:. back to News Releases Menu For immediate release August 31, 2005 For more information, contact: Jan M. Guszynski Marketing Director Tribune Media Services (312) 222-4717 jguszynski@tribune.com KRT To Launch Kids & Teens Elements Package; Adds Popular Tween Site Miss O & Friends Washington, DC, August 31, 2005 — Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services (KRT) will combine its existing youth offerings into Kids & Teens Elements, a powerful package of stories and visuals for readers ages 5 to 18. In addition, KRT Kids & Teens has partnered with Miss O and Friends™ (www.missOandFriends.com) to offer advice for the 'tween set from both a professional counselor and the 16-year-old co-founder of Miss O. The new Kids & Teens Elements package features centerpiece stories and art and regular columns for elementary, middle and high school readers, with topics ranging from making the most of your family's move to going away to rock 'n' roll camp. The newly combined package, which begins September 1, replaces Kids Elements and KRTeens. Content from Miss O & Friends helps build self-esteem, and encourages girls ages 8 to 12 to "just be" girls. Miss O & Friends was born when co-founder Juliette (then 10) created Miss O as an act of play, with no endgame in mind. Juliette then involved her sister (Miss O), her cousin (Harlie) and other young girls, as well as her Mom (Hermine), an experienced designer, as art director. In early 2004, with the input of many other girls, a company was formed around their simple brilliance. The weekly Kids & Teens Elements package is being sold by On The Mark Media (www.onthemarkmedia.com), the specialty publications division of Tribune Media Services (TMS). It will also be available on KRT Direct (www.krtdirect.com/kidsele/live.htm) and on NewsCom (www.newscom.com). Kids & Teens Elements will still include the best of KRT's existing content for kids and teens, including trivia from World Almanac for Kids; health advice from TeenGrowth.com; games, snacks and activities from FamilyFun Magazine; content from the Chicago Tribune's KidNews, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's kids page and The Dallas Morning News' KidsDay; and teen-written content from the Kansas City Star, San Jose Mercury News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. About On The Mark Media On The Mark Media is the specialty publications group of Tribune Media Services, the content syndication division of Tribune Company based in Chicago. On The Mark Media produces and markets paginated pages covering niche content for use in newspapers or secondary print publications. Content on these pages ranges from entertainment coverage of celebrities, music, television and movie star profiles to stories about the home and family to lifestyle features, auto reviews, food recipes and new products. In addition, On The Mark Media produces the weekly CareerBuilder print pages in cooperation with Tribune Classified Services and Knight Ridder Digital, as well as custom publishing initiatives such as Mature Adult magazine for the Chicago Tribune and Newsday. On The Mark Media, in partnership with Knight Ridder/Tribune, markets KRT OnePages that cover children's news, NASCAR racing and spot news events. About KRT Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services (KRT) is a news and features content service partnership between Tribune Company and Knight Ridder. KRT provides news stories, photos, print and features graphics, illustrations, caricatures, paginated news and feature products, and material for young readers to news organizations in the U.S. and internationally. With contributions from more than 50 U.S. newspapers and its own staff in the United States and Europe, KRT features appear in more than 600 newspapers worldwide with a daily circulation of more than 80 million. KRT is also a major provider of content to leading online services and to broadcast stations in all major North American TV markets. For more information about KRT and its products and services, visit http://www.krtdirect.com. KRT is marketed worldwide by Tribune Media Services, a leading provider of information and entertainment products to newspapers and electronic media. Tribune Media Services represents KRT internationally. About Miss O & Friends™ Miss O & Friends™ is a hip and wholesome lifestyle brand, created by and co-managed by young girls for girls, ages 8-12. Miss O & Friends™ helps build self-esteem, promoting activities young girls enjoy, such as writing original stories on its Web site; stories which can be eligible to be published in our first book (VNU, WGP imprint, spring 2006). Miss O & Friends encourages tween girls to "just be" tween girls by engaging in what they want that is hip and age-appropriate, not what adults think they want. Miss O & Friends offers licensing opportunities for select categories only. Visit www.missoandfriends.com.

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