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Bill Church Named Southeast Regional Editor for GateHouse Media

PITTSFORD, N.Y. June 10, 2015 – GateHouse Media LLC (“GateHouse Media” or the “Company”) announced today that Bill Church, a nationally-recognized newsroom executive, has been named Southeast Regional Editor.

Church, who will continue to serve as the Executive Editor of the Herald-Tribune in Sarasota, FL, will now work with GateHouse Media newspapers throughout the Southeast on shared coverage, recruiting and training.

“Now that GateHouse Media’s portfolio includes many outstanding newspapers in the Southeast, we have a great opportunity to share content and create products in those states and the region as a whole,” said Bernie Szachara, Senior Vice President for GateHouse Media, who oversees the Company’s newspapers in the Southeast. “Bill will play an important role in helping us establish and then execute on these opportunities.”

Church will coordinate investigative news projects, as well as college sports and political coverage, for GateHouse Media’s Southeast papers. He will also work with executives at GateHouse Media’s Center for News & Design in Austin, TX on national recruiting and company-wide content initiatives.

“Bill has a reputation in the industry as an innovative leader who has proven over and over again that he understands how to help newsrooms evolve,” said David Arkin, Senior Vice President of Content & Product Development for GateHouse Media. “I’m excited to partner with Bill as we build out our coverage plans in the Southeast.”

Church joined the Herald-Tribune in January 2013, after spending almost 23 years in editorial positions at Gannett newspapers in Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, New York and Oregon. Church spent six-plus years as Executive Editor of the Statesman Journal in Salem, OR prior to coming to Sarasota. Both the Sarasota Herald- Tribune and Salem Statesman Journal have won numerous national awards during his tenure. The Herald- Tribune was recently named to Editor and Publisher’s 2015 list of 10 Newspapers That Do It Right.

“Bill has taken a newsroom, with an already strong reputation for excellence, and really raised the bar. He creates an environment that encourages journalists to think bigger and present stories in bolder and more creative ways,” said Pat Dorsey, Publisher of the Herald-Tribune.

Church has been active nationally in the journalism field. He was named a McCormick Fellow in 2006, elected to the APME national board in 2011 and has been a longtime member of the Asian Americans Journalists Association. In 2010, Bill received the national Robert G. McGruder Diversity Leadership award.

“I’m excited to work with our many talented journalists in the Southeast,” Church said. “We have big opportunities in places like Florida and North Carolina to work together on projects that have local relevance and impact residents in those states. Together, we can evolve our products and our journalism.”

About GateHouse Media LLC GateHouse Media, headquartered in Pittsford, New York, is a wholly owned subsidiary of New Media Investment Group Inc. (NYSE:NEWM), which is focused primarily on investing in a high quality, diversified portfolio of local media assets. GateHouse Media is one of the largest publishers of locally based print and online media in the United States as measured by its 126 daily publications. As of April 30, 2015, GateHouse Media reaches over 19 million people on a weekly basis across 32 states through hundreds of community publications and local websites. For more information regarding New Media and to be added to our email distribution list, please visit www.newmediainv.com

Source: New Media Investment Group Inc.