Board of Directors

William F. Baker. Independent Director. Dr. Baker has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of WNET/Channel 13 (the PBS station in New York City) since 1987. Prior to joining WNET, Dr. Baker served a dual role as President of Westinghouse Television, Inc. (from 1979) and Chairman of Group W Satellite Communications (from 1981). Since beginning his broadcasting career while in college, Dr. Baker has held a variety of programming and general management positions in radio and television in Cleveland, Baltimore, Los Angeles and New York. Dr. Baker serves on the board of directors of Public Broadcasting Service, Leitch Technology Corporation, and Rodale, Inc., a privately held family publishing company. He received his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Case Western Reserve University.

Thomas W. Bassett. Chairman of the Board. Family Director. Member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee. Mr. Bassett is a Manager in the tax department of BKD, LLP. He is an attorney and CPA with a Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration degree from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to working at BKD, Mr. Bassett was a Manager in the federal tax practice of KPMG LLP. Mr. Bassett served on the Company’s Board of Directors from 1993 through 1998. He has served on the Company’s Retirement Benefits Investment Committee, continuing from 1998 to 2003, and the Audit Committee of the Board.

Alan J. Bell. Management Director. Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company since 2002. Mr. Bell has spent his entire professional life in the media business, starting in TV and now encompassing newspapers as well. Prior to his appointment as the Company’s CEO, he served the Company as Division President of Broadcasting for 13 years. Earlier, he held various management posts with media companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. Mr. Bell is a graduate of Boston Latin School, Harvard College, and attended Harvard Business School.

Raymond C. H. Bryan. Family Director. Member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee. Mr. Bryan served as the former Business Manager for the Executive Intelligence Division at Freedom Technology Media Group, and has been a Director since 2000. Mr. Bryan is the grandson of the late Harry Hoiles, a son of Freedom founder R.C. Hoiles. He has held various positions within Freedom Communications in the Sales and Finance departments. Mr. Bryan is a graduate of Skidmore College and has his Master of Business Administration from Fordham University.

Michael J. Dominguez. Investor Director. Member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Dominguez is a Principal of Providence Equity Partners. He has been involved in many of Providence’s investment activities in magazine and book publishers, cable television, newspaper publishers, local exchange carriers and other areas. He is currently a director of Bresnan Communications, F&W Publications, Inc., and PanAmSat Holding Corporation. During the period of Providence’s investment, Mr. Dominguez was involved with Boone Newspapers, Song Networks Holding, formerly Telel Europe Holdings, Netcom Canada and Netcom UK. Mr. Dominguez received a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bucknell University.

Scott N. Flanders. Independent Director. Chairman of the Compensation Committee; Chairman of the Nominating Committee. Mr. Flanders is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia House. Mr. Flanders has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia House since 1999. In 1998, he was co-founder of Telstreet.com, an Indianapolis-based e-commerce company specializing in helping consumers shop for wireless products and services. He was previously President of Macmillan Publishing where he was employed for 14 years. Mr. Flanders is a Certified Public Accountant and has a Juris Doctorate from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Colorado. He serves on several corporate boards with interests in media, technology and the Internet.

Mark T. Gallogly. Investor Director. Member of the Nominating Committee. Mr. Gallogly is a Senior Managing Director and head of the Private Equity group of The Blackstone Group L. P. Mr. Gallogly leads Blackstone’s communications and media investments. Specific investments include Bresnan Communications, Centennial Communications, CommNet Cellular, FiberNet, InterMedia Partners VI, iPCS, Lusacell, Knology, LiveWire, PaeTec, People’s choice TV, Sirius Satellite Radio, TWFanch-one, Utilicom Networks, US Radio and Universo Online. He received his Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University.

Robin J. Hardie. Family Director. Member of the Nominating Committee. Ms. Hardie has held various positions with the Company at the National Advertising Sales Office in Colorado Springs, KFDM-TV in Beaumont, Texas, and The Gazette in Colorado Springs. She has also worked at the Arizona Daily Star, The Thousand Oaks News Chronicle, The Sacramento Bee, and The San Antonio Light. Ms. Hardie has served on the board of directors of Hallador, Inc., and coloradosprings.com, and currently serves on the board of directors for the Children’s Literacy Center. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Southern California.

Robert L. Krakoff. Independent Director. Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Krakoff currently is Chairman and CEO of Blantyre Partners, Inc., a strategic management and investment company. Blantyre has a business-to-business consulting arrangement with The Blackstone Group. Mr. Krakoff was a Director of the Company from 1996 to 2001, returning in 2002. From 1996 to December 2003, Mr. Krakoff was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Advanstar, Inc. and continued as Chairman through July 2004. Prior to that time, he was Vice Chairman of Reed Elsevier, Inc. and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cahners Publishing Company from 1991 to 1996. Mr. Krakoff is currently a Director of Auxilio, Inc. He also is a past Chairman and Director of American Business Media Association. Mr. Krakoff has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

Mark J. Masiello. Investor Director. Member of the Nominating Committee. Mr. Masiello has been investing in private equity for 14 years and is a Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners. He has been involved in many of Providence’s investment activities in publishing, broadcasting, cable television, music, local telephone carriers, internet service providers and portals, and alternative media. During the time of Providence’s investment, Mr. Masiello served as a director of American Cable Entertainment, Craig Media Inc., Netcom Canada, NC, NC Holdings, Surebridge, Mpower Inc., VIA Networks, and Wired Ventures. Mr. Masiello received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University.

Burl Osborne. Independent Director. Member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Osborne formerly held several positions in the Belo Corporation: President, Publishing Division from 1995 to 2001; Director from 1987 to 2002; and Publisher from 1986 to 2001 of The Dallas Morning News Co., with which he became associated in 1980. Mr. Osborne continues as Chairman of the Belo Foundation. In connection with The Associated Press, Mr. Osborne has served as Chairman of the Board since 2002, Director since 1993 and as a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Osborne also has served as Director and Past Chairman of Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and Director of Newspaper Association of America. Currently, he serves as Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists; Director of the National Kidney Foundation; Director of the Advisory Board of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard; and Director of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. since April 1, 2003. Mr. Osborne earned a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia and a Master of Business Administration degree from Long Island University. He also participated in the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

David D. Threshie. Family Director. Member of the Nominating Committee. Mr. Threshie is the Director of Market Segmentation at The Orange County Register. Previously he was Vice President of Marketing Services for Freedom Arizona Information. He has served as General Manager and Editor of the Hickory News in Hickory, N.C. Mr. Threshie worked in various departments at the Panama City News Herald as part of Freedom’s Management Development Program. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Threshie worked at the Dallas Morning News from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Threshie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics/Finance from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Dallas.

David M. Tolley. Investor Director. Member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee. Mr. Tolley is a Principal in the Private Equity group of The Blackstone Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2000, Mr. Tolley has focused on Blackstone's investment activities in the communications and media sectors. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Tolley was a Vice President in the Global Communications Group at Morgan Stanley & Co., where he was responsible for sourcing and executing financing and advisory assignments for a broad array of public and private communications companies. Mr. Tolley holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School. He currently serves as a director of Centennial Communications Corp. and New Skies SARL.