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Naylor Appoints Alex DeBarr as its new President and CEO

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, May 31, 2006 – Naylor, LLC – the leading provider of business-to-business media solutions for trade and professional associations in North America – has announced the appointment of Alex DeBarr as President and Chief Executive Officer.

In a related announcement, Michael Moss, Naylor’s President and CEO since taking over for founder Brent Naylor in 2000, has been named Vice Chairman reporting to DeBarr, focusing on new business development and strategic growth initiatives.

“All of us on Naylor’s Board of Directors feel strongly that Alex’s depth and breadth of business-to business media experience, high energy and strong leadership skills make him ideally suited to lead Naylor to the next level in new revenue and product development,” said Jim Friedlich, Chairman of the Board for Naylor, LLC and a partner at New York-based ZelnickMedia. “Alex shares our sharp focus on the key values of integrity, teamwork, customer service and the pursuit of excellence in all that we do.”

Naylor was sold by founder Brent Naylor and Michael Moss in August, 2005 to Clarity Partners, the Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on media and telecommunications investments, and ZelnickMedia, which owns or manages several media and entertainment-related companies.

DeBarr, 46, comes to Naylor following twenty-one years at Advanstar Communications, where he served in an array of roles, most recently as an Executive Vice President overseeing a wide variety of market groups since 1997. DeBarr earned a degree in Journalism from Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism in 1984 and immediately joined Advanstar predecessor company Harcourt Brace Jovanovich as an assistant editor. Within a year he moved into ad sales, then into a variety of sales management, publisher and group publisher roles, before being named a group vice president in 1996 and executive vice president in 1997.

DeBarr’s responsibilities at Advanstar included managing an extensive portfolio in nearly all markets served by the company, and a broad array of work on magazines, events, and online products in industries including healthcare, travel, hospitality, beauty, automotive, home entertainment, dental, veterinary, pharmaceuticals, licensing and powersports. He was actively involved in several major acquisitions and joint ventures, including Advanstar’s acquisition of Thomson/Medical Economics, Travel Agent magazine and the Cahners Automotive Group, as well as the launch of several publications, conferences, shows and online products.

“Michael Moss, Brent Naylor and the Naylor management team have built a great company that provides high-quality products and services to its advertisers and association customers,” said DeBarr. “Naylor is a very well-run company, and this will enable me to focus on several great growth opportunities for this business. I am also very pleased that Michael Moss has agreed to stay on as Vice Chairman to help us take the business forward.”

DeBarr joined Naylor on May 15. He will work primarily from Naylor’s Gainesville, Florida office.

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