DALLAS, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas
Morning News announced today that the last edition of its free
entertainment tabloid, Quick, will be published on
August 4.
"Quick has been a valuable part of our strategy to reach
different consumer audiences through a portfolio of complementary
niche products. It has served its entertainment-focused readers and
advertisers well since its introduction in 2003," said Jim Moroney, publisher of The Dallas Morning
News. "Today, we are very well positioned to reach many of the
same consumers through products including dallasnews.com, Arts
& Life, Guide, GuideLive.com, FD Luxe and our mobile
applications. Our robust portfolio will continue delivering to our
advertisers the high quality, targeted audiences that drive growth
for their business."
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 reach 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 Dia; 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.
SOURCE The Dallas