Exhibit 10.41

Execution Copy

PLEDGE AGREEMENT

THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “Pledge Agreement”) is entered into as of June 4,
2014, among NEW MEDIA HOLDINGS II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Borrower”), NEW MEDIA HOLDINGS I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(together with its successors and/or assigns, “Holdings”), each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party hereto (together with the
Holdings, individually a “Guarantor” and collectively the “Guarantors”; the
Guarantors, together with the Borrower, individually a “Pledgor” and
collectively the “Pledgors”) and CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, in its capacity
as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement referred to below (in such
capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the several banks and other financial
institutions as may from time to time become parties to such Credit Agreement
(individually a “Lender” and collectively the “Lenders”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof
(as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time
to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Holdings, the Lenders
party thereto and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders have agreed to make
Loans and to issue and/or acquire participation interests in Letters of Credit
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Credit
Agreement and the obligations of the Lenders to make their respective Loans and
to issue and/or acquire participation interests in Letters of Credit under the
Credit Agreement that the Pledgors shall have executed and delivered this Pledge
Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and
the other Secured Parties.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement, and the
following terms that are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code from time to
time in effect in the State of New York (the “UCC”) are used herein as so
defined: Certificated Security, Entitlement Order, Financial Asset, Investment
Company Security, Securities Account, Security, Security Entitlement, Securities
Intermediary and Uncertificated Security.

2. Pledge and Grant of Security Interest. To secure the prompt payment and
performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time or otherwise, of the
Obligations, each Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Administrative Agent,
for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest
in any and all right, title and interest of such Pledgor in and to the
following, whether now owned or existing or owned, acquired, or arising
hereafter (collectively, the “Pledged Collateral”):

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(a) Pledged Equity Interests. (i) 100% (or, if less, the full amount owned by
such Pledgor) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned by such
Pledgor of each Domestic Subsidiary set forth on Schedule 3.15 to the Credit
Agreement and (ii) 65% (or, if less, the full amount owned by such Pledgor) of
each class of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote
(within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) (“Voting Equity”) and
75% (or, if less, the full amount owned by such Pledgor) of each class of the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning
of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) (“Non-Voting Equity”) owned by such
Pledgor of each first-tier Foreign Subsidiary set forth on Schedule 3.15 to the
Credit Agreement (collectively, together with the Equity Interests and other
interests described in clauses (y) and (z) and in Sections 2(b) and 2(c) below,
the “Pledged Equity Interests”), including, but not limited to, the following:

(y) subject to the percentage restrictions described above and in Section 2(b)
below, all shares, securities, membership interests or other equity interests
representing a dividend on any of the Pledged Equity Interests, or representing
a distribution or return of capital upon or in respect of the Pledged Equity
Interests, or resulting from a stock split, revision, reclassification or other
exchange therefor, and any subscriptions, warrants, rights or options issued to
the holder of, or otherwise in respect of, the Pledged Equity Interests; and

(z) subject to the percentage restrictions described above and in Section 2(b)
below and without affecting the obligations of the Pledgors under any provision
prohibiting such action hereunder or under the Credit Agreement, in the event of
any consolidation or merger involving the issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest
and in which such issuer is not the surviving entity, all shares of each class
of the Equity Interests of the successor entity formed by or resulting from such
consolidation or merger.

(b) Additional Interests. (i) 100% (or, if less, the full amount owned by such
Pledgor) of each class of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned or
acquired by such Pledgor of any Person which hereafter becomes a Domestic
Subsidiary and (ii) 65% (or, if less, the full amount owned by such Pledgor) of
the Voting Equity and 75% (or, if less, the full amount owned by such Pledgor)
of the Non-Voting Equity owned or acquired by such Pledgor of any Person which
hereafter becomes a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary, including, without
limitation, the certificates representing such Equity Interests.

(c) Other Equity Interests. Subject to the percentage restrictions described
above, any and all other Equity Interests owned by the Pledgors in any Domestic
Subsidiary or any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary.

 

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(d) Proceeds. All proceeds and products of the foregoing, however and whenever
acquired and in whatever form.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is hereby specifically
understood and agreed that a Pledgor may from time to time hereafter pledge and
deliver additional shares of Equity Interests to the Administrative Agent as
collateral security for the Obligations. Upon such pledge and delivery to the
Administrative Agent, such additional shares of Equity Interests shall be deemed
to be part of the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor and shall be subject to the
terms of this Pledge Agreement whether or not Schedule 3.15 to the Credit
Agreement is amended to refer to such additional shares.

Notwithstanding the foregoing grant of a security interest, this Pledge
Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (and the
“Pledged Collateral” shall not include) any Excluded Assets.

3. Security for Obligations. The security interest created hereby in the Pledged
Collateral of each Pledgor constitutes continuing collateral security for all of
the Obligations, whether now existing or hereafter incurred.

4. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral; Perfection of Security Interest. Each
Pledgor hereby agrees that:

(a) Delivery of Certificates and Instruments. Each Pledgor shall deliver as
security to the Administrative Agent (i) simultaneously with or prior to the
execution and delivery of this Pledge Agreement, all certificates representing
the Pledged Equity Interests owned by such Pledgor and (ii) promptly upon the
receipt thereof by or on behalf of a Pledgor, all other certificates and
instruments constituting Pledged Collateral owned by a Pledgor. Prior to
delivery to the Administrative Agent, all such certificates and instruments
constituting Pledged Collateral of a Pledgor shall be held in trust by such
Pledgor for the benefit of the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto. All such
certificates shall be delivered in suitable form for transfer by delivery or
shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in
blank, substantially in the form provided in Exhibit A attached hereto.

