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15th April 2008

GMG RADIO APPOINTS LAZARUS MEDIA AS ITS LICENSING AGENT

Lazarus Media Limited, the media business services company, is today pleased to announce its appointment as the exclusive brand licensing agent for GMG Radio, the radio division of the Guardian Media Group plc.

GMG Radio is one of the UK’s leading commercial radio groups with 13 regional stations across the country operating under the Real Radio, Smooth Radio, Century Radio, Rock Radio and Jazzfm.com brands.

Lazarus Media will implement a comprehensive brand licensing programme which will include branded CDs, DVDs, games and printed media, including partworks.

Steve Lazarus, Managing Director of Lazarus Media, said: “I am delighted to be working with GMG Radio. Their radio brands truly engage with their audience and we are looking to build on the close connection that they have with their audience.”

Sarah Bellamy, Group Digital Director of GMG Radio, said: “We not only own many of the No.1 regional commercial stations across the UK and some of the strongest brands in radio but our listeners are loyal and engaging and we want to extend some of this loyalty into products.”

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About GMG Radio

GMG Radio, part of Guardian Media Group plc, is one of the UK’s leading commercial radio groups with 13 regional stations across the country operating under the Real Radio, Smooth Radio, Century Radio, Rock Radio and Jazzfm.com brands.

Guardian Media Group plc is one of the UK’s leading multimedia businesses. Its portfolio includes national, regional and local newspapers, radio stations, magazines, a raft of websites and B2B media and has several divisions:

•Guardian News & Media is the national division and publishes the Guardian, Observer and related websites.

•GMG Regional Media publishes the Manchester Evening News and related websites and a number of weekly newspapers in the north-west and south of England. It also includes Channel M, a TV station for Greater Manchester.

•Trader Media Group publishes Auto Trader, the leading motors classified magazine and website, along with a number of other titles and websites. Trader Media Group is jointly owned by GMG and Apax Partners.

•GMG Property Services Group operates software providers to independent estate agents and thinkproperty.com, the consumer-facing portal.

•Emap Communications is a leading international business-to-business publishing, events and information company. It is jointly owned by GMG and Apax Partners.