MPL Communications Inc.: Canadian Investment Advisory Outperforms U.S. Competition With an Impressive 138 Per Cent Gain

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) --
MPL Communications Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MPZ)

A small Canadian investment advisory is one of the top performing
newsletters in the world, according to Hulbert Financial Digest. The
Investment Reporter earned top billing with a portfolio of stocks that
returned 138 per cent in just six months.

Twice a year, Hulbert, a division of Dow Jones MarketWatch, publishes a
comprehensive chart examining the performance of more than 500 newsletter
portfolios. In this case, it was measuring performance since the stock
market's March 9 lows.

What is most impressive about The Investment Reporter's triple-digit
gains is the fact that this quietly-circulated Canadian advisory beat a
host of American counterparts at their own game. The portfolio cited by
Hulbert consists of "Higher Risk U.S. Stocks."

This is not the first time this Canadian David has prevailed against
American Goliaths. The Investment Reporter has been outperforming
American and other international newsletters for a quarter of a century.

According to Hulbert's detailed historical charts, since 1984, only two
advisories in the world have posted better overall returns than The
Investment Reporter.

Given the U.S. figures, it's not surprising that The Investment Reporter
also holds the same dominant position in the Canadian equities it covers
on a weekly basis. Year to date - again according to Hulbert's figures -
its total returns have been 21.5 per cent. Its Conservative stock
portfolio has returned 28.2 per cent. And its Canadian Speculative stock
selections have done even better, at 29.2 per cent.

The Investment Reporter's total returns have also topped the average
Canadian equity mutual fund by a wide margin - 65 per cent in 2009. And
its results are 22 per cent better than those of the S&P/TSX Composite
Index.

This matches up with Hulbert's long-term figures, which demonstrate that
The Investment Reporter has beaten all Canadian equity mutual funds and
the TSX for over 20 years.

Founded in 1941 by the late George Armstrong, an early proponent of
"value investing", this advisory stands as one of the oldest continuously
published advisories in North America.

The advisory is published by MPL Communications Inc., which is Canada's
largest provider of independent investment advice. Through its print and
electronic services, MPL is Canada's market leader in the publishing of
specialized investment advice and information. Among its other
publications are the bi-weekly Investor's Digest of Canada, the Canadian
Mutual Fund Adviser, the Money Reporter, The MoneyLetter, Blue Book of
Stock Reports, The TaxLetter and Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street.

Its online advisories include adviceforinvestors.com, Buy-Sell Research
Reports, Daily Buy-Sell Adviser and InvestmentReporter.com.

Contacts:
MPL Comunications Inc.
David Berger
Senior Marketing Manager
(416) 869-1177
(416) 869-0456 (FAX)
dberger@mplcomm.com

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