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MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2006--The Board of Directors of Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.065 per share on all of its class A and class B shares held of record as of the close of business on February 21, 2006. The quarterly dividend will be paid on March 3, 2006. The board made the declaration at its regularly scheduled meeting on February 14.

The board also set the date for Journal Communications' Annual Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for Thursday, April 27, 2006, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. The meeting will be held at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 27, 2006, will be eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

About Journal Communications

Journal Communications, Inc., headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was founded in 1882. We are a diversified media and communications company with operations in publishing, radio and television broadcasting, telecommunications and printing services. We publish the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which serves as the only major daily newspaper for the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and about 90 community newspapers and shoppers in eight states. We own and operate 37 radio stations and nine television stations in 12 states and operate two television stations under local marketing agreements. Through our telecommunications segment, we own and operate a regional fiber optic network in the upper Midwest, provide integrated data communications solutions for small and mid-size businesses and offer network transmission solutions for other service providers. We also provide a wide range of commercial printing services - including printing of publications, professional journals and documentation material - as well as electronic publishing, kit assembly and fulfillment. In addition, we operate a direct marketing services business.

    CONTACT: Journal Communications, Inc.
             Sara Leuchter Wilkins (Investor Relations), 414-224-2633
             swilkins@journalcommunications.com

    SOURCE: Journal Communications, Inc.