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Company Also Announces Plans to Change Its Name to Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. NEW YORK, May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hollinger International Inc. (NYSE:HLR) plans to issue a press release announcing its 2006 first quarter financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, May 10th. The Company will hold a conference call with the investment community at 10:00 am ET that day to discuss its performance in the first quarter, the period ended March 31, 2006. The conference call will be accessible to the public via a live Webcast, which will be available through a link on the Company's website, http://www.hollingerinternational.com/. The call can also be accessed at 800-638-5439 (or 617-614-3945 for international callers) with the passcode 89986943. A replay of the call will be available beginning at approximately 12:00 pm ET on Wednesday, May 10th through Wednesday, May 17th. To listen to the replay, please call 888-286-8010 (or 617-801-6888 for international callers) and use the passcode 14436196. The replay will also be accessible on the Company's website. Plan to Change Name to Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. In a separate announcement, the Company stated that it plans to change its name to Sun-Times Media Group, Inc. The name change is subject to a vote of the Company's shareholders, which will occur at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 13, 2006 in New York City. Only shareholders of record, as of yesterday, May 1, 2006, will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. The Company expects to mail the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement to shareholders of record on or about May 16, 2006. Hollinger International Inc. (http://www.hollingerinternational.com/) is a newspaper publisher whose assets include The Chicago Sun-Times and a large number of community newspapers in the Chicago area. Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements: Certain statements made in this release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). Forward- looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements, and may contain the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "project," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result" or similar words or phrases. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in reports filed by Hollinger International with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in its Forms 10-K and 10-Q. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on the Company's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward- looking statements as a prediction of actual results. Contacts: Molly Morse / Jeremy Fielding Kekst and Company 212-521-4826/4825 DATASOURCE: Hollinger International Inc. CONTACT: Molly Morse, +1-212-521-4826, , or Jeremy Fielding, +1-212-521-4825, , both of Kekst and Company, for Hollinger International Inc. Web site: http://www.hollingerinternational.com/

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