Document:

First Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement

 Exhibit 10.23 
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, 
 SECURED BRIDGE CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT 
 THIS
FIRST AMENDMENT TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, SECURED BRIDGE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of June 21, 2006, is by and among GATEHOUSE MEDIA HOLDCO, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“Holdco”), GATEHOUSE MEDIA OPERATING, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS I, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Gatehouse
I”), successor by merger to Gatehouse Media Massachusetts III, Inc., ENM, Inc. and ENM Merger Sub, Inc., GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS II, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Gatehouse II”), successor by merger to
Heritage Partners Media, Inc. and HPM Merger Sub, Inc., ENHE ACQUISITION, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ENHE” and, together with Gatehouse I and Gatehouse II, collectively the “Subsidiary
Borrowers” and individually a “Subsidiary Borrower”), each of those Domestic Subsidiaries of Holdco identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto (together with Holdco, collectively the
“Guarantors” and individually a “Guarantor”; the Guarantors, together with the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers, collectively the “Credit Parties” and individually a “Credit
Party”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as administrative agent for the First Lien Lenders (as defined below), including its successors and assigns from time to time (the “First Lien
Administrative Agent”), WACHOVIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Second Lien Lenders (as defined below), including its successors and assigns from time to time (the “Second Lien
Administrative Agent”) and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as control agent for the First Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Administrative Agent, including its successor and assigns from time to time
(the “Control Agent”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, the lenders party thereto (the “First Lien Lenders”) and the First Lien Administrative Agent are
parties to that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of June 6, 2006 (as amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, the lenders party thereto (the “Second Lien Lenders”) and the Second Lien Administrative Agent are
parties to that certain Secured Bridge Credit Agreement dated as of June 6, 2006 (as amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time, the “Secured Bridge Credit Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, the First Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien Administrative Agent and the Control Agent are parties to that
certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 6, 2006 (as amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Intercreditor Agreement, as amended hereby); and 
 WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, the First
Lien Administrative Agent (on behalf of the First Lien Lenders), the Second Lien Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Second Lien Lenders) and the Control Agent, as applicable, have agreed to certain amendments to the First Lien Credit Agreement,
Secured Bridge Credit Agreement and Intercreditor Agreement as more specifically set forth herein. 

 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I

 AMENDMENT TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 Each of the Credit Parties and the First Lien Administrative Agent (on behalf of the First Lien Lenders) hereby agree to amend the First Lien Credit Agreement as follows: 
 1.1 Definition of Hedging Agreement Provider. The definition of “Hedging Agreement Provider” in Section 1.1 of the First Lien
Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “Hedging Agreement
Provider” shall mean (a) with respect to the Hedging Agreements entered into between the Company and Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P. as of May 10, 2006 and May 30, 2006, Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P., and
(b) with respect to any other Hedging Agreement that is permitted by Section 6.1(c), any Person that enters into such Hedging Agreement with a Credit Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such Person is (i) the
Administrative Agent, (ii) an Arranger, (iii) a Lender, (iv) an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or (v) any other Person that was the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or a Lender (or an Affiliate of
any such Person) at the time it entered into the Hedging Agreement but has ceased to be the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or a Lender (or whose Affiliate has ceased to be the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or a Lender) under the Credit
Agreement. 
 ARTICLE II 
 AMENDMENT TO SECURED BRIDGE CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 Each of the Credit Parties and the Second Lien Administrative Agent (on
behalf of the Second Lien Lenders) hereby agree to amend the Secured Bridge Credit Agreement as follows: 
 2.1 Definition of Hedging
Agreement Provider. The definition of “Hedging Agreement Provider” in Section 1.1 of the Secured Bridge Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “Hedging Agreement Provider” shall mean (a) with respect to the Hedging Agreements entered into between the
Company and Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P. as of May 10, 2006 and May 30, 2006, Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P., and (b) with respect to any other Hedging Agreement that is permitted by Section 6.1(c), any Person that
enters into such Hedging Agreement with a Credit Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such Person is (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) an Arranger, (iii) a Lender, (iv) an Affiliate of the Administrative
Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or (v) any other Person that was the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or a Lender (or an Affiliate of any such Person) at the time it entered into the Hedging Agreement but has ceased to be the Administrative
Agent, an Arranger or a Lender (or whose Affiliate has ceased to be the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or a Lender) under the Credit Agreement. 
  

