Sun EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9,483 7,621 8,426

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1 CHILLICOTHE GAZETTE AUDIT REPORT Community Newspaper Every Other Year Chillicothe (Ross County), Ohio 24 months ended March 31, 2015 Sat EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9,483 7,621 8,426 Print Newspaper 8,668 6,591 7,588 Digital Editions 815 1, TOTAL AVERAGE CIRCULATION 9,483 7,621 8,426 1A. TOTAL AVERAGE CIRCULATION Paid Individually Paid and Mail Print 6,312 5,534 6,313 Digital 815 1, , ,191 Average Individually Paid 9,399 7,537 8,342 Average Paid 9,399 7,537 8,342 Qualified Employee/Independent Contractor Average Average Qualified TOTAL AVERAGE CIRCULATION 9,483 7,621 8,426 Publishing Plans Frequency: Daily Vehicle(s): Print, online, mobile. Primary Classification: Paid delivered print editions are distributed in broadsheet format. Nonreplica Digital subscriptions are sold for display of select newspaper content on personal computers, tablets and mobile/smartphones. Website(s): W. Seegers Road Arlington Heights, IL T: F:

2 AUDIT STATEMENT Sat 9,483 9,483 7,621 7,621 8,426 8,426 Average 9,483 9,483 7,621 7,621 8,426 8, BASIC PRICES as of March 31, 2015 (subscription sales based on 52 weeks/1 year) Frequency Print Mail Digital Replica Digital Nonreplica Print Print Mon-Sat & $ $ $ $ Mon-Sat $1.00 Thu- $ Sat & $ $2.00 Page 2 of Alliance for Media

3 3. ACTUAL ONE-DAY GROSS DISTRIBUTION AND AVERAGE PROJECTED CIRCULATION AVERAGES BY COUNTIES:, March 1, 2015; Thu, February 26, 2014 (OH s) Occupied Households - # The Nielsen Company (U.S.), Inc. State County OHIO OH s # Estimate Paid Qualified. Proj. Circ.* Thu #County occupied household estimates appearing in AAM reports are obtained from The Nielsen Company (U.S.), Inc. The Nielsen Company (U.S.), Inc. estimates are intended for your company's use during its normal course of business, and, while the information may be provided to third parties during such course of business, it may not be sold or sub-licensed to third parties or electronically integrated into third party systems without the prior written consent of The Nielsen Company (U.S.), Inc. *Arrived at by relating actual gross distribution figures to average circulation for the period covered by this report. Paid Qualified HIGHLAND 16, % % HOCKING 11, % % JACKSON 12, % PICKAWAY 19, % % PIKE 10, ,056 1, % % ROSS 28,905 4,992 2,220 7, ,296 6, % 4,343 1,105 5, ,532 5, % VINTON 5, % % Miscellaneous Counties TOTAL IN OHIO 5,841 3,251 9, ,176 8,661 5,121 1,374 6, ,579 6,584 All Other TOTAL PRINT CIRCULATION 5,848 3,251 9, ,183 8,668 5,128 1,374 6, ,586 6,591 DIGITAL REPLICA CIRCULATION DIGITAL NONREPLICA CIRCULATION ,093 1,093 1, TOTAL AVERAGE CIRCULATION 7,011 3,251 10, ,346 9,483 6,507 1,374 7, ,965 7,621. Proj. Circ.* Page 3 of Alliance for Media

4 3A. CIRCULATION BY ZIP CODES RECEIVING 25 OR MORE COPIES: SOURCE - U.S. ZIP Code Directory, # The Nielsen Company (U.S.), Inc., See Par. 4. STATE ZIP Code OHIO OH s # Estimate Paid Qualified. Proj. Circ. Thu Paid Qualified. Proj. Circ Circleville 9, % % Clarksburg % % Laurelville 1, % % Greenfield 3, % % Chillicothe 21,273 4,120 1,943 6, ,147 5, % 3, , ,696 4, % Bainbridge 1, % % Beaver 1, % Frankfort 1, % % Jackson 6, % Kingston 1, % % Londonderry % % Mc Arthur 2, % Piketon 2, % % Ray % % Richmond Dale % South Salem % % Waverly 5, % % Wellston 3, % Miscellaneous ZIP Codes TOTAL PRINT CIRCULATION 5,848 3,251 9, ,183 8,668 5,128 1,374 6, ,586 6,591 DIGITAL REPLICA CIRCULATION DIGITAL NONREPLICA CIRCULATION ,093 1,093 1, TOTAL AVERAGE CIRCULATION 7,011 3,251 10, ,346 9,483 6,507 1,374 7, ,965 7,621 Page 4 of Alliance for Media

5 4. EXPLANATORY - OTHER: AUDIT REPORT PERIOD ENDING DATE March 31, 2015 THE NIELSEN COMPANY (U.S.), INC. ESTIMATES County occupied household estimates appearing in AAM reports are obtained from The Nielsen Company (U.S.), Inc. The Nielsen Company (U.S.), Inc. estimates are intended for your company's use during its normal course of business, and, while the information may be provided to third parties during such course of business, it may not be sold or sub-licensed to third parties or electronically integrated into third party systems without the prior written consent of The Nielsen Company (U.S.), Inc. DIGITAL CIRCULATION Digital circulation reported in Par. 1 is comprised of the following: Sat Digital Replica Digital Nonreplica PUBLISHER S RETURN POLICY Fully Returnable. QUALIFIED RETAIL/BUSINESS Included in Qualified Retail/Business are copies distributed through publisher-maintained venues. Verification is made of distribution to location only, and not of actual pick-up. PRINT ADVERTISING POLICY declared policy is that all editions of Daily and day carry all advertising scheduled for the day, except copy received too late for early editions is inserted in corresponding editions of the following day. Some editions of the day issue may include additional advertising. DIGITAL REPLICA ADVERTISING POLICY CHILLICOTHE GAZETTE Digital Issue contains all ROP advertising content found in the print edition. FSIs are excluded from the Digital Issue. DIGITAL NONREPLICA ADVERTISING POLICY CHILLICOTHE GAZETTE Digital (Nonreplica) Issue contains the following advertising: Restricted Access Website - select advertising from the print edition, Tablet and Mobile/Smartphone select advertising from the print edition, as well as additional advertising. AVERAGE UNPAID DISTRIBUTION Includes Arrears, Advertisers & Agencies and Complimentary, Sample, Service: Sat 410 Adam Trabitz, Advertising Director Telephone (614) FAX (740) N 1st Street Newark, Ohio atrabitz@gannett.com To Members of the Alliance for Media: We have examined the circulation records and other data presented by this publication for the period covered by this report. Our examination was made in accordance with AAM s Bylaws and Rules, and included such tests and other audit procedures as we considered necessary under the circumstances. In our opinion, the total average circulation for the period shown is fairly stated in this report, and the other data contained in this report are fairly stated in all respects material to average circulation. Alliance for Media Page 5 of /2015 Alliance for Media right 2015 All rights reserved.