Chicago Sun-Times and Clickshare Launch Integrated Web and Print Subscription Platform; Arrangement Expected to Increase Circulation

Business Wire, August 21, 2007

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Chicago Sun-Times, one of the largest U.S. daily newspapers, is launching a paid electronic edition that allows print customers unrestricted access using the subscription-management platform of Clickshare Service Corp. Clickshare will also handle the web capture and processing of print subscriptions.

Clickshare is a leading provider of online subscription-management, card-processing and web access-control, serving the newspaper industry and B2B publications for over 10 years.

"We chose Clickshare for our electronic edition because we wanted to give our print customers the added benefit of our E-edition while increasing our paid circulation," said John Cary, senior director of online operations for the Sun-Times. "Clickshare provides the best content-control solution in terms of simplicity and stability as well as flexibility for the long term."

"The Sun-Times Newspaper Group is pursuing a series of innovations in serving multi-platform users which will set an example for the newspaper industry," said Richard Lerner, Clickshare's president. "We're committed to enabling that innovation at the Sun-Times and its sister newspapers."

About Sun-Times News Group

Sun-Times News Group ("STNG") 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 92 community newspaper titles and Web sites serving more than 200 communities across Chicago. STNG's parent company is Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. (NYSE: SVN) (www.thesuntimesgroup.com).

About Clickshare

Clickshare's online registration and credit-card billing services can provide print subscribers free access to premium content, while charging ABC-certifiable web-only customers. It provides a full-featured site registration, authentication and billing service - subscription or per-click, full or partial site - and easily integrates with major web servers, including Saxotech Online, Olive, PBS and Lotus Domino. With Clickshare, newspapers and other publications can also manage and charge for web archives from their existing servers while retaining original graphics, design and copyright. Clickshare can log and track page access, for integration with ad-server technologies.

Clickshare's customers include Crain Communications Inc., Journal Register Co., and publishers of newspapers, newsletters, consumer information and government records. Clickshare is also developing transaction systems with music-industry partners to provide revenue-generating, copyright-protected, file sharing.

Privately held Clickshare has offices in Williamstown, Mass. Its investors include Sawgrass Seacoast Investors LLC, the University of Massachusetts, MultiService Corp., Comtex News Network Inc. and private individuals, including founding executives of PeopleSoft Inc., and a former publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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The Chicago Sun-Times: http://www.suntimes.com