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 ARTICLE III 
 AMENDMENTS TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT 
 Each of the Credit Parties, the First Lien Administrative
Agent (on behalf of the First Lien Lenders), the Second Lien Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Second Lien Lenders) and the Control Agent hereby agree to amend the Intercreditor Agreement as follows: 
 3.1 Definition of First Lien Hedging Agreement Provider. The definition of “First Lien Hedging Agreement Provider” in
Section 1.1 of the Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “First Lien Hedging Agreement Provider” means any “Hedging Agreement Provider” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement. 
 3.2 Definition of Second Lien Hedging Agreement Provider. The definition of “Second Lien Hedging Agreement Provider” in Section 1.1 of the Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “Second Lien Hedging Agreement Provider” means any
“Hedging Agreement Provider” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement. 
 ARTICLE IV 
 CONDITION TO EFFECTIVENESS 
 2.1
Closing Condition. This Amendment shall be and become effective as of the date first above written (the “First Amendment Effective Date”) upon satisfaction of the following conditions: 
 (a) Executed Amendment. Receipt by the First Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Administrative Agent of a copy of this
Amendment duly executed by (i) each of the Credit Parties, (ii) the First Lien Administrative Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Lenders, (iii) the Second Lien Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Second Lien Lenders, and
(iv) the Control Agent. 
 (b) Executed Consents. Receipt by (i) the First Lien Administrative Agent of
executed consents from the Required Lenders under the First Lien Credit Agreement authorizing the First Lien Administrative Agent to enter into this Amendment on their behalf and (ii) the Second Lien Administrative Agent of executed consents
from the Required Lenders under the Secured Bridge Credit Agreement authorizing the Second Lien Administrative Agent to enter into this Amendment on their behalf. 
 ARTICLE V 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 5.1 Amended Terms. On and after the First Amendment Effective Date, all references to the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Secured Bridge
Credit Agreement (or “Second Lien Credit Agreement”) and the Intercreditor Agreement in each of the First Lien Credit Documents and Second Lien Credit Documents shall hereafter mean the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Secured Bridge
Credit Agreement (or “Second Lien Credit Agreement”) and Intercreditor Agreement, respectively, as amended by this Amendment. Except as specifically amended hereby, the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Secured Bridge Credit Agreement and
the Intercreditor Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed by the parties thereto and shall remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms. 
 5.2 Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Amendment on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this
Amendment. 
  

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 5.3 Reaffirmation of Obligations. Each Credit Party hereby ratifies the First Lien
Obligations and Second Lien Obligations. 
 5.4 Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses of the
First Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including without limitation the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel. 
 5.5 Further Assurances. The parties hereto agree to promptly take such action, upon the reasonable request of any other party hereto, as is
necessary to carry out the intent of this Amendment. 
 5.6 Entirety. This Amendment, the First Lien Credit Documents and the
Second Lien Credit Documents embody the entire agreement among the applicable parties hereto and thereto and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof. 
 5.7 Counterparts; Telecopy. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Amendment by telecopy shall be effective as an original and shall constitute a representation that an original will be
delivered. 
 5.8 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). 
 5.9 Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon each of the parties hereto, the First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Claimholders, the Control Agent and each of their respective
successors and assigns. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the Credit Parties, the First Lien Administrative Agent, the Second Lien
Administrative Agent and the Control Agent have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written. 
  

					
	FIRST LIEN	 	
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:	 	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
		 	as First Lien Administrative Agent
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Franklin W. Wessinger

		 	Name:	 	Franklin W. Wessinger
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director
			
	SECOND LIEN	 		 	
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:	 	WACHOVIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC,
		 	as Second Lien Administrative Agent
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Franklin W. Wessinger

		 	Name:	 	Franklin W. Wessinger
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	CONTROL AGENT:	 	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
		 	as Control Agent
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Franklin W. Wessinger

		 	Name:	 	Franklin W. Wessinger
		 	Title:	 	Managing Director

					
	COMPANY:	 	GATEHOUSE MEDIA OPERATING, INC.,
	 	 	a Delaware corporation
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

		 	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
		 	Title:	 	C.E.O.
		
	SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS:	 	 GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS I,
 INC., a Delaware corporation, successor by merger to
 Gatehouse Media Massachusetts III, Inc., ENM, Inc.
 and ENM Merger Sub, Inc.

			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

		 	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
		 	Title:	 	C.E.O.
		
		 	 GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS II,
 INC., a Delaware corporation, successor by merger to
 Heritage Partners Media, Inc. and HPM Merger Sub,
 Inc.

			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

		 	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
		 	Title:	 	C.E.O.
		
		 	ENHE ACQUISITION, LLC,
		 	a Delaware limited liability company
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

		 	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
		 	Title:	 	C.E.O.

					
	HOLDCO:	 	GATEHOUSE MEDIA HOLDCO, INC.,
	 	 	a Delaware corporation
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

		 	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
		 	Title:	 	C.E.O.
		
	GUARANTORS:	 	LIBERTY GROUP ARIZONA HOLDINGS, INC.,
		 	a Delaware corporation
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

		 	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
		 	Title:	 	C.E.O.
		
		 	LIBERTY GROUP ARKANSAS HOLDINGS, INC.,
		 	a Delaware corporation
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

		 	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
		 	Title:	 	C.E.O.
		
		 	 LIBERTY GROUP CALIFORNIA HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

		 	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
		 	Title:	 	C.E.O.
		
		 	LIBERTY GROUP COLORADO HOLDINGS, INC.,
		 	a Delaware corporation
			
		 	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

		 	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
		 	Title:	 	C.E.O.

			
	LIBERTY GROUP CORNING HOLDINGS, INC.,
	a Nevada corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP FREEPORT HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP ILLINOIS HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP IOWA HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a
Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP KANSAS HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.

			
	LIBERTY GROUP LANSING PRINTING, INC.,
	a Delaware corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP LOUISIANA HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP MANAGEMENT SERVICES,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP MICHIGAN HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	LIBERTY GROUP MINNESOTA HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.

			
	LIBERTY GROUP MISSOURI HOLDINGS, INC.,
	a Delaware corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP NEBRASKA HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP NEVADA HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP NEW YORK HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP NORTH DAKOTA
 HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.

			
	 LIBERTY GROUP PENNSYLVANIA HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY GROUP SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LIBERTY SMC, L.L.C.,
 a Delaware
limited liability company

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 MINERAL DAILY NEWS TRIBUNE, INC.,
 a
West Virginia corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 NEWS LEADER INC.,
 a Louisiana
corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.

			
	TERRY NEWSPAPERS, INC.,
	an Iowa corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 ENTERPRISE NEWSMEDIA HOLDING, LLC,
 a
Delaware limited liability company

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 ENTERPRISE NEWSMEDIA, LLC,
 a Delaware
limited liability company

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LRT FOUR HUNDRED, LLC,
 a Delaware
limited liability company

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 GEORGE W. PRESCOTT PUBLISHING
 COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
 company

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.

			
	THE MEMORIAL PRESS, LLC,
	a Delaware limited liability company
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 LOW REALTY, LLC,
 a Delaware limited
liability company

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC,
 a
Delaware limited liability company

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.
	
	 CP MEDIA, INC.
 a Massachusetts
corporation

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed

	Name:	 	Michael E. Reed
	Title:	 	C.E.O.Second Amendment to First Lien Credit Agreement

