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Contact: David Carew
(615) 661-0249, ext. 8077
dcarew@mleesmith.com

Guy Crossley Named New Vice President of Marketing at M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC

NASHVILLE, TN, January 17, 2005 — Guy A. Crossley has been named new Vice President of Marketing at M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC of Brentwood, Tennessee, effective January 17, 2005. Previously, Mr. Crossley was CEO and Group Publisher of Euromoney Institutional Investor News Division, a $25 million, New York-based publisher of financial-services databases and newsletters with additional offices in London and Hong Kong.

Mr. Crossley's appointment was announced by Dan Oswald, President and Publisher of M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC, who purchased the 30-year old newsletter and information products publishing/printing company from founder M. Lee Smith on January 4, 2005.

"Guy brings a wonderful combination of experience to our company," Mr. Oswald said. "He'll be a tremendous asset to our marketing effort and to our objective of continuous growth."

"I am excited to join the team at M. Lee Smith Publishers and look forward to contributing to a long and distinguished history of B2B publishing," Mr. Crossley said.

Before heading Euromoney Institutional Investor News Division, Mr. Crossley was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the $30-million list and media services divisions of MSGi Direct of Newtown, Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Marketing for Oxmoor House of Birmingham, Alabama, a consumer publishing division of Southern Progress Corporation, a subsidiary of AOL-Time Warner, Inc. Mr. Crossley also served as Executive Director of Marketing and Circulation at Leisure Arts, Inc., a Little Rock, Arkansas consumer publishing company, from 1989 to 1996.

Mr. Crossley graduated magna cum laude in 1988 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in finance.

More About M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC
M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC is the only company in America that produces a state-specific employment law newsletter for all 50 states. The company is the nation’s top provider of state-specific employment law content for human resources professionals. The 50 employment law newsletters are researched and written by attorneys in each of the states, under the umbrella of the national Employers Counsel Network. M. Lee Smith Publishers also publishes, among many other newsletters and information products, the national newsletters 'Federal Employment Law Insider' and 'HR Insight: Proven Strategies for the Human Resources Professional.'

In total, M. Lee Smith Publishers provides more than 80 newsletters and other information products for HR professionals, business executives, and attorneys nationwide. The company also provides printing and mailing services for its own products and for other newsletter companies, from Boston to San Francisco. The company's clients include Harvard Business School Publishing, HCPro, and American Lawyer Media.

New Marketing Director Guy Crossley of M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC is available for interviews and features. For additional information, or to schedule an interview, please call David Carew at (615) 661-0249, ext. 8077 E-mail: dcarew@mleesmith.com

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