(b) Additional Securities. Subject to the percentage restrictions set forth in
Section 2, if such Pledgor shall receive by virtue of its being or having been
the owner of any Pledged Collateral, any (i) certificate, including without
limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or distribution in
connection with any increase or reduction of capital, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale of assets, combination of Equity Interests, stock splits,
spin-off or split-off, promissory notes or other instruments; (ii) option or
right, whether as an addition to, substitution for, or an exchange for, any
Pledged Collateral or otherwise; (iii) dividends payable in Equity Interests; or
(iv) distributions of Equity Interests in connection with a partial or total
liquidation, dissolution or reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid-in
surplus, then such Pledgor shall receive such certificate, instrument, option,
right or distribution in trust for the

 

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benefit of the Administrative Agent, shall segregate it from such Pledgor’s
other property and shall deliver it forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the
exact form received accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or
assignment in blank, substantially in the form provided in Exhibit A attached
hereto, to be held by the Administrative Agent as Pledged Collateral and as
further collateral security for the Obligations.

(c) Financing Statements; Other Perfection Actions. Each Pledgor hereby
authorizes the Administrative Agent to prepare and file such financing
statements (including continuation statements) or amendments thereof or
supplements thereto or other instruments as the Administrative Agent may from
time to time deem reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to perfect and
maintain the security interests granted hereunder in accordance with the UCC,
including, without limitation, any financing statement that describes the
Pledged Collateral as “all personal property” or “all assets” of such Pledgor.
Each Pledgor shall also execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and/or
file such agreements, assignments or instruments (including affidavits, notices,
reaffirmations, amendments and restatements of existing documents, and any
documents as may be necessary if the law of any jurisdiction other than New York
becomes or is applicable to the Collateral or any portion thereof, in each case
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request) and do all such other things
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to
perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interests hereunder, including such
financing statements (including continuation statements) or amendments thereof
or supplements thereto or other instruments as the Administrative Agent may from
time to time reasonably request in order to perfect and maintain the security
interests granted hereunder in accordance with the UCC and any other personal
property security legislation in the appropriate jurisdictions.

(d) Provisions Relating to Uncertificated Securities, Security Entitlements and
Securities Accounts. The Pledgors shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent
of any Pledged Collateral consisting of an Uncertificated Security or a Security
Entitlement or any Pledged Collateral held in a Securities Account. With respect
to any such Pledged Collateral, (a) the applicable Pledgor and the applicable
issuer of the Uncertificated Security or the applicable Securities Intermediary
shall enter into, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, an
agreement with the Administrative Agent granting control to the Administrative
Agent over such Pledged Collateral, such agreement to be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (b) the Administrative
Agent shall be entitled, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default or an Event of Default, to notify the applicable issuer of the
Uncertificated Security or the applicable Securities Intermediary that it should
follow the instructions or the Entitlement Orders, respectively, of the
Administrative Agent and no longer follow the instructions or the Entitlement
Orders, respectively, of the applicable Pledgor. Upon receipt by a Pledgor of
notice from a Securities Intermediary of its intent to terminate the Securities
Account of such Pledgor held by such Securities Intermediary, prior to the
termination of such Securities Account the Pledged Collateral in such Securities
Account shall be (i) transferred to a new Securities Account, upon the request

 

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of the Administrative Agent, which shall be subject to a control agreement as
provided above or (ii) transferred to an account held by the Administrative
Agent (in which it will be held until a new Securities Account is established).

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the certificates
representing the Pledged Equity Interests owned by any Pledgor in Pro Football
Weekly, LLC, The Santa Cruz County Sentinel, Inc., The Traverse City
Record-Eagle, Inc., The Daily Independent, Inc. or Chapel Hill Publishing Co,
Inc. shall not be required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent unless
and until any such entity owns any material assets or is engaged in any material
operations or business.

5. Representations and Warranties. Each Pledgor hereby represents and warrants
to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties that:

(a) Authorization of Pledged Equity Interests. The Pledged Equity Interests are
duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are not
subject to the preemptive rights of any Person. All other shares of Equity
Interests constituting Pledged Collateral are duly authorized and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to the preemptive rights of
any Person.

(b) Title. Each Pledgor has good and indefeasible title to the Pledged
Collateral of such Pledgor and will at all times be the legal and beneficial
owner of such Pledged Collateral free and clear of any Lien, other than Liens
permitted by Section 6.3 of the Credit Agreement. There exists no “adverse
claim” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC with respect to the
Pledged Equity Interests of such Pledgor.

(c) Exercising of Rights. The exercise by the Administrative Agent of its rights
and remedies hereunder will not violate any material restriction relating to any
Pledged Equity.

(d) Pledgor’s Authority. No authorization, approval or action by, and no notice
or filing with any Governmental Authority, the issuer of any Pledged Equity
Interests or third party is required either (i) for the pledge made by a Pledgor
or for the granting of the security interest by a Pledgor pursuant to this
Pledge Agreement or (ii) for the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the
Secured Parties of their rights and remedies hereunder (except as may be
required by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities).

(e) Security Interest/Priority. This Pledge Agreement creates a valid security
interest in favor of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, in the Pledged Collateral. The taking possession by the
Administrative Agent of the certificates (if any) representing the Pledged
Equity Interests and all other certificates and instruments constituting Pledged
Collateral will perfect and establish the first priority of the Administrative
Agent’s security interest in all certificated Pledged Equity Interests
constituting securities and such certificates and instruments, subject only to
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permitted by Section 6.3 of the Credit Agreement. Upon the filing of UCC
financing statements in the location of each Pledgor’s state of organization,
the Administrative Agent shall have a first priority perfected security interest
in all uncertificated Pledged Equity Interests consisting of partnership or
limited liability company interests that do not constitute a Security pursuant
to Section 8-103(c) of the UCC, subject only to Liens permitted by Section 6.3
of the Credit Agreement. With respect to any Pledged Collateral consisting of an
Uncertificated Security or a Security Entitlement or any Pledged Collateral held
in a Securities Account, upon execution and delivery by the applicable Pledgor,
the Administrative Agent and the applicable Securities Intermediary or the
applicable issuer of the Uncertificated Security of an agreement granting
control to the Administrative Agent over such Pledged Collateral, the
Administrative Agent shall have a first priority perfected security interest in
such Pledged Collateral, subject only to the Liens permitted by Section 6.3 of
the Credit Agreement. Except as set forth in this Section, no action is
necessary to perfect the Administrative Agent’s security interest.

