Newspaper & Mailroom

Journal Register Company Retains Dirks, Van Essen & Murray to Sell Newspapers

Friday 14. November 2008 - Journal Register Company (the "Company") (PINKSHEETS: JRCO) today announced that it has retained Dirks, Van Essen & Murray to help manage the process of seeking buyers for certain of its daily and weekly newspaper publications located throughout its Michigan, Connecticut and Philadelphia-area clusters.

The publications that have been selected for sale are important publications that have been serving their communities for many years; however, Journal Register Company can no longer give both the resources and attention that these publications require to achieve their full potential.