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Journal Register Company Names William Higginson as President and Chief Operating Officer

Monday 15. March 2010 - Journal Register Company, a leading multi media company in local news and information, announced today the promotion of William Higginson, 54, as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective April 1, 2010. Mr. Higginson will report to the Company's Chief Executive Officer, John Paton.

“I am very pleased to have a partner in Bill Higginson to take Journal Register Company forward from what is now largely a newspaper company to a true multi-platform news media company,” Mr. Paton said. “There is not a part of Journal Register’s many operations that Bill does not know intimately and he is the absolute right person at the right time to lead our Company’s operations.”
Mr. Higginson has been with the Company and its predecessors for 24 years, serving most recently as its Senior Vice President, Production. He started his career as a pressman for Matzner Publications in 1973. Mr. Higginson has held a variety of progressively more responsible positions throughout the Company in production and operations, including operational responsibility for the Company’s Connecticut cluster, which includes its flagship property, the New Haven Register.
Mr. Higginson said, “It is a privilege to work with John and our 3,100 talented and dedicated employees as we begin to transform our Company. While there is plenty of hard work to be done, I am confident that we will successfully execute on our strategies to grow the Company and create value.”
Scott Wright, who has held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since 2007, is leaving Journal Register Company to pursue other endeavors. Mr. Paton commented, “All of us at the Company would like to thank Scott for his leadership and dedication to the Company through its period of restructuring. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.”