(f) No Other Equity Interests. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.15 to the
Credit Agreement, as of the Closing Date or as of the last date such Schedule
was updated in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Credit Agreement, no
Pledgor owns any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries or any of its first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries.

(g) Partnership and Limited Liability Company Interests. Except as previously
disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent, none of the Pledged Equity
Interests consisting of partnership or limited liability company interests
(i) is dealt in or traded on a securities exchange or in a securities market,
(ii) by its terms expressly provides that it is a Security governed by Article 8
of the UCC, (iii) is an Investment Company Security, (iv) is held in a
Securities Account or (v) constitutes a Security or a Financial Asset.

6. Covenants. Each Pledgor hereby covenants, that so long as any of the
Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations that survive
termination of the Loan Documents pursuant to the stated terms thereof) remain
outstanding or any Loan Document is in effect, and until all of the Commitments
shall have been terminated, such Pledgor shall:

(a) Defense of Title. Warrant and defend title to and ownership of the Pledged
Collateral of such Pledgor at its own expense against the claims and demands of
all other parties claiming an interest therein; keep the Pledged Collateral free
from all Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 6.3 of the Credit
Agreement; and not sell, exchange, transfer, assign, lease or otherwise dispose
of Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor or any interest therein, except as
permitted under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

 

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(b) Further Assurances. Promptly execute and deliver at its expense all further
instruments and documents and take all further action that may be necessary and
desirable or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to
(i) perfect

and protect the security interest created hereby in the Pledged Collateral of
such Pledgor (including, without limitation, execution and delivery of one or
more control agreements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent,
filing of UCC financing statements and any and all other actions reasonably
necessary to satisfy the Administrative Agent that the Administrative Agent has
obtained a first priority (subject to Liens permitted by Section 6.3 of the
Credit Agreement) perfected security interest in all Pledged Collateral);
(ii) enable the Administrative Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and
remedies hereunder in respect of the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor; and
(iii) otherwise effect the purposes of this Pledge Agreement, including, without
limitation, and if requested by the Administrative Agent, delivering to the
Administrative Agent irrevocable proxies in respect of the Pledged Collateral of
such Pledgor.

(c) Amendments. Not make or consent to any amendment or other modification or
waiver with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor or enter
into any agreement or allow to exist any restriction with respect to any of the
Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor, in each case to the extent such amendment,
modification, waiver or restriction, taken as a whole with all such amendments,
modifications, waivers and restrictions since the Closing Date, adversely
affects the security interests (or the perfection or priority thereof) granted
hereunder, other than pursuant hereto or as may be permitted under the Credit
Agreement.

(d) Issuance or Acquisition of Equity Interests. Not without executing and
delivering, or causing to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent
such agreements, documents and instruments as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require, issue or acquire any Equity Interest or hold any Pledged
Equity Interests that consists of an interest in a partnership or a limited
liability company which (i) is dealt in or traded on a securities exchange or in
a securities market, (ii) by its terms expressly provides that it is a Security
governed by Article 8 of the UCC, (iii) is an Investment Company Security,
(iv) is held in a Securities Account or (v) constitutes a Security or a
Financial Asset.

7. Performance of Obligations; Advances by Administrative Agent. On failure of
any Pledgor to perform any of the covenants and agreements contained herein, the
Administrative Agent may, at its sole option and in its sole discretion, perform
or cause to be performed the same and in so doing may expend such sums as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably deem advisable in the performance thereof,
including, without limitation, the payment of any insurance premiums, the
payment of any taxes, a payment to obtain a release of a Lien or potential Lien,
expenditures made in defending against any adverse claim and all other
expenditures which the Administrative Agent may make for the protection of the
security interest hereof or may be compelled to make by operation of law. All
such sums and amounts so expended shall be repayable by the Pledgors on a joint
and several basis promptly upon timely notice thereof and demand therefor, shall
constitute additional Obligations. No such performance of any covenant or
agreement by the Administrative Agent on behalf of any Pledgor, and no such
advance or expenditure therefor, shall relieve the Pledgors of any default under
the terms of this Pledge Agreement or the other Loan Documents. The
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Agent may make any payment hereby authorized in accordance with any bill,
statement or estimate procured from the appropriate public office or holder of
the claim to be discharged without inquiry into the accuracy of such bill,
statement or estimate or into the validity of any tax assessment, sale,
forfeiture, tax lien, title or claim except to the extent such payment is being
contested in good faith by a Pledgor in appropriate proceedings and against
which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP.

8. [Intentionally Omitted].

9. Remedies.

(a) General Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the
continuation thereof, the Administrative Agent shall have, in respect of the
Pledged Collateral of any Pledgor, in addition to the rights and remedies
provided herein, in the other Loan Documents, or by law, the rights and remedies
of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law.

