim period to spearhead growth
of The Week`s digital offerings and lead a redesign of TheWeek.com, which saw
its traffic triple during the 2008 elections, and double yet again since then.
Roshan will be responsible for The Week`s online presence and manage all new and
existing online staff. Roshan is the founder and former editor in chief of Radar
magazine and the popular RadarOnline.com. He also has served as a Features
Editor at Interview, Deputy Editor of New York, and Editorial Director of Talk
magazine, and has written for The New York Times, The LA Times, The New
Republic, The Advocate, Spin, Harper`s Bazaar, and numerous other publications.

Additional management appointments include:

Kevin Morgan, Chief Financial Officer, will manage an existing four person staff
while serving in this newly created position. Morgan comes to The Week from Marc
Ecko Enterprises, where he was the Corporate Controller.

Arielle Starkman, Controller, will be the first person ever in this position
atThe Week, reporting to Kevin Morgan. She will be responsible for managing The
Week`s accounting operations and annual audit. Prior to The Week, Starkman was
the Controller for Complex magazine and before that, was the assistant
Controller for The Source magazine.

David Weeks, International Advertising Director, will be based in London, and
joins The Week from The Economist, where he had held a variety of sales
positions over the past 14 years, including head of sales for the UK, Northern
Europe & Middle East, as well as the UK Sales Director of The Economist
Newspaper and Economist.com. Weeks will report to The Week`s Publisher Jed
Hartman.

Lori Crook, Production Director, will manage The Week`s manufacturing, paper
purchasing, distribution and production financial operations, and will supervise
The Week`s existing Production Manager. Crook had been the production director
for the Nickelodeon Magazine Group since 1995, with time out from 2003-2005
during which she served as Production Manager for Maxim and The Week.

Shelby Washington, Senior Promotion Manager, will be joining The Week`s
marketing department and will report to Alain Begun, Associate Publisher of
Marketing. Prior to The Week, Washington spent several years as the
Merchandising Manager at Glamour. Washington will be responsible for developing
and executing on-brand marketing programs that help bring additional value to
The Week`s advertising partners.

About The Week:

The Week is the fastest growing news and opinion magazine in America and was
recently ranked #1 on Adweek`s Hot List "10 Under 60" as well as "the #1 most
objective print or broadcast media source," within the 2008-09 Erdos & Morgan
Opinion Leader Study. Every week, The Week`s editors scour hundreds of
newspapers, magazines, and Web sites, seeking out the most intriguing stories
and the most thoughtful commentary - left, right, and everything in between. The
Week and TheWeek.com deliver the best of U.S. and international opinion, the
best columns from here and abroad, business, health, science, and technology,
plus books, film, the arts, consumer reviews, and leisure.

For The Week
Alissa Neil, 212-431-4411
Alissa@alissaneilpr.com

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