FINANSTIDNINGEN AND SVENSKA DAGBLADET TO COOPERATE ON ADVERTISING Modern Times Group MTG AB today announced an advertising cooperation between the company's business daily, Finanstidningen, and Svenska Dagbladet. The joint advertising package applies to spreads, full-page and half- page advertisements in Finanstidningen and Svenska Dagbladet's business supplement Näringsliv. "This advertising cooperation will for the first time give advertisers a competitive alternative, at a lower contact cost. Finanstidningen and Svenska Dagbladet complement each other, as the number of double readers is low", commented Michael Porseryd, Head of MTGs Publishing Business Area. For further information, please visit www.mtg.se, email info@mtg.se, or contact: Hans-Holger Albrecht, President & CEO tel: +46 (0) 8 562 000 50 Investor / Media Relations tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 5010 Modern Times Group MTG AB has seven business areas: Viasat Broadcasting (free-to-air and pay TV channels in nine countries), Radio (seven networks in five countries), New Media (the Everyday interactive TV portal, Internet portal, Mobile portal, and teletext services), Publishing (financial news and information services), Modern Interactive ( home shopping, e-commerce, and logistics), SDI Media (subtitling and dubbing services), and Modern Studios (content production and library). Modern Times Group MTG AB's class A and B shares are listed on the Stockholmsbörsen O list ( symbols: MTGA and MTGB) and on the Nasdaq National Market in New York (symbol: MTGNY). Modern Times Group MTG AB Skeppsbron 18, Box 2094, SE-103 13 Stockholm, Sweden Tel. +46 8 562 000 50 Fax. +46 8 20 50 74 (Publ) Registration No. 556309-9158 www.mtg.se ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/06/12/20010612BIT00040/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/06/12/20010612BIT00040/bit0002.pdf