(b) Sale of Pledged Collateral. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and
during the continuation thereof, without limiting the generality of this Section
and without notice, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, sell
or otherwise dispose of or realize upon the Pledged Collateral, or any part
thereof, in one or more parcels, at public or private sale, at any exchange or
broker’s board or elsewhere, at such price or prices and on such other terms as
the Administrative Agent may deem commercially reasonable, for cash, credit or
for future delivery or otherwise in accordance with applicable law. To the
extent permitted by law, any Secured Party may in such event, bid for the
purchase of such securities. Each Pledgor agrees that, to the extent notice of
sale shall be required by law and has not been waived by such Pledgor, any
requirement of reasonable notice shall be met if notice, specifying the place of
any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made, is
personally served on or mailed, postage prepaid, to such Pledgor, in accordance
with the notice provisions of Section 9.2 of the Credit Agreement at least
ten (10) days before the time of such sale. The Administrative Agent shall not
be obligated to make any sale of Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor regardless
of notice of sale having been given. The Administrative Agent may adjourn any
public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place
fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time
and place to which it was so adjourned.

(c) Private Sale. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the
continuation thereof, the Pledgors recognize that it may be impracticable to
effect a public sale of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral and that the
Administrative Agent may, therefore, determine to make one or more private sales
of any such Pledged Collateral to a restricted group of purchasers who will be
obligated to agree, among other things, to acquire such Pledged Collateral for
their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or
resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sale may be at
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and other terms which might have been obtained at a public sale and,
notwithstanding the foregoing, agrees that such private sale shall have been
made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Administrative Agent shall
have no obligation to delay sale of any such Pledged Collateral for the period
of time necessary to permit the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to register
such Pledged Collateral for public sale under the Securities Act of 1933.

(d) Retention of Pledged Collateral. In addition to the rights and remedies
hereunder, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the
continuation thereof, the Administrative Agent may, after providing the notices
required by Sections 9-620 and 9-621 of the UCC (or any successor sections of
the UCC) or otherwise complying with the notice requirements of applicable law
of the relevant jurisdiction, accept or retain all or any portion of the Pledged
Collateral in satisfaction of the Obligations. Unless and until the
Administrative Agent shall have provided such notices, however, the
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have retained any Pledged Collateral
in satisfaction of any Obligations for any reason.

(e) Deficiency. In the event that the proceeds of any sale, collection or
realization are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Administrative
Agent or the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Pledgors shall be jointly
and severally liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon at a
rate calculated in accordance with Section 2.12(a) through (c) of the Credit
Agreement together with the costs of collection and the reasonable fees of any
attorneys employed by the Administrative Agent to collect such deficiency. Any
surplus remaining after the full payment and satisfaction of the Obligations
shall be returned to the Pledgors or to whomsoever a court of competent
jurisdiction shall determine to be entitled thereto.

(f) Other Security. To the extent that any of the Obligations are now or
hereafter secured by property other than the Pledged Collateral (including,
without limitation, real and other personal property owned by a Pledgor), or by
a guarantee, endorsement or property of any other Person, then the
Administrative Agent shall have the right to proceed against such other
property, guarantee or endorsement upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of any Event of Default, and the Administrative Agent shall have
the right, in its sole discretion, to determine which rights, security, Liens,
security interests or remedies the Administrative Agent shall at any time
pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take with respect thereto, without in
any way modifying or affecting any of them or any of the Administrative Agent’s
rights or the Obligations under this Pledge Agreement or under any other of the
Loan Documents.

10. Rights of the Administrative Agent.

(a) Power of Attorney. Each Pledgor hereby designates and appoints the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and each of its
designees or agents as attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor, irrevocably and with
power of substitution, with authority to take any or all of the following
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(i) to demand, collect, settle, compromise, adjust and give discharges and
releases concerning the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor, all as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably determine in respect of such Pledged
Collateral;

(ii) to commence and prosecute any actions at any court for the purposes of
collecting any of the Pledged Collateral and enforcing any other right in
respect thereof;

(iii) to defend, settle, adjust or compromise any action, suit or proceeding
brought with respect to the Pledged Collateral and, in connection therewith,
give such discharge or release as the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably
appropriate;

(iv) to pay or discharge taxes, Liens, security interests, or other encumbrances
levied or placed on or threatened against the Pledged Collateral;

(v) to direct any parties liable for any payment under any of the Pledged
Collateral to make payment of any and all monies due and to become due
thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent
shall direct;

(vi) to receive payment of and receipt for any and all monies, claims, and other
amounts due and to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any
Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor;

(vii) to sign and endorse any drafts, assignments, proxies, stock powers,
verifications, notices and other documents relating to the Pledged Collateral of
such Pledgor;

(viii) to execute and deliver and/or file all assignments, conveyances,
statements, financing statements, continuation statements, pledge agreements,
affidavits, notices and other agreements, instruments and documents that the
Administrative Agent may determine necessary in order to perfect and maintain
the security interests and Liens granted in this Pledge Agreement and in order
to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated herein;

(ix) to exchange any of the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor or other property
upon any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other
readjustment of the issuer thereof and, in connection therewith, deposit any of
the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor with any committee, depository, transfer
agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms as the
Administrative Agent may determine;

 

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(x) to vote for a shareholder, partner or member resolution, or to sign an
instrument in writing, sanctioning the transfer of any or all of the Pledged
Collateral of such Pledgor into the name of the Administrative Agent or into the
name of any transferee to whom the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor or any
part thereof may be sold pursuant to Section 9 hereof; and

(xi) to do and perform all such other acts and things as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably deem to be necessary, proper or convenient in connection
with the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor.

