YARDLEY, PA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/28/07 -- Journal Register Company (NYSE: JRC) today announced that contract negotiations between the Company and five Michigan local unions have reached a new collective bargaining agreement for 196 represented Journal Register employees. All five bargaining units ratified the contracts late Sunday, August 26, 2007.

Julie A. Beck, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, said, "We have a great work force in Michigan. Journal Register's local management team has worked diligently to partner with our union leaders to focus on the means by which we achieve long-term operational and business success. They recognize the importance of a credible, respectful and cooperative relationship. We approached these negotiations with the objective of reaching a fair outcome. This is an important component in achieving our business goals and securing the good jobs it provides. I am pleased that we were able to do so."

The five unions are the Newspaper Guild of Detroit Local 22, Detroit Typographical Union Number 18, Graphics Communications Union Local 13N, Detroit Mailers Union #40 IBT Local 2040, and Newspaper Drivers and Handlers IBT Local 372.

Journal Register Company today also announced that the Macomb, Michigan printing facility expansion is operational and is being integrated into the Company's Michigan Cluster. This year, the facility will print the Macomb Daily and Royal Oak Daily Tribune and the Company anticipates adding 17 publications in 2008 and will continue adding titles in 2009 and beyond. The Macomb printing facility will yield significant cost savings, increased color advertising revenue, and improved print quality.

Acting Chief Executive Officer James W. Hall said, "As we celebrate the opening of the Macomb plant, I want to emphasize the synergies we derive from the production operations and improved efficiencies in our Michigan Cluster. We estimate annualized cash savings in excess of $1.4 million."

The expansion includes a new 17,150 square foot building addition to the existing 33,500 square foot facility to house the press hall, with two bay loading docks and sub-surface direct access to newsprint storage and reel room. Total square footage is now 50,650. The building and equipment installation, which includes a Man Roland Geoman 75 printing press, was completed in July and Macomb began printing The Macomb Daily and The Royal Oak Daily Tribune newspapers on July 23, two weeks ahead of the scheduled target date.

About Journal Register

Journal Register Company is a leading U.S. media company. Journal Register Company owns 22 daily newspapers and 346 non-daily publications. Journal Register Company currently operates 227 individual Web sites that are affiliated with the Company's daily newspapers, non-daily publications and its network of employment Web sites. These Web sites can be accessed at www.JournalRegister.com. All of the Company's operations are strategically clustered in six geographic areas: Greater Philadelphia; Michigan; Connecticut; Greater Cleveland; and the Capital-Saratoga and Mid-Hudson regions of New York. The Company owns JobsInTheUS, a network of 19 premier employment Web sites.

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For more information:
Journal Register Company
Judy Brenna
Director of Investor Relations
Tel: (215) 504-4200
790 Township Line Road
Yardley, PA 19067
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