The class action settlement is consistent with the settlement principles announced in connection with our major advertiser settlement program and is intended to treat all advertisers fairly.

Boni has been instrumental in leading the development of our strategic plan, and I am excited by the vision and leadership she will bring to our advertising sales efforts.

Our plan focuses on our key business objectives ? growing readership in our print and electronic publications with great local content and providing our advertising partners with easy access to the large and varied audiences our titles and Web sites attract.

He was constantly demanding that we write negative stories about nonadvertisers and positive stories about advertisers - which, of course, we didn't do. He wasn't averse to quality journalism; he just thought it should go on someplace else.