This power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable for so long as any of the Obligations (other than contingent
indemnity obligations that survive termination of the Loan Documents pursuant to
the stated terms thereof) remain outstanding, any Loan Document is in effect,
and until all of the Commitments shall have been terminated. Subject to the
terms of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall be under no duty
to exercise or withhold the exercise of any of the rights, powers, privileges
and options expressly or implicitly granted to the Administrative Agent in this
Pledge Agreement, and shall not be liable for any failure to do so or any delay
in doing so. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any act or
omission or for any error of judgment or any mistake of fact or law in its
individual capacity or its capacity as attorney-in-fact except acts or omissions
resulting from its gross negligence or willful misconduct. This power of
attorney is conferred on the Administrative Agent solely to perfect, protect,
preserve and realize upon its security interest in the Pledged Collateral.

(b) Assignment by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may from
time to time assign the Obligations or any portion thereof and/or the Pledged
Collateral or any portion thereof to a successor Administrative Agent, and the
assignee shall be entitled to all of the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent under this Pledge Agreement in relation thereto.

(c) The Administrative Agent’s Duty of Care. Other than the exercise of
reasonable care to assure the safe custody and preservation of the Pledged
Collateral while being held by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the
Administrative Agent shall have no duty or liability to preserve rights
pertaining thereto, it being understood and agreed that Pledgors shall be
responsible for preservation of all rights in the Pledged Collateral of such
Pledgor, and the Administrative Agent shall be relieved of all responsibility
for the Pledged Collateral upon surrendering it or tendering the surrender of it
to the Pledgors. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have exercised
reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Pledged Collateral in its
possession if such Pledged Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal
to that which the Administrative Agent accords its own property, which shall be
no less than the treatment employed by a reasonable and prudent agent in the
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Administrative Agent shall not have responsibility for (i) ascertaining or
taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders
or other matters relating to any Pledged Collateral, whether or not the
Administrative Agent has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters; or
(ii) taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with
respect to any Pledged Collateral.

(d) Voting Rights in Respect of the Pledged Collateral.

(i) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to the
extent permitted by law, each Pledgor may exercise any and all voting and other
consensual rights pertaining to the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor or any
part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Pledge
Agreement or the Credit Agreement.

(ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all
rights of a Pledgor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it
would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (i) of this
subsection (d) shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in
the Administrative Agent which shall then have the sole right to exercise such
voting and other consensual rights.

(e) Dividend and Distribution Rights in Respect of the Pledged Collateral.

(i) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Pledgor may receive and retain any and all dividends (other than dividends
payable in the form of Equity Interests and other dividends constituting Pledged
Collateral which are required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 4 above), distributions or interest paid in respect of the
Pledged Collateral to the extent they are allowed under the Credit Agreement.

(ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default:

(A) all rights of a Pledgor to receive the dividends, distributions and interest
payments which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant
to paragraph (i) of this subsection (e) shall cease and all such rights shall
thereupon be vested in the Administrative Agent which shall then have the sole
right to receive and hold as Pledged Collateral such dividends, distributions
and interest payments; and

(B) all dividends, distributions and interest payments which are received by a
Pledgor contrary to the provisions of clause (A) of this subsection (ii) shall
be received in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, shall be
segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor, and shall be forthwith
paid over to the Administrative Agent as Pledged Collateral in the exact form
received, to be held by the Administrative Agent as Pledged Collateral and as
further collateral security for the Obligations.

 

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(f) Release of Pledged Collateral. The Administrative Agent may release any of
the Pledged Collateral from this Pledge Agreement or may substitute any of the
Pledged Collateral for other Pledged Collateral without altering, varying or
diminishing in any way the force, effect, Lien, pledge or security interest of
this Pledge Agreement as to any Pledged Collateral not expressly released or
substituted, and this Pledge Agreement shall continue as a first priority Lien
on all Pledged Collateral not expressly released or substituted.

11. Application of Proceeds. After the exercise of remedies by the
Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 7 of the Credit
Agreement (or after the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the Loans
(with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts under the Loan Documents
shall automatically become due and payable in accordance with the terms of such
Section), any proceeds of the Pledged Collateral, when received by the
Administrative Agent or any of the Secured Parties in cash or its equivalent,
will be applied in reduction of the Obligations in the order set forth in
Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement, and each Pledgor irrevocably waives the
right to direct the application of such payments and proceeds and acknowledges
and agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have the continuing and exclusive
right to apply and reapply any and all such proceeds in the Administrative
Agent’s sole discretion, notwithstanding any entry to the contrary upon any of
its books and records.

12. [Intentionally Omitted].

13. Continuing Agreement.

(a) This Pledge Agreement shall be a continuing agreement in every respect and
shall remain in full force and effect so long as any of the Obligations (other
than contingent indemnity obligations that survive termination of the Loan
Documents pursuant to the stated terms thereof) remain outstanding or any Loan
Document is in effect, and until all of the Commitments shall have been
terminated. Upon such payment and termination, this Pledge Agreement shall be
automatically terminated and the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties
shall, upon the request and at the expense of the Pledgors, forthwith release
all of the Liens and security interests granted hereunder and shall deliver all
UCC termination statements and/or other documents reasonably requested by the
Pledgors evidencing such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all
releases and indemnities provided hereunder shall survive termination of this
Pledge Agreement.

(b) This Pledge Agreement shall continue to be effective or be automatically
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, in whole or in part, of
any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by
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Agent or any Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent conveyance or otherwise
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, all as though such payment had
not been made; provided that in the event payment of all or any part of the
Obligations is rescinded or must be restored or returned, all reasonable costs
and expenses (including, without limitation, any reasonable legal fees and
disbursements) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party in
defending and enforcing such reinstatement shall be deemed to be included as a
part of the Obligations.

