Morris Publishing 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Exhibit 99.1

MORRIS PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES

2006 THIRD QUARTER RESULTS

AUGUSTA, Ga. (November 9, 2006) — Morris Publishing Group, LLC today reported third quarter operating income of $20.4 million, down $3.4 million, or 14.4%, from $23.8 million for the same period in 2005. Net income for the quarter was $6.9 million, down $1.6 million from $8.5 million in the prior year.

Total operating revenue for the third quarter was $117.4 million, up $3.7 million, or 3.2%, from $113.7 million in the same quarter last year. Total advertising revenue was $96.4 million, up $4.1 million, or 4.4%, from $92.3 million last year, with retail advertising revenue of $47.7 million, up 3.1%, classified advertising revenue of $43.0 million, up 6.5%, and national advertising revenue of $5.7 million, up 0.2%. Circulation revenue was $17.3 million, down $0.2 million, or 1.4%, continuing its trend.

For the third quarter, total operating expense was $97.1 million, up $1.8 million, or 1.9%, from $95.3 million last year, with employee costs of $43.9 million, down 2.0%, newsprint, ink and supplements costs of $14.8 million, up 6.3%, and other operating costs of $32.9 million, up 5.7%. Depreciation and amortization expense was $5.5 million, up slightly from the same period last year.

During the third quarter of 2005, the company sold Savannah’s former production facility for $7.2 million, net of closing costs, resulting in a $5.0 million pre-tax gain. Excluding this gain, operating income for the quarter was up $1.6 million, or 8.6%.

Commenting on the results, William S. Morris IV, Morris Publishing Group’s chief executive officer and president, said, “On the strength of Jacksonville’s retail advertising gains this quarter, our results were good. We are doing a good job of managing our expenses and we continue to benefit from gains in the classified advertising revenue category at most of our newspapers.”

For the first nine months of 2006, operating income was $63.0 million, up $2.4 million, or 4.0%, from $60.6 million last year. Total net operating revenue was $351.6 million, up $7.5 million, or 2.2%, and total operating costs were $288.7 million, down slightly from last year. Net income for the first nine months 2006 was $22.0 million, up $1.3 million from the same period last year.

Morris Publishing Group, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Morris Communications Company, LLC, a privately held media company based in Augusta, Ga. Morris Publishing owns and operates 27 daily newspapers as well as nondaily newspapers, city magazines and free community publications in the Southeast, Midwest, Southwest and Alaska. For more information, visit our Web site, morris.com.

A conference call will be held Thursday, November 9, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. In order to participate, please call 1-888-928-9177 ten (10) minutes prior to the scheduled start. The pass code and leader’s name listed below will be required to join the conference call:

LEADER:	MR. STEVE STONE
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For further information, please contact:

Craig S. Mitchell

Senior Vice President of Finance

Morris Communications Company, LLC

706-823-3236

Third-quarter results follow:

Morris Publishing Group, LLC

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(Dollars in thousands)	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2006			2005			2006			2005
NET OPERATING REVENUES:
Advertising	$	96,415		$	92,349		$	287,776		$	278,814
Circulation		17,310			17,551			52,113			53,074
Other		3,722			3,871			11,750			12,212
Total net operating revenues		117,447			113,771			351,639			344,100
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Labor and employee benefits		43,894			44,790			131,326			134,109
Newsprint, ink and supplements		14,813			13,938			44,502			42,387
Other operating costs (excluding depreciation and amortization)		32,918			31,145			96,962			95,872
Depreciation and amortization		5,458			5,427			15,933			16,504
Total operating expenses		97,083			95,300			288,723			288,872
Net pre-tax gain on sale of fixed assets		(24	)		(5,337	)		(41	)		(5,335	)
Total operating expenses, net of pre-tax gains		97,059			89,963			288,682			283,537
Operating income		20,388			23,808			62,957			60,563
OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME):
Interest expense, including amortization of debt issuance costs		9,389			9,075			27,560			26,457
Interest income		(1	)		604			(69	)		(48	)
Other, net		(62	)		1			(119	)		19
Total other expenses, net		9,326			9,680			27,372			26,428
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES		11,062			14,128			35,585			34,135
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES		4,154			5,591			13,619			13,514
NET INCOME	$	6,908		$	8,537		$	21,966		$	20,621