MEDIANEWS GROUP, INC.

                                OFFER TO EXCHANGE
                   6 7/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013,
           THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
                           FOR ANY AND ALL OUTSTANDING
                    6 7/8% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2013
       ($300,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT ISSUED NOVEMBER 25, 2003)


To Our Clients:

      Enclosed for your  consideration is a Prospectus of MediaNews Group, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), dated _____ __, 2004 (the "Prospectus"),
and the related Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal")  relating to
the  offer  to  exchange  (the  "Exchange  Offer")   registered  6  7/8%  Senior
Subordinated  Notes  due  2013  for  any  and  all  outstanding  6  7/8%  Senior
Subordinated  Notes due 2013  ($300,000,000  aggregate  principal  amount issued
November  25,  2003)  (the  "Unregistered  Notes")  (CUSIP  Nos.  58446MAA9  and
U58296AA9),  upon the terms  and  subject  to the  conditions  described  in the
Prospectus  and the Letter of  Transmittal.  The Exchange Offer is being made in
order  to  satisfy  certain   obligations  of  the  Company   contained  in  the
Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated as of  November  25,  2003,  between the
Company and the initial purchasers referred to therein.

      This  material is being  forwarded to you as the  beneficial  owner of the
Unregistered  Notes  carried by us in your  account but not  registered  in your
name. A tender of such  Unregistered  Notes may only be made by us as the holder
of record and pursuant to your instructions.

      Accordingly,  we request  instructions as to whether you wish us to tender
on your behalf the Unregistered  Notes held by us for your account,  pursuant to
the terms and  conditions  set forth in the  enclosed  Prospectus  and Letter of
Transmittal.

      Your  instructions  should be  forwarded  to us as promptly as possible in
order to permit us to tender the Unregistered Notes on your behalf in accordance
with the  provisions of the Exchange  Offer.  The Exchange  Offer will expire at
5:00 p.m.,  New York City time,  on _____ __, 2004 (the  "Expiration  Date") (30
calendar days following the commencement of the Exchange Offer), unless extended
by the Company.  Any Unregistered  Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer
may be  withdrawn  at any time  before  5:00 p.m.,  New York City  time,  on the
Expiration Date.

      Your attention is directed to the following:

            1. The Exchange Offer is for any and all Unregistered Notes.

            2. The Exchange Offer is subject to certain  conditions set forth in
      the  Prospectus  in the section  captioned  "The  Exchange  Offer--Certain
      Conditions to the Exchange Offer".

            3. Any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of Unregistered Notes
      from the  holder to the  Company  will be paid by the  Company,  except as
      otherwise provided in the Instructions in the Letter of Transmittal.

            4. The Exchange  Offer expires at 5:00 p.m.,  New York City time, on
      the Expiration Date, unless extended by the Company.


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      If you wish to have us tender your Unregistered  Notes, please so instruct
us by completing,  executing and returning to us the instruction  form set forth
below.  The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for  information  only and
may not be used directly by you to tender Unregistered Notes.

                 Instructions with Respect to the Exchange Offer

      The  undersigned  acknowledge(s)  receipt  of your  letter  enclosing  the
Prospectus,  dated  _______ __,  2004,  of  MediaNews  Group,  Inc.,  a Delaware
corporation, and the related specimen Letter of Transmittal.

__________________________________________________________________________

      This  will  instruct  you to  tender  the  number  of  Unregistered  Notes
indicated below held by you for the account of the undersigned,  pursuant to the
terms and  conditions  set forth in the  Prospectus  and the  related  Letter of
Transmittal. (Check one).

      The  undersigned  expressly  agrees to be bound by the enclosed  Letter of
Transmittal  and that such Letter of  Transmittal  may be  enforced  against the
undersigned as if executed by the undersigned.

Box 1  [ ]  Please tender my Unregistered Notes held by you for my account. If I
            do not wish to tender all of the Unregistered Notes held by you for
            my account, I have identified on a signed schedule attached hereto
            the number of Unregistered Notes that I do not wish tendered.

Box 2  [ ]  Please do not tender any Unregistered Notes held by you for my
            account.

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Date _____________________, 2004    ____________________________________________
                                    Signature(s)

                                    ____________________________________________

                                    ____________________________________________
                                    Please print name(s) here

                                    ____________________________________________
                                    Area Code and Telephone No.

      Unless a specific  contrary  instruction  is given in the space  provided,
your  signature(s)  hereon shall  constitute an  instruction to us to tender all
Unregistered Notes.