(c) If any of the Collateral is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by
any Grantor (other than to another Grantor) in a transaction permitted by the
Credit Agreement, then the Lien created pursuant to this Agreement in such
Collateral shall be released, and the Administrative Agent, at the request and
sole expense of such Grantor, shall promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor
all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable and in form
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and take such further
actions for the release of such Collateral (not including Proceeds thereof) from
the security interests created hereby; provided that the Borrower and applicable
Grantor shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least five
(5) Business Days (or such shorter period of time acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) prior to the date of the proposed release, a certificate
of a Responsible Officer with request for release identifying the relevant
Collateral and certifying that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. At the request and sole expense of the
Borrower, a Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the
event that all the Capital Stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement;
provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at
least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period of time acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) prior to the date of the proposed release, a certificate
of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower with request for release identifying
the relevant Guarantor and certifying that such transaction is in compliance
with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

14. Amendments; Waivers; Modifications. This Pledge Agreement and the provisions
hereof may not be amended, waived, modified, changed, discharged or terminated
except as set forth in Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement.

15. Successors in Interest. This Pledge Agreement shall create a continuing
security interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall be binding upon each
Pledgor, its successors and assigns and shall inure, together with the rights
and remedies of the Administrative Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties and their successors and permitted
assigns; provided, however, that none of the Pledgors may assign its rights or
delegate its duties hereunder except as permitted by the Credit Agreement. To
the fullest extent permitted by law, each Pledgor hereby releases the
Administrative Agent, its officers, employees and agents and its successors and
assigns, from any liability for any act or omission relating to this Pledge
Agreement or the Pledged Collateral, except for any liability arising from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or its
officers, employees and agents, as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction.

 

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16. Notices. All notices required or permitted to be given under this Pledge
Agreement shall be in conformance with Section 9.2 of the Credit Agreement.

17. Counterparts. This Pledge Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which where so executed and delivered shall be an
original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. It
shall not be necessary in making proof of this Pledge Agreement to produce or
account for more than one such counterpart. Delivery of executed counterparts of
the Pledge Agreement by facsimile or other electronic means shall be effective
as an original and shall constitute a representation that an original shall be
delivered upon the request of the Administrative Agent.

18. Headings. The headings of the sections and subsections hereof are provided
for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning, construction
or interpretation of any provision of this Pledge Agreement.

19. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of
Jury Trial; Venue. THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES TO THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The terms of
Sections 9.12 and 9.18 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference, mutatis mutandis, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.

20. Severability. Any provision of this Pledge Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.

21. Integration. This Pledge Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent
the entire agreement of the parties hereto and thereto, and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any, including any commitment
letters or correspondence relating to this Pledge Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or the transactions contemplated herein and therein.

22. Survival. All representations and warranties of the Pledgors hereunder shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Pledge Agreement, the other Loan
Documents and the delivery of the Notes and the making of the Loans and the
issuance of the Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement.

 

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23. Joint and Several Obligations of Pledgors.

(a) Each of the Pledgors is accepting joint and several liability hereunder in
consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Lenders
under the Credit Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of
each of the Pledgors and in consideration of the undertakings of each of the
Pledgors to accept joint and several liability for the obligations of esach of
them.

(b) Each of the Pledgors, jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint
and several liability with the other Pledgors with respect to the payment and
performance of all of the Obligations arising under this Pledge Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, it being the intention of the parties hereto that all
the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of each of the
Pledgors without preferences or distinction among them.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any
other of the Loan Documents, to the extent the obligations of a Pledgor shall be
adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including, without
limitation, because of any applicable state or federal law relating to
fraudulent conveyances or transfers) then the obligations of such Pledgor
hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that is permissible under
applicable law (whether federal or state and including, without limitation, the
Bankruptcy Code of the United States).

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Each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Pledge Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER:     NEW MEDIA HOLDINGS II LLC,     a Delaware limited liability
company     By:  

/s/ Michael E. Reed

    Name: Michael E. Reed     Title:   Chief Executive Officer GUARANTORS:    

NEW MEDIA HOLDINGS I LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

    By:  

/s/ Michael E. Reed

    Name: Michael E. Reed     Title:   Chief Executive Officer     LOCAL MEDIA
GROUP HOLDINGS LLC     LOCAL MEDIA GROUP, INC.     SEACOAST NEWSPAPERS, INC.    
LMG MASSACHUSETTS, INC.     LMG PENNSYLVANIA MANAGEMENT, INC.     THE INQUIRER
AND MIRROR, INC.     LMG PENNSYLVANIA HOLDINGS, INC.     LMG PENNSYLVANIA, L.P.,
    by its general partner, LMG Pennsylvania Management, Inc.     THE MAIL
TRIBUNE, INC.     LMG NATIONAL PUBLISHING, INC.     THE NICKEL OF MEDFORD, INC.
    LMG STOCKTON, INC.     By:  

/s/ Kirk A. Davis

      Name: Kirk A. Davis       Title:   Chief Executive Officer & President

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COPLEY OHIO NEWSPAPERS, INC.

ENHE ACQUISITION, LLC

ENTERPRISE NEWSMEDIA HOLDING, LLC

ENTERPRISE NEWSMEDIA, LLC

ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC

GATEHOUSE MEDIA ARKANSAS HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA CALIFORNIA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA COLORADO HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA CONNECTICUT

HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA CORNING HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA DELAWARE HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA DIRECTORIES HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA FLORIDA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA FREEPORT HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA HOLDCO, LLC

GATEHOUSE MEDIA ILLINOIS HOLDINGS II, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA ILLINOIS HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO, LLC

GATEHOUSE MEDIA IOWA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA KANSAS HOLDINGS II, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA KANSAS HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA LANSING PRINTING, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA LOUISIANA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA MANAGEMENT

SERVICES, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA MICHIGAN HOLDINGS II, INC.

