JOHAN HAKELIUS AND PER LUNDSJÖ TAPPED AS EDITORS IN CHIEF FOR FINANSTIDNINGEN Johan Hakelius and Per Lundsjö have been appointed editors in chief of the Swedish financial daily FinansTidningen. Johan Hakelius will head the editorial and cultural affairs departments. Per Lundsjö will run the editorial desk and be responsible for FinansTidningen under Swedish press law. Johan Hakelius, who previously worked on the editorial staff of the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet, became FinansTidningen's first political affairs editor in 1999, when the newspaper decided to start an editorial/op-ed page. Per Lundsjö has worked as an editor at FinansTidningen for many years. He is editor in chief of FinansTidningen's business magazine Kapital and responsible for Kapital under Swedish press law. For the time being, Lundsjö will continue as editor in chief of Kapital. For additional information, please contact Pelle Törnberg, president and CEO of MTG, at +46-8-5620 0050, or Peder Ramel, president of Finanstidningen, at +46- 8-5062 4500. Modern Times Group MTG AB is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange's O list (symbol: MTG) and on the Nasdaq National Market in New York (symbol: MTGNY). ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/01/17/20000117BIT00560/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/01/17/20000117BIT00560/bit0002.pdf