WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/02/12 -- FP Newspapers Inc. (TSX:FP) invites members of the investment community and media to listen to a conference call of the annual general meeting.

Ron Stern, Chairman, Bob Cox, Publisher of the Winnipeg Free Press and Dan Koshowski, Chief Financial Officer will discuss the performance of FP Newspapers Inc. and FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership in fiscal 2011 and Q1 2012 following the formal annual general meeting of the shareholders of FP Newspapers Inc.

FP Newspapers Inc. AGM Call, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern (11:00 a.m. Central).

Conference call

Participants may join the call by dialing 416-340-9432 or dial toll free at 877-440-9795 five minutes prior to 12:00 p.m. ET. The call will be available at any time for replay until May 29, 2012. To hear the replay dial 905-694-9451 or dial toll free at 800-408-3053. The replay code is 4082230.

FP Newspapers Inc. owns securities entitling it to 49% of the distributable cash of FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership. FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership owns the Winnipeg Free Press, the Brandon Sun, and their related businesses, as well as the Canstar Community News division, the publisher of eight community and special interest newspapers in the Winnipeg region, and the Carillon in Steinbach with its related commercial printing operations. The Winnipeg Free Press publishes six days a week for delivery to subscribers and single copy sales, serving Winnipeg and Manitoba with an average Monday through Saturday circulation of approximately 122,700 copies. On Sundays the Winnipeg Free Press publishes a newspaper sold through single-copy retail outlets and vending boxes. The Brandon Sun publishes six days a week, serving the region with an average circulation of approximately 13,200 copies. Canstar Community News publishes weekly with an average circulation of approximately 200,000 copies. The businesses employ approximately 570 people in Winnipeg, Brandon and Steinbach. Further information can be found at www.fpnewspapers.com, and in the disclosure documents filed by FP Newspapers Inc. with the securities regulatory authorities, available at www.sedar.com.