DALLAS, June 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas Morning
News today announced the introduction of its new application for
Android smartphones and 7-inch tablets – expanding its portfolio of
apps and bolstering The News' ability to deliver
high-quality local content to diverse audiences and innovative
solutions to advertisers. The application can be downloaded through
the Android Market.
The addition of the Android app – along with The News'
previously released iPhone and iPad versions – drives The
News' growing audience as it continues to expand into the
emerging digital marketplace.
"Our audience is consuming more and more content on mobile
devices," publisher and chief executive officer Jim Moroney said. "Now that we're offering an
Android app, more users can access what we publish whenever they
want, wherever they're located; we offer more choices and more ways
to digitally distribute our news and information."
Key features on all of The News' apps include offline
reading; ability to save and share articles via email and social
networks; photo galleries and videos; horizontal and vertical
reading; simple search and much more.
Print subscribers of The Dallas Morning News will enjoy
full access to digital platforms, including the new Android app,
for the all-inclusive price of $33.95
per month. Other readers may subscribe to specific digital
devices/smartphones that best suit their needs. The comprehensive
digital bundle, which includes the eEdition of The News,
dallasnews.com, as well as iPad, iPhone and Android apps, is
available for $16.95 per month.
Advertisers have the ability to reach The News' digital
audiences through dynamic advertising approaches using media-rich
technology designed to capture attention and engage users.
"We're able to provide our advertisers access to these digital
audiences by embracing mobile devices and expanding our reach into
this growing market," said John
McKeon, president and general manager. "We have over a
hundred and twenty-five years of experience in North Texas and a trusted reputation
throughout the region. No other media provider can offer that much
authority and knowledge to help their advertisers connect with
Dallas-Fort Worth's diverse
audience, regardless of whether it's print or digital."
About The Dallas Morning News
Established in 1885, The Dallas Morning News
(dallasnews.com) is Texas' leading
newspaper. Its portfolio of print and online products reaches an
average daily audience of more than 1.1 million. The newspaper has
received nine Pulitzer Prizes since 1986, as well as numerous other
industry awards recognizing the quality of its investigative and
feature journalism, design and photojournalism. In 2010, The
News received the Pulitzer Prize for an editorial series
highlighting the economic disparity between the northern half and
southern half of Dallas. In 2003,
the paper launched the leading Spanish-language daily in
North Texas, Al Día; the
standard-setting free entertainment tabloid, Quick; and the
nation's first editorial blog. In 2008, the paper launched the
free, home-delivered quick-read, Briefing. The Dallas
Morning News is the flagship newspaper subsidiary of A. H. Belo
Corporation.
About A. H. Belo Corporation
A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC), headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, is a distinguished
newspaper publishing and local news and information company that
owns and operates four daily newspapers and a diverse group of
websites. A. H. Belo publishes The Dallas Morning
News, Texas' leading newspaper
and winner of nine Pulitzer Prizes; The Providence Journal,
the oldest continuously-published daily newspaper in the U.S. and
winner of four Pulitzer Prizes; The Press-Enterprise
(Riverside, CA), serving the
Inland Southern California region and winner of one Pulitzer Prize;
and the Denton Record-Chronicle. The Company publishes
various niche publications targeting specific audiences, and its
partnerships and/or investments include the Yahoo! Newspaper
Consortium and Classified Ventures, owner of cars.com. A. H.
Belo also owns and operates commercial printing, distribution and
direct mail service businesses. Additional information is
available at www.ahbelo.com or by contacting David A. Gross, vice president/Investor
Relations and Strategic Analysis, at 214-977-4810.
Statements in this communication concerning A. H. Belo
Corporation's (the "Company's") business outlook or future economic
performance, anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses,
dividends, capital expenditures, investments, impairments, pension
plan contributions, real estate sales, future financings, and other
financial and non-financial items that are not historical facts,
are "forward-looking statements" as the term is defined under
applicable federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are
subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those statements.
Such risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not
limited to, changes in capital market conditions and prospects, and
other factors such as changes in advertising demand and newsprint
prices; newspaper circulation trends and other circulation matters,
including changes in readership methods, patterns and demography,
and audits and related actions by the Audit Bureau of Circulations;
challenges implementing increased subscription pricing and
new pricing structures; challenges in achieving expense
reduction goals, and on schedule, and the
resulting potential effects on operations; technological changes;
development of Internet commerce; industry cycles; changes in
pricing or other actions by existing and new competitors and
suppliers; labor relations; regulatory, tax and legal changes;
adoption of new accounting standards or changes in existing
accounting standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or
other accounting standard-setting bodies or authorities; the
effects of Company acquisitions, dispositions, co-owned ventures,
and investments; pension plan matters; general economic conditions
and changes in interest rates; significant armed conflict; and
other factors beyond our control, as well as other risks described
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2010, and
other public disclosures and filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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