 Exhibit 10.24 
 SECOND AMENDMENT TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of October 11, 2006, is by and among GATEHOUSE MEDIA HOLDCO, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdco”), GATEHOUSE MEDIA OPERATING,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS I, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Gatehouse I”), successor by merger to Gatehouse Media Massachusetts III, Inc., ENM,
Inc. and ENM Merger Sub, Inc., GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS II, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Gatehouse II”), successor by merger to Heritage Partners Media, Inc. and HPM Merger Sub, Inc., ENHE ACQUISITION,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ENHE” and, together with Gatehouse I and Gatehouse II, collectively the “Subsidiary Borrowers” and individually a “Subsidiary Borrower”), each of
those Domestic Subsidiaries of Holdco identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto (together with Holdco, collectively the “Guarantors” and individually a “Guarantor”; the Guarantors, together
with the Company and the Subsidiary Borrowers, collectively the “Credit Parties” and individually a “Credit Party”), and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as administrative agent for
the First Lien Lenders (as defined below), including its successors and assigns from time to time (the “First Lien Administrative Agent”) (capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the First Lien Credit Agreement, as amended hereby). 
 W I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, the lenders party thereto (the “First Lien Lenders”) and the First Lien Administrative Agent are
parties to that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of June 6, 2006 (as amended, modified, supplemented, or restated from time to time, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Credit Parties and the First Lien Administrative Agent (on behalf of the First Lien Lenders), have agreed to certain amendments to
the First Lien Credit Agreement, as more specifically set forth herein. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements
hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 AMENDMENTS TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 Each of the Credit Parties and the First Lien Administrative Agent (on behalf of the First Lien Lenders) hereby agree to amend the First Lien Credit
Agreement as follows: 
 1.1 Permitted Investments. The reference in clause (n) of the definition of Permitted Investments
in Section 1.1 of the First Lien Credit Agreement to “clause (n) above” is hereby amended to read “clause (m) above”. 
 1.2 Unrecovered Investment. The first two references in the definition of Unrecovered Investment in Section 1.1 of the First Lien Credit Agreement to “Restricted Subsidiary” are hereby
amended to read “Unrestricted Subsidiary”. 
 1.3 Section 2.12. The references in Section 2.12(b)(iii)(B)
and the last sentence of Section 2.12 of the First Lien Credit Agreement to “Section 2.13” are hereby amended to read “Section 2.12”. 
 1.4 Section 6.4. The references in Section 6.4(a)(xiii)(B) of the First Lien Credit Agreement to “subsection 2.8(b)(ii)” are hereby amended to read “subsection 2.8(b)(iii)”
and the reference in the penultimate proviso of Section 6.4(a) of the First Lien Credit Agreement to “clause (xii)” is hereby amended to read “clause (xiii)”. 

 1.5 Section 6.10. The reference in Section 6.10(h) of the First Lien Credit
Agreement to “subclause (g)” is hereby amended to read “subsection (h)”. 
 1.6 Section 5.9(c).
Section 5.9(c) of the First Lien Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 (c)
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. 
 (i) Prior to any Qualified Public Offering, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as
of the last day of each fiscal quarter of Holdco (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2006), shall be greater than or equal to 1.10 to 1.00. 
 (ii) After any Qualified Public Offering, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of Holdco, shall
be greater than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00. 
 ARTICLE II 
 CONDITION TO EFFECTIVENESS 
 2.1 Closing Condition. This Amendment
shall be and become effective as of the date first above written (the “Amendment Effective Date”) upon satisfaction of the following conditions: 
 (a) Executed Amendment. Receipt by the First Lien Administrative Agent of a copy of this Amendment duly executed by (i) each
of the Credit Parties and (ii) the First Lien Administrative Agent, on behalf of the First Lien Lenders. 
 (b)
Executed Consents. Receipt by the First Lien Administrative Agent of executed consents (“Lender Consents”) from the Required Lenders under the First Lien Credit Agreement authorizing the First Lien Administrative Agent to
enter into this Amendment on their behalf. 
 (c) Fees and Expenses. The First Lien Administrative Agent shall have
received from the Company, on behalf of each Lender that executes and delivers a Lender Consent to the Administrative Agent by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, October 11, 2006, an amendment fee in an amount equal to 7.5 basis points of
each such Lender’s outstanding Loans and unfunded Commitments. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall have received from the Company such other fees and expenses that are payable in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. 
 ARTICLE III 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 3.1 Amended Terms. On and after the Amendment Effective Date, all references to the First Lien
Credit Agreement in each of the Credit Documents shall hereafter mean the First Lien Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. Except as specifically amended hereby, the First Lien Credit Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed by the
parties thereto and shall remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms. 
 3.2 Authorization. By its
signature, each Person executing this Amendment on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Amendment. 
 3.3 Reaffirmation of Obligations. Each Credit Party hereby ratifies the Credit Party Obligations. 
  

