Samuel C. Wolgemuth

Samuel C. Wolgemuth, President Freedom CommunicationsInc.

"Mr. Wolgemuth has been the company's president and chief executive officer since October 1999. He was president of the company's Magazine division from 1995 to 1999. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Wolgemuth was president of Simon and Schuster's Business and Professional Group. Before that he was the chief operating officer for Reed Travel Group, and also spent 15 years with McGraw-Hill. He is a graduate of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana with a bachelor of arts degree in Philosophy and attended post-graduate business study at INSEAD (Fontainebleu, France) and Stanford University. Mr. Wolgemuth serves on the Board of Directors of the Newspaper Association of America, World Relief, Youth for Christ International and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Wolgemuth is 58 and the sole management director on the company's Board of Directors, and has served on the Board of Directors since 1999."