ION MEDIA NETWORKS NAMES LAUREN GELLERT AS VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

NEW YORK – May 4, 2011 – ION Media Networks announces today the appointment of Lauren Gellert as its Vice President, Production and Development.  Today’s announcement marks ION’s first major addition to its programming infrastructure since hiring ION’s president of programming John Ford, reinforcing the Company’s recent mandate to expand its TV content and development.  The newly created position will report to Ford in ION’s New York office. Gellert is heading up production and development at ION Television and is responsible for its latest content activities, including