GateHouse Media, Inc. (GateHouse) is a publisher of locally based print and online media in the United States. The Company’s portfolio of products, which includes 506 community publications and more than 250 related Websites and seven yellow page directories, serves more than 239,000 business advertising accounts and reaches approximately 10 million people on a weekly basis. The Company’s core products include 91 daily newspapers with total paid circulation of approximately 789,000; 294 weekly newspapers (published up to three times per week) with total paid circulation of approximately 686,000 and total free circulation of approximately one million, and 121 shoppers (generally advertising-only publications) with total circulation of approximately 1.9 million. The Company operates in five geographic regions: Northeast, Western, Northern Midwest, Southern Midwest and Atlantic. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company acquired 25 publications.