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 3.4 Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses of the First
Lien Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including without limitation the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel. 
 3.5 Further Assurances. The parties hereto agree to promptly take such action, upon the reasonable request of any other party hereto, as is
necessary to carry out the intent of this Amendment. 
 3.6 Entirety. This Amendment and the Credit Documents embody the entire
agreement among the applicable parties hereto and thereto and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any, relating to the subject matter hereof. 
 3.7 Counterparts; Telecopy. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Amendment by telecopy shall be effective as an original and shall constitute a representation that an original will be
delivered. 
 3.8 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). 
 3.9 Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon each of the parties hereto, the First Lien Claimholders (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) and each of their respective
successors and assigns. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the Credit Parties and the First Lien Administrative Agent have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written. 
  

									
	 FIRST LIEN
 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
	 		 	 WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as First Lien Administrative Agent

					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ John D. Brady
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 John D. Brady

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 Director

									
	COMPANY:	 		 	GATEHOUSE MEDIA OPERATING, INC.,
		 		 	a Delaware corporation
					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
	SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS:	 		 	 GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS I,
 INC., a Delaware corporation, successor by merger to
 The Memorial Press, LLC

					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 President and Chief Executive Officer

			
		 		 	 GATEHOUSE MEDIA MASSACHUSETTS II,
 INC., a Delaware corporation, successor by merger to
 Heritage Partners Media, Inc., HPM Merger Sub, Inc.,
 Gatehouse Media Massachusetts III, Inc., ENM, Inc.,
 and ENM Merger Sub,
Inc.

					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 President and Chief Executive Officer

			
		 		 	ENHE ACQUISITION, LLC,
		 		 	a Delaware limited liability company
					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 President and Chief Executive Officer

									
	HOLDCO:	 		 	GATEHOUSE MEDIA HOLDCO, INC.,
		 		 	a Delaware corporation
					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
	GUARANTORS:	 		 	 LIBERTY GROUP ARIZONA HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
		 		 	 LIBERTY GROUP ARKANSAS HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
		 		 	 LIBERTY GROUP CALIFORNIA HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
		 		 	 LIBERTY GROUP COLORADO HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

					
		 		 		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

		 		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		 		 		 	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
	LIBERTY GROUP CORNING HOLDINGS, INC.,
	a Nevada corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

		
	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	LIBERTY GROUP FREEPORT HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	LIBERTY GROUP ILLINOIS HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY GROUP IOWA HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	LIBERTY GROUP KANSAS HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
	LIBERTY GROUP LANSING PRINTING, INC.,
	a Delaware corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY GROUP LOUISIANA HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	LIBERTY GROUP MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.,
	a Delaware corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY GROUP MICHIGAN HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY GROUP MINNESOTA HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
	LIBERTY GROUP MISSOURI HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY GROUP NEBRASKA HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY GROUP NEVADA HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY GROUP NEW YORK HOLDINGS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY GROUP NORTH DAKOTA
 HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
	LIBERTY GROUP PENNSYLVANIA HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY GROUP SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS,
 INC., a Delaware corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LIBERTY SMC, L.L.C.,
 a Delaware
limited liability company

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 MINERAL DAILY NEWS TRIBUNE, INC.,
 a
West Virginia corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 NEWS LEADER INC.,
 a Louisiana
corporation

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
	TERRY NEWSPAPERS, INC.,
	an Iowa corporation
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 ENTERPRISE NEWSMEDIA HOLDING, LLC,
 a
Delaware limited liability company

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 ENTERPRISE NEWSMEDIA, LLC,
 a Delaware
limited liability company

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 LRT FOUR HUNDRED, LLC,
 a Delaware
limited liability company

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 GEORGE W. PRESCOTT PUBLISHING
 COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
 company

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

			
	LOW REALTY, LLC,
	 a Delaware limited liability company

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	 ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC,
 a
Delaware limited liability company

		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ Michael E. Reed
  

	 Name:
	 	 Michael E. Reed

	 Title:
	 	 Chief Executive Officer

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