com. Six people who have lost 20 pounds or more over the past year
but have recently hit a plateau, will be chosen for the USA TODAY Weight-loss
Challenge and profiled throughout their journey.

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USA TODAY and WE will simultaneously cover the challenge.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Women's Entertainment on the USA
TODAY Weight-Loss Challenge.

Inside TV Names Debra Birnbaum Executive Editor; Former NY Post and Us Weekly Editor to Head First-of -its-Kind Weekly Publication Focused on Television Stars a

Additional information about the Company can be found at
www.

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, Inc. "She brings
experience and enthusiasm, and not only recognizes what makes a good
story, but intuitively knows what women are interested in when it
comes to TV -- whether it's the shows, stars, styles or something
behind the scenes. Additional
information about the Company can be found at
http://www.

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Eight weekly episodes --
including a one-hour premiere introducing the six participants and their
respective weight-loss plans, six half-hour episodes profiling each of the six
participants, and a one-hour wrap-up finale announcing the weight-loss results
-- will begin airing on WE in late spring.usatoday. The USA TODAY brand
also includes: USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a magazine for enthusiasts of
professional football and baseball; USATODAY. Birnbaum will oversee seven editors who will directly report to
her.

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USA TODAY is the nation's top-selling newspaper. Birnbaum will report to recently appointed
Editor-in-Chief Steve LeGrice.S. From standard
programming and interactive developments in television, to the
wildly-popular DVD market and fast -growing video game industry, TV
Guide magazine has every corner of the television medium covered .

Note to Editors: Gemstar, TV Guide, TV Guide Channel, and TV Guide
Interactive are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gemstar-TV
Guide International, Inc.

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USA TODAY to Partner with Women's Entertainment Network on 'USA TODAY Weight-Loss Challenge'

All will be supported by a special friend or loved one to help them achieve
their goals, in addition to receiving guidance from weight -loss and fitness
professionals throughout the challenge. She's also written on those subjects for magazines including
InStyle, Hamptons and Newsday. Ms. in Communications from Cornell
University .

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com. TV Guide Publishing Group is publisher of TV Guide
magazine, the country's largest selling weekly magazine.

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com, an award-winning news and
information Web site that is updated 24 hours per day; and USA TODAY LIVE, the
television arm of the USA TODAY brand that brings the spirit and quality of
the newspaper to television. Birnbaum and Mr."
"It's thrilling to launch a type of magazine that hasn 't been done
before," added Ms.

About TV Guide magazine

A division of Gemstar-TV Guide International, TV Guide(R) magazine
is the largest-selling weekly publication in the country with a total
circulation of 9 million and readership of 26 million.

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Birnbaum was a senior editor at Us
Weekly, George, Redbook, More and New Woman, where she covered a range
of beats from news and politics to arts and entertainment, among
others.gemstartvguide. and/or its subsidiaries.

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Birnbaum graduated with a B.

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Full details on how to enter the challenge can be found in today's
newspaper or online at http://dietchallenge. (NYSE: GCI).
The first television magazine created exclusively for young women,
Inside TV is set to debut on April 21 with TV-centric news, stories,
styles and trends.

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It is published via
satellite at 36 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad.

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Bringing the weight-loss challenge to television
audiences adds a new dimension to our coverage and allows us to bring the
newspaper content to life," said Lauren Ashburn, managing editor of USA TODAY
LIVE . The names of other
companies and products used herein are for identification purposes
only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide.

"Today's younger woman has a different, stronger and more special
relationship to TV than ever before, and Debra understands this as
well as anybody in the business," said Mr.

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The first USA
TODAY article introducing the six participants will coincide with the
television premiere, and subsequent articles will focus on the individual
participant to be profiled on the show that week .
Birnbaum has nearly 15 years experience as a writer and editor. The Company's businesses include: television media and
publishing properties; interactive program guide services and
products; and technology and intellectual property licensing.

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In her new role, Ms. The
premiere source for entertainment news and information and TV
listings, since its debut on April 3, 1953, TV Guide magazine
continues to enable readers to maximize their relationship with
television and easily navigate their choices among the recent
explosion of programming options and new technology.

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With a total
average daily circulation of 2.com

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed in this news release contains forward-looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks and
uncertainties related to declines in our magazine business; timely
availability and market acceptance of products and services
incorporating the Company's technologies and content; our initiatives
aimed at increasing advertising revenues at the TV Guide Channel; our
investment in new and existing businesses, including our new magazine
and our On-Demand network; Limitations on our ability to control
certain joint ventures or partnership businesses; the impact of
competitive products and pricing; ongoing and potential future
litigation; and the other risks detailed from time to time in the
Company's SEC reports, including the most recent reports on Forms
10-K, 10 -Q and 8-K, each as it may be amended from time to time.

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MCLEAN, Va. Most
recently, she served as the features editor for the New York Post,
covering pop culture, arts + entertainment, lifestyle and New York
City trends. LeGrice.

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, USA TODAY announced today that it will
bring the USA TODAY Weight-Loss Challenge to television audiences via a
partnership with WE: Women's Entertainment. The dieters will be matched
to a program best suited to their needs. Birnbaum.

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" Prior to
joining the New York Post, Ms. She resides in New York City.

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Ms. The
Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.

This category is for online publications that are published on a regular schedule and cover more than one entertainment medium.

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com, and on
television on WE, as they try to achieve significant weight-loss.com

About Gemstar-TV Guide

Gemstar-TV Guide International , Inc. (Nasdaq: GMST) is a leading
media and technology company that develops, licenses, markets and
distributes technologies, products and services targeted at the
television guidance and home entertainment needs of consumers
worldwide.

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Business Editors/Entertainment Editors/TV Writers

NEW YORK----TV Guide Publishing
Group today announced that its highly anticipated new weekly
publication , Inside TV, has named Debra Birnbaum as executive editor.

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The call to action requesting applicants is in today's newspaper and on
USATODAY. Some will go to a weight-loss spa,
others will be matched with a program such as Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig.
A lifestyle editor seasoned in covering breaking news, Ms. She oversaw special New York Post sections on the Academy
Awards, the Tony Awards and the final season of "Friends. LeGrice will
collaborate to infuse Inside TV with a vibrant editorial perspective .gemstartvguide.

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Six weight-loss challenge
participants will be profiled in USA TODAY, online at USATODAY .
USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co. "I welcome the challenge, and am
confident that Inside TV can bring exciting content and an insider's
perspective to all of those 18-to-35 year-old women who live and
breathe television."
Ms.