RR Donnelley Awarded New Multi-Year Logistics Contract to Distribute Parade Weekend Magazine

Agreement Includes Parade Circulation in Eastern, Western and Southwestern United States 


CHICAGO, May 1  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE:RRD) has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract pursuant to which it will manage distribution of more than 150 million pounds of printed copies for Parade Magazine. The oldest weekend magazine in the country, Parade is distributed in more than 340 newspapers nationwide every week.

"Parade reaches more than 75 million readers each week," stated Tom Meisel, Vice President, Parade Manufacturing/Distribution.  "RR Donnelley's logistics experience, program management capabilities and collaborative customer service has made us confident that we have chosen a distribution partner who is established in the newspaper distribution industry and can provide consistent, reliable service."

Dan Scapin, President, Logistics and Distribution added, "We are delighted to have been chosen by Parade.  Their decision to award us with this new business reflects our commitment to provide customers with a powerful weekly newspaper distribution service model."

About RR Donnelley

RR Donnelley (NYSE:RRD) is the world's premier full-service provider of print and related services, including business process outsourcing. Founded more than 140 years ago, the company provides solutions in commercial printing, direct mail, financial printing, print fulfillment, forms and labels, logistics, call centers, transactional print-and-mail, print management, online services, digital photography, color services, and content and database management to customers in the publishing, healthcare, advertising, retail, technology, financial services and many other industries. The largest companies in the world and others rely on RR Donnelley's scale, scope and insight through a comprehensive range of online tools, variable printing services and market-specific solutions. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.rrdonnelley.com/ .

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