NAA ISSUES STATEMENT ON WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPER POSITION ON PENDING AD PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOOGLE INC. AND YAHOO INC.

ARLINGTON, Va. – Newspaper Association of America President and CEO John F. Sturm issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement by the World Association of Newspapers relating to the pending advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo:

“While NAA is a member of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), I would like to clarify that the NAA Board of Directors has taken no position on the proposed advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo.”

NAA is a nonprofit organization representing the $56 billion newspaper industry and more than 2,000 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. NAA members include daily newspapers, as well as non-dailies, other print publications and on-line products. Headquartered near Washington, D.C., in Arlington, Va., the Association focuses on the major issues that affect today’s newspaper industry: public policy/legal matters, advertising revenue growth and audience development across the medium’s broad portfolio of products and digital platforms. Information about NAA and the industry also may be found at www.naa.org.