Freedom Interactive Announces the Launch of “The Phoenix Project”

The Phoenix Project is Designed to Establish a New Standard of Excellence for
All Freedom Interactive Web Sites

Freedom Interactive announced today that “The Phoenix Project” has launched on the first of Freedom Interactive’s web sites affiliated with Freedom Communications, Inc. television stations and newspapers across the country. The Phoenix Project establishes superior navigation, design, functionality and products, and will be fully implemented across the Freedom Interactive network of more than 40 web sites by the end of March, 2007.
The Phoenix Project was created to establish a new, higher standard of user experience for all Freedom Interactive web sites nationwide. The goal is to improve site speed, navigation and design as well as content and functionality allowing for easier interaction with the news and information users should expect on Freedom Interactive websites.

The Phoenix Project has launched on thirteen broadcast web sites, including KTVL.com in Medford, Oregon, WLAJ.com in Lansing, Michigan, ABC6.com in Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts, News12Now.com in Palm Beach County, CBS6Albany.com in Albany, New York, WTVC.com in Chattanooga, Tennessee and WWMT.com in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Phoenix Project will launch across all Freedom newspaper-related websites in the first quarter of 2007 beginning with OCRegister.com in Orange County, California and ENCToday.com in Eastern North Carolina within the next week.

Improvements to the sites include streamlined navigation, more convenient content menus, faster page downloads, more robust search results, more efficient integration of features, and enhanced classified data.

“As more and more consumers in each of Freedom Interactive’s local markets turn to our sites for the latest news and information, it became increasingly important for us to offer consumers a convenient, refined and informative web site experience. We want to ensure that we continue to be the preferred source for fast, reliable information for our local consumers. The Phoenix Project is designed to make sure we do just that,” said Michael Mathieu, Freedom Interactive’s President.

About Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., is a national privately owned information and entertainment company of print publications, broadcast television stations and interactive businesses. The company’s portfolio includes more than 70 newspapers, including The Orange County Register, magazines and other specialty publications, plus news, information and entertainment websites to complement its print and broadcast properties. Freedom’s community and metro newspaper publications have a combined circulation of more than one million subscribers. The broadcast stations – five CBS, three ABC network affiliates and one CW affiliate – reach more than 3.5 million households across the country. For more information visit www.freedom.com.

About Freedom Interactive
Freedom Interactive is the Internet subsidiary of the nation's 12th largest media company—Freedom Communications—a national, privately owned information and entertainment company headquartered in Irvine, Calif. Freedom Interactive owns and operates web sites coast to coast, each offering local, up-to-the-minute breaking news stories, extensive content with a unique perspective, and trusted local news coverage on demand. The company's web sites are associated with various Freedom Communications media properties including over 70 newspapers and magazines, such as The Orange County Register and The Gazette in Colorado Springs, and nine broadcast television stations.

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