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: Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

      Upon and subject to the terms and  conditions  set forth in the Prospectus
of MediaNews Group, Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the "Company"),  dated ______
__, 2004 (the "Prospectus"), and the enclosed Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter
of Transmittal"),  an 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)  is being made  pursuant to such  Prospectus.  The Exchange  Offer is
being made in order to satisfy certain  obligations the Company contained in the
Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated as of  November  25,  2003,  between the
Company and the initial purchasers referred to therein.

      We are  requesting  that  you  contact  your  clients  for  whom  you hold
Unregistered  Notes regarding the Exchange Offer.  For your  information and for
forwarding to your clients for whom you hold  Unregistered  Notes  registered in
your  name or in the  name of  your  nominee,  or who  hold  Unregistered  Notes
registered in their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:

            1.    Prospectus dated ______ __, 2004;

            2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of
      your clients;

            3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange
      Offer if certificates for Unregistered Notes are not immediately available
      or time will not permit all  required  documents  to reach The Bank of New
      York (the  "Exchange  Agent")  prior to the  Expiration  Date (as  defined
      below) or if the procedure for book-entry  transfer cannot be completed on
      a timely basis; and

            4. A form of  letter  which  may be sent to your  clients  for whose
      account you hold Unregistered Notes registered in your name or the name of
      your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients' instructions
      with regard to the Exchange Offer.

      Your prompt  action is requested.  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.  The 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.

      To  participate  in the  Exchange  Offer,  a duly  executed  and  properly
completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or Agent's Message in lieu
thereof),  with  any  required  signature  guarantees  and  any  other  required
documents,  should be sent to the Exchange Agent and  certificates  representing
the  Unregistered  Notes  should be  delivered  to the  Exchange  Agent,  all in
accordance with the  instructions set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and the
Prospectus.


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      If holders of Unregistered  Notes wish to tender,  but it is impracticable
for them to forward  their  certificates  for  Unregistered  Notes  prior to the
expiration  of the  Exchange  Offer or to comply  with the  book-entry  transfer
procedures  on a timely  basis,  a  tender  may be  effected  by  following  the
guaranteed delivery  procedures  described in the Prospectus under "The Exchange
Offer--Guaranteed Delivery Procedures".

      Additional  copies of the  enclosed  materials  may be  obtained  from the
Exchange  Agent at The Bank of New York,  Reorganization  Unit - 7E,  Attention:
Enrique  Lopez,  101 Barclay  Street - 7 East,  New York, NY 10286,  phone (212)
815-2742 and facsimile (212) 298-1915.

      MEDIANEWS GROUP, INC.