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Publishing Ad Sales Veteran to Focus on National Advertising Opportunities DALLAS, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Community Newspapers Inc. (AMEX:ANE) ("ACN") today announced the appointment of Nancy Lewis as its corporate major account sales director. In this position, Ms. Lewis will be responsible for national advertiser accounts across the company's four geographic markets. She will be reporting directly to Gene Carr, the chairman and chief executive officer of ACN. "With her impressive career in the newspaper advertising industry, Nancy is the perfect choice to manage ACN's national advertiser accounts," said Gene Carr. "We see a great opportunity to expand national advertising and believe Nancy can play a vital role for ACN in this regard. While our newspapers will always be entirely local community-focused, our high-quality portfolio of publications and unique targeting capabilities offer advertisers access to the key demographics they want and need. I look forward to working with Nancy and on behalf of the company welcome her to the ACN team." Ms. Lewis joins ACN with 20 years of print-advertising experience, holding a variety of positions including major account sales and director of marketing. Prior to joining ACN, she was the major/national sales manager for the El Paso Times and the Texas New Mexico Partnership. Prior to her tenure at Media News Group, Nancy worked for Gannett, Freedom Communications, Thomson Newspapers, Cox Newspapers and the Pennysaver. Nancy Lewis said, "I am glad to be joining a company of ACN's sterling reputation and caliber. I look forward to working with Gene and the rest of the management team in both continuing ACN's strong relationships with its national advertisers and cultivating new opportunities." About American Community Newspapers Inc. ACN is a community newspaper publisher in the United States, operating within four major U.S. markets: Minneapolis - St. Paul, Dallas, Northern Virginia (suburban Washington, D.C.) and Columbus, Ohio. These markets are some of the most affluent, high growth markets in the United States, with ACN strategically positioned in many of the wealthiest counties within each market. ACN's goal is to be the preeminent provider of local content and advertising in any market its serves. In these markets, ACN publishes three daily and 83 weekly newspapers, each serving a specific community, and 14 niche publications, with a combined circulation of approximately 1.4 million households. In addition, ACN's locally focused Web sites have average monthly page views and visitors of approximately 5.1 million and 1.3 million, respectively, extending the reach and frequency of its products beyond their geographic print distribution area. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect to ACN's future financial or business performance, strategies and expectations. Forward- looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as "trend," "potential," "opportunity," "pipeline," "believe," "comfortable," "expect," "anticipate," "current," "intention," "estimate," "position," "assume," "outlook," "continue," "remain," "maintain," "sustain," "seek, " "achieve," and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should," "could," "may" and similar expressions. DATASOURCE: American Community Newspapers Inc. CONTACT: Dan Wilson of American Community Newspapers Inc., +1-972-628-4082, or ; Media, Joe LoBello, , or Investors, Corey Kinger, , both of Brainerd Communicators, +1-212-986-6667, for American Community Newspapers Inc. Web site: http://www.acnpapers.com/

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