NewPage to Release First Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Webcast Conference Call on May 13, 2008

MIAMISBURG, Ohio, April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NewPage Corporation announced today that it will release its first quarter 2008 financial results on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, before the market opens. The news release will be available on the NewPage Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com .

The company will broadcast its first quarter 2008 analyst conference call on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at 11 a.m. (ET) with access available through the Internet and telephone. The teleconference is expected to last one hour. Mark A. Suwyn, chairman and chief executive officer, and Richard D. Willett, Jr., president and chief operating officer, will review operating performance. Jason W. Bixby, vice president and chief financial officer, will review the financial results.

The live conference call and presentation slides may be accessed on the NewPage Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com . Click on the link to the Conference Call and Webcast and follow the instructions to access the webcast in listen and view mode. Please go to the Web site at least one hour prior to the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software. The call will be available live and stored on the Web site for five weeks.

Analysts and investors may access the call by dialing 800-230-1093 (toll- free domestic) or (612) 288-0337 (international). A replay of the call can be accessed via telephone 800-475-6701 (toll-free domestic) or 320-365-3844 (international), access code 919663. The replay will be available starting at 2:30 p.m. (ET) on May 13, 2008, and will remain available until noon (ET) on June 17, 2008.

About NewPage Corporation

Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, NewPage Corporation is the largest printing paper manufacturer in North America, based on production capacity, with more than $4.3 billion in pro forma net sales for the year ended December 31, 2007. The company's product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. These papers are used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising.

NewPage owns paper mills in Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nova Scotia, and Wisconsin. These mills have a total annual production capacity of approximately 5.5 million tons of paper, including approximately 4.3 million tons of coated paper, approximately 920,000 tons of uncoated paper and approximately 300,000 tons of specialty paper, as well as approximately 3.2 million tons of pulp.

For additional information, please visit the company's Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com .