  

GATEHOUSE MEDIA MICHIGAN HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA MINNESOTA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA MISSOURI HOLDINGS II, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA MISSOURI HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS I, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS II, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA NEBRASKA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA NEVADA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA NEW YORK HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA NORTH DAKOTA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA OHIO HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA OKLAHOMA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA OPERATING, LLC

GATEHOUSE MEDIA PENNSYLVANIA HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA TENNESSEE HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA VENTURES, INC.

GATEHOUSE MEDIA, LLC

GEORGE W. PRESCOTT PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC

LIBERTY SMC, L.L.C.

LOW REALTY, LLC

LRT FOUR HUNDRED, LLC

MINERAL DAILY NEWS TRIBUNE, INC.

NEWS LEADER, INC.

SUREWEST DIRECTORIES TERRY NEWSPAPERS, INC.

THE PEORIA JOURNAL STAR, INC.

 

By:  /s/ Kirk A. Davis                                        

Name: Kirk A. Davis Title:   Chief Executive Officer & Chief Operating Officer

 

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Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written.

 

CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, as Administrative Agent By:  

/s/ Arthur D. Burns

Name: Arthur D. Burns Title:   Senior Vice President

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SCHEDULE 3.15 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

PLEDGED EQUITY INTERESTS

Pledgor:

 

Name of Subsidiary

  

Owner

  

Number of Shares

  

Certificate

Number

  

Percentage

Ownership

New Media Holdings I LLC   

New Media Investment

Group, Inc.

   N/A    N/A    100% New Media Holdings II LLC    New Media Holdings I LLC   
N/A    N/A    100% GateHouse Media LLC    New Media Holdings II LLC    N/A   
N/A    100% Copley Ohio Newspapers, Inc.    GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings, Inc.
   1,000    3    100% ENHE Acquisition, LLC   

GateHouse Media

Operating, LLC (f/k/a

GateHouse Media

Operating, Inc.)

   N/A    N/A    100% Enterprise NewsMedia Holding, LLC   

GateHouse Media

Massachusetts II, Inc.

   99,000 (Membership Units)    N/A    100% Enterprise NewsMedia, LLC   

Enterprise NewsMedia

Holding, LLC

   N/A    N/A    100% Enterprise Publishing Company, LLC    Enterprise
NewsMedia, LLC    N/A    N/A    100% GateHouse Media Arkansas Holdings, Inc.   

GateHouse Media

Operating, LLC (f/k/a

GateHouse Media

Operating, Inc.)

   100    2    100% GateHouse Media California Holdings, Inc.   

GateHouse Media

Operating, LLC (f/k/a

GateHouse Media

Operating, Inc.)

   100    2    100% GateHouse Media Colorado Holdings, Inc.   

GateHouse Media

Operating, LLC (f/k/a

GateHouse Media

Operating, Inc.)

   100    002    100% GateHouse Media Connecticut Holdings, Inc.   

GateHouse Media

Operating, LLC (f/k/a

GateHouse Media

Operating, Inc.)

   100    1    100% GateHouse Media Corning Holdings, Inc.   

GateHouse Media

Nevada Holdings, Inc.

   206.37    61    100% GateHouse Media Delaware Holdings, Inc.   

GateHouse Media

Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media

Operating, Inc.)

   100    2    100% GateHouse Media Directories Holdings, Inc.   

GateHouse Media

Operating, LLC (f/k/a

GateHouse Media

Operating, Inc.)

   100    1    100% GateHouse Media Florida Holdings, Inc.   

GateHouse Media

Operating, LLC (f/k/a

GateHouse Media

Operating, Inc.)

   100    1    100%

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GateHouse Media Freeport Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a
GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100% GateHouse Media Holdco, LLC
(f/k/a GateHouse Media Holdco, Inc.)    GateHouse Media Intermediate Holdco, LLC
(f/k/a GateHouse Media Intermediate Holdco, Inc.)    N/A    N/A    100%
GateHouse Media Illinois Holdings II, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC
(f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    1    100% GateHouse Media
Illinois Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media
Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100% GateHouse Media Intermediate Holdco, LLC
(f/k/a GateHouse Media Intermediate Holdco, Inc.)   

GateHouse Media,

LLC (f/k/a GateHouse

Media, Inc.)

   N/A    N/A    100% GateHouse Media Iowa Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media
Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100%
GateHouse Media Kansas Holdings II, Inc.    GateHouse Media Kansas Holdings,
Inc.    100    1    100% GateHouse Media Kansas Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse
Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100%
GateHouse Media Lansing Printing, Inc.    GateHouse Media Suburban Newspapers,
Inc.    100    2    100% GateHouse Media Louisiana Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse
Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100%
GateHouse Media Management Services, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC
(f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100% GateHouse Media
Massachusetts I, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media
Operating, Inc.)    1,000    1    100% GateHouse Media Massachusetts II, Inc.   
GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)   
100,000    1    100% GateHouse Media Michigan Holdings II, Inc.    GateHouse
Media Michigan Holdings, Inc.    100    1    100%

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GateHouse Media Michigan Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a
GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100% GateHouse Media Minnesota
Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media
Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100% GateHouse Media Missouri Holdings II, Inc.
   GateHouse Media Missouri Holdings, Inc.    100    1    100% GateHouse Media
Missouri Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media
Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100% GateHouse Media Nebraska Holdings, Inc.   
GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100   
002    100% GateHouse Media Nevada Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating,
LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100% GateHouse Media
New York Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media
Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100% GateHouse Media North Dakota Holdings, Inc.
   GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100
   2    100% GateHouse Media Ohio Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating,
LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    1    100% GateHouse Media
Oklahoma Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media
Operating, Inc.)    100    1    100% GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a
GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.    GateHouse Media Holdco, LLC (GateHouse Media
Holdco, Inc.)    N/A    N/A    100% GateHouse Media Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc.
   GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100
   2    100% GateHouse Media Suburban Newspapers, Inc.    GateHouse Media
Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    2    100%
GateHouse Media Tennessee Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC
(f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    1    100%

