Freedom Interactive Names Bill Cummings Director of Online Real Estate Advertising Sales

IRVINE, Calif.—April 17, 2008— Freedom Interactive, a division of Freedom Communications, recently named Bill Cummings Director of Online Real Estate Advertising Sales. Cummings will report to Dawn Kusick, Vice President of Sales for Freedom Interactive.

"I am delighted to have someone of Bill's experience and caliber join the Freedom Interactive team,” said Kusick. “He understands the real estate space well and also gets the combined media buy and the changes in the wind for realtors. Bill will help us navigate this space well.”

Cummings will oversee the Real Estate category for Freedom Interactive for Freedom’s 33 daily and 77 weekly newspapers, including the Orange County Register.

“This is an exciting time to be in the Newspaper, Television and Online industry,” said Cummings. “We have the power to effect change … moving our mission forward to the benefit of our advertisers, audience and all stakeholders. I look forward to working with the talented people of Freedom in our quest for innovation in our chosen profession!”

Prior to joining Freedom, Cummings was the Director of Real Estate Advertising for the Denver Newspaper Agency, publisher of The Denver Post, owned by Media News Group and Rocky Mountain News, owned by Scripps. While at the Denver Newspaper Agency, Cummings was responsible for print, online and niche publications including Real Estate Showcase for Colorado.

Prior to joining the Denver Newspaper Agency, Cummings served as the Real Estate Sales Manager for The Fresno Bee, a McClatchy Newspaper. Prior to joining the Newspaper industry, Cummings was the principle of one of central California’s larger ad agencies for nearly 20 years, and also spent two years as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for London Properties, a large independent Real Estate Firm. Cummings was selected as a Future Leader by the Newspaper Association of America in 2006. His ability to create successful niche publications earned him a 2007 ACME Award from the NAA, as well as awards from the WCAA (Western Classified Advertising Association). He is often a featured speaker for the NAA Real Estate conferences, National Association of Realtors, California Association of Realtors as well as leading Real Estate Offices in Colorado. Most recently, he was appointed to the Sales & Marketing Committee of the Home Builder’s Association of Denver.