ADVO Announces Date for Special Stockholder Meeting to Vote on Amended Merger Agreement

Exhibit 99.1

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ADVO Announces Date for Special Stockholder Meeting to Vote on Amended Merger Agreement

WINDSOR, CT – January 5, 2007 – ADVO, Inc. (NYSE: AD) today announced that it has scheduled a special meeting of stockholders for February 22, 2007 to vote upon the proposal to adopt the amended merger agreement with Valassis Communications, Inc. Stockholders who hold shares at the close of business on the record date, January 12, 2007, will be eligible to vote at this special meeting. The proxy materials for this meeting will be filed and mailed to stockholders in mid-to-late January.

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ADVO will file a definitive proxy stateme