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GateHouse Media Texas Holdings, Inc.    GateHouse Media Nebraska Holdings, Inc.
   100    2    100% GateHouse Media Ventures, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating,
LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    100    3    100% George W.
Prescott Publishing Company, LLC    Enterprise NewsMedia, LLC    N/A    N/A   
100% Liberty SMC, L.L.C.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse
Media Operating, Inc.)    4,000 (Class A)    N/A    100% Liberty SMC, L.L.C.   
GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    1,000
(Class B)    N/A    100% LMG Massachusetts, Inc. (f/k/a Dow Jones LMG
Massachusetts, Inc.)    Local Media Group, Inc. (f/k/a Dow Jones Local Media
Group, Inc.)    200,000    1    100% LMG Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a
Ottaway Newspapers of Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc.)    Local Media Group, Inc.
(f/k/a Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.)    100    2    100% LMG Pennsylvania Holdings,
Inc. (f/k/a Ottaway Newspapers of Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc.)    Local Media
Group, Inc. (f/k/a Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.)    1    1    100% LMG Pennsylvania
Management, Inc. (f/k/a Ottaway Newspapers of Pennsylvania Management, Inc.)   
Seacoast Newspapers, Inc.    36    4    34.9%1    Seacoast Newspapers, Inc.    1
   1    1%2    LMG Massachusetts, Inc. (f/k/a Essex County Newspapers, Inc.)   
41    5    39.8%3    LMG Massachusetts, Inc. (f/k/a Essex County Newspapers,
Inc.)    1    2    1%4    The Inquirer and Mirror, Inc.    23    6    22.3%5   
The Inquirer and Mirror, Inc.    1    3    1%6

 

1  Percentage is approximate.

2  Percentage is approximate.

3  Percentage is approximate.

4  Percentage is approximate.

5  Percentage is approximate.

6  Percentage is approximate.

 

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LMG National Publishing, Inc. (f/k/a ONI National Publishing, Inc.)    Local
Media Group, Inc. (f/k/a Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.)    100    1    100% LMG
Pennsylvania, L.P.    LMG Pennsylvania Holdings, Inc.    2687    N/A    93%8   
LMG Pennsylvania Management, Inc.    219    N/A    7%10 LMG Stockton, Inc.
(f/k/a ONI Stockton, Inc.)    LMG National Publishing, Inc. (f/k/a ONI National
Publishing, Inc.)    1    1    100% Local Media Group, Inc. (f/k/a Dow Jones
Local Media Group, Inc.)    Local Media Group Holdings LLC    1,000    4    100%
Low Realty, LLC    Enterprise NewsMedia, LLC    N/A    N/A    100% LRT Four
Hundred, LLC    Enterprise NewsMedia, LLC    N/A    N/A    100% Mineral Daily
News Tribune, Inc.    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC (f/k/a GateHouse Media
Operating, Inc.)    500    38    100% News Leader, Inc.    GateHouse Media
Louisiana Holdings, Inc.    100,000    A-9    100% News Leader, Inc.   
GateHouse Media Louisiana Holdings, Inc.    100,000    B-9    100% Seacoast
Newspapers, Inc.    Local Media Group, Inc. (f/k/a Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.)   
10    1    100% SureWest Directories    GateHouse Media Directories Holdings,
Inc.    1,000    2    100% Terry Newspapers, Inc.    GateHouse Media Illinois
Holdings, Inc.    840    17    100% The Inquirer and Mirror, Inc.    Local Media
Group, Inc. (f/k/a Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.)    2,333 1/3    7    100% The Mail
Tribune, Inc.    LMG National Publishing, Inc. (f/k/a ONI National Publishing)
   100    2    11%11    LMG Pennsylvania, L.P.    809    3    89%12 The Nickel
of Medford, Inc.    LMG National Publishing, Inc. (f/k/a ONI National
Publishing, Inc.)    131.37    7    100%

 

7  Number of units is approximate.

8  Percentage is approximate.

9  Number of units is approximate.

10  Percentage is approximate.

11  Percentage is approximate.

12  Percentage is approximate.

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The Peoria Journal Star, Inc.    GateHouse Media Illinois Holdings, Inc.   
1,000    743    100% Pro Football Weekly13    GateHouse Media Operating, LLC
(f/k/a GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.)    Not Available    Not Available   
100% GateHouse Media Macomb Holdings, Inc.14    GateHouse Media Holdco, LLC
(f/k/a GateHouse Media Holdco, Inc.)    100    2    100% The Santa Cruz County
Sentinel, Inc.    LMG National Publishing, Inc. (f/k/a ONI National Publishing,
Inc.)    Not Available    Not Available    100% The Traverse City Record-Eagle,
Inc.    LMG National Publishing, Inc. (f/k/a ONI National Publishing, Inc.)   
Not Available    Not Available    100% The Daily Independent, Inc.    LMG
National Publishing, Inc. (f/k/a ONI National Publishing, Inc.)    Not Available
   Not Available    100% Chapel Hill Publishing    Local Media Group, Inc.   
Not Available    Not Available    100%

 

 

13  Please note this subsidiary is in the process of being dissolved.

14  Please note this subsidiary is inactive.

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EXHIBIT A

STOCK POWER

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [OWNER], a [State] [type of entity] (the “Transferor”),
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                     [number of shares]
[(•)] shares of capital stock of [ISSUER], an [State] [type of entity] (the
“Issuer”), standing in Transferor’s name on the books of the Issuer represented
by Certificate No. [•] herewith, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and
appoint                     its attorney to transfer said share of capital stock
on the books of the Issuer with the full power of substitution in the premises.

 

[OWNER] By:     Name:   Title:  

Dated: