The Local Life

Providence, RI, February 1, 2010 — Providence Media, a rapidly expanding Rhode Island-based company that publishes five publications, announces a new partnership with TheProvidenceLife.com, an internet company with operations in Connecticut, New York and the Washington D.C. area. Both companies are joining forces to provide a dynamic, interactive and hyperlocal website for the city of Providence. Sales support will be supplied by Providence Media while the technical expertise will come from The Local Life, which currently operates websites in eight East Coast cities.

Providence Media has been producing free regional lifestyle magazines for 35 years, starting with the publication of East Side Monthly in 1975. Providence Monthly, the flagship title for the media group, was added in 1997. The real growth, however, has occurred in the past two and a half years. Providence Media has launched three successful new magazines: SO Rhode Island, which covers the southern part of Rhode Island from East Greenwich to Watch Hill; The Bay, a monthly publication that covers the East Bay from East Providence to Portsmouth and into Southeastern Massachusetts; and In Providence, the publishing group’s first foray into the tourist market. With combined monthly circulation of over 70,000, the media group has more than doubled its size in the past two years.

Originally launched in 2007, TheProvidenceLife.com has been redesigned to incorporate the new content accessibility while adding an interactive, user-friendly, advertiser-driven platform that has proven successful in Stamford and New Haven, Connecticut, Saratoga Springs, New York and four cities in the Baltimore-Washington area. The site highlights the arts, entertainment, shopping, and dining scenes in Providence.

For additional information on the new joint venture, contact Jeanette St. Pierre, Publishing Director for Providence Media: jeanette@providenceonline.com or 401-521-0023; or George Ehinger, Managing Director of The Local Life: george@thelocallife.com.