POWER OF ATTORNEY                                                        Exhibit 24
        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and 
appoints each of Todd L. Wiseley, Linda J. Schalek and Julie Weatherspoon, 
signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
        (1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the 
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Valassis Communications, 
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5, or such other forms as the United 
States Securities and Exchange Commission may from time to time adopt for 
reporting c
hanges in beneficial ownership of the Company's securities, in 
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
rules thereunder.
        (2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the 
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such 
Form, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file such 
Form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and any 
stock exchange or similar authority, including preparing and executing any 
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the 
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by 
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rules or regulations 
of the SEC; and
        (3)        take any other action of any type whatsoe
ver in connection 
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of 
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it 
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf 
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and 
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in 
such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power 
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever 
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights 
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the 
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of 
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such 
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in- fact
's substitute or substitutes, shall 
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the 
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the 
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the 
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the 
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934.
        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the 
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the 
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, 
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the 
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
        
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to 
be executed a
s of this 17th day of January, 2008.
                                                                                
                
                                                        /s/ Patrick F. Brennan 
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