Section Providing Region's Best Auto Coverage Increases Daily
Sections, Complements Online And Weekend Products
CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
The Sun-Times News Group announced today the expansion of its
SearchChicago-Autos section from every Thursday to Monday through
Friday for all of the group's eight daily circulation newspapers.
SearchChicago-Autos, which is Chicago's premier auto section, will
continue on Thursday throughout the group's 51 weekly paid-circulation
newspaper titles, complementing its growing online counterpart,
www.SearchChicago.com/autos, and the weekend print auto section.
These products combined allow for manufacturers and dealers to
reach the Sun-Times News Group's 4.2 million print and online readers
each week.
SearchChicago-Autos, which has a paid circulation of more than
700,000 on Thursday and more than 500,000 on other weekdays, was first
launched in February to replace existing auto sections. The new
section features respected local auto columnists Jill Ciminillo, Ira
Siegel, John Stein and Jeff Taylor, an auto Q&A and a check of some of
the cheapest gas prices in the Chicago area.
"SearchChicago-Autos continues to be the Chicago area's best
source of auto coverage and listings. Our intent has been to build the
strongest and most valued marketplace in the Chicago area for auto
manufacturers, dealers and buyers in print and on the Internet," said
Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Sun-Times Media
Group, parent of the Sun-Times News Group. "The expansion of
SearchChicago-Autos to Monday through Friday coupled with our
Sun-Times weekend Auto Times and our online auto listings at
SearchChicago.com/autos, creates that marketplace."
The Sun-Times News Group's newspapers include the Chicago
Sun-Times; The Beacon News (Aurora), The Herald News (Joliet), Lake
County News-Sun, The Courier News (Elgin), SouthtownStar, The
Naperville Sun, and 51 Pioneer Press titles.
About the Sun-Times News Group
The Sun-Times News Group is the operating subsidiary of Sun-Times
Media Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:SUTM), which is dedicated to being the
premier source of local news and information for the greater Chicago
area. Its media properties include the Chicago Sun-Times and
Suntimes.com as well as newspapers and Web sites serving more than 200
communities across Chicago. Further information can be found at
www.thesuntimesgroup.com.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this release are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). Forward-looking statements include,
without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate
or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain
the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "project,"
"will be," "will continue," "will likely result," "plan," or similar
words or phrases. Forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties are
detailed from time to time in reports filed by Sun-Times Media Group
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in its Forms
10-K and 10-Q. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not
possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it
assess the impact of all such risk factors on the Company's business
or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may
cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any
forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties,
investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements as a prediction of actual results.
Sun-Times News Group
Tammy Chase, Director of Investor Relations
(312) 321-3230
tchase@suntimes.com
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