GVIC Has Completed the Acquisition of the Portfolio of B.C. Media Assets From Postmedia

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 1, 2011) - GVIC Communications Corp. (TSX:GCT) is pleased to announce that, through its affiliates (collectively "GVIC" or the "Company"), it has completed the acquisition of Postmedia Network Inc's community newspapers in British Columbia, the Times Colonist, related digital media assets, and certain real estate assets for a purchase price of $86.5 million.

The community newspaper media assets are comprised of two groups - the Lower Mainland Publishing Group ("LMP") and the Vancouver Island Newspaper Group ("VING"). The LMP properties include the North Shore News, the Vancouver Courier, the Burnaby Now, the New Westminster Record/Royal City Record, the Richmond News, the Delta Optimist, the Surrey Now, the Coquitlam Now, the Maple Ridge Times, the Langley Advance, the Abbotsford Mission Times, and the Chilliwack Times. The VING properties include the Nanaimo Daily News, the Alberni Valley Times, the Harbour City Star, the Cowichan Valley Citizen, the Oceanside Star, the Pennyworth, the Westerly News, and the Campbell River Courier Islander/Campbell River Courier North Islander.

Shares in GVIC can be traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GCT.

About the Company: GVIC Communications Corp. is an information communications company focused on the provision of primary and essential information and related services through print, electronic and online media. GVIC Communications Corp. is pursuing this strategy through its core businesses: the local newspaper, trade information and business and professional information markets.

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