Journal Register Company Hires Chief Digital Officer

YARDLEY, PA — (Marketwire) — 11/16/09 —  Journal Register Company announced today the appointment of Daniel M. Sarko to the newly created position of Chief Digital Officer. Mr. Sarko joins the Company from Philadelphia Media Holdings, where he was Vice President and Interim General Manager, Interactive for the Philly.com division. He will be responsible for expanding and developing the Company’s hyper-local digital strategy."We have invested a considerable amount of time recruiting for this critical position to find the right executive to help the Company capitalize on the tremendous opportunity to transform our unique and proprietary hyper-local content to digital media platforms," said Robert Conway, the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer. "Dan’s background in the newspaper industry and his strong digital media experience makes him ideally qualified to lead this transformation."  Mr. Sarko received a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Marketing from DeSales  University.