THE DEAL APPOINTS MICHAEL LONIER TO VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS

May 18, 2005-NEW YORK, N.Y.-The Deal, LLC, (www.thedeal.com), the authoritative voice for news, analysis and information on the global deal economy, today announced the appointment of Michael Lonier to vice president, operations, a newly created position. He is responsible for the company's information technology and production operations.

Lonier has spent the majority of his career managing and overseeing IT, print production, and new media development at publishing companies. He comes to The Deal from U.S. News and World Report, where he was director of manufacturing technology. In this role, he implemented new technology infrastructures, including publishing systems, as well as directed magazine production operations for a new title, Radar Magazine. Prior to U.S. News and World Report, Lonier worked at Thomson Medical Economics, where he was responsible for the development, implementation, operation and support of new and existing electronic publishing systems and products for magazine and directory (PDR) business units.

For nearly a decade, Lonier ran a consulting firm that specialized in publishing industry operations and technology for clients, such as The New Yorker, Audubon, NBC, Saks Fifth Ave., Congressional Quarterly Books, Entertainment Weekly, Nordstrom, Boy's Life, IEEE Spectrum, Time International and others. His services focused on strategic technology planning and project management at the enterprise level.

He began his publishing career at Time, Inc. Over a ten-year period, he worked as corporate technical operations manager for all Time, Inc. titles, after serving as corporate editorial production manager.

About The Deal LLC
The Deal LLC is a diversified media company that is the authoritative voice of the deal economy. We serve the global deal community - corporate and financial dealmakers, advisers and institutional investors - by providing business and financial news and information that offers fresh insights on the deal economy, a set of interrelated activities, focused on dealmaking of all kinds, whose purpose is to generate corporate growth in a continually changing global market. We offer a comprehensive line of print and electronic product and services for both readers and advertisers, including The Deal, The Daily Deal, TheDeal.com, Corporate Dealmaker, Tech Confidential, Corporate Control Alert, Auction Block, Bankruptcy Insider, Deal Focus and VCDeal.com. Investors in The Deal, a privately held company, include majority owner U.S. Equity Partners, a private investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co. LP, and Rustic Canyon Ventures, one of the largest venture capital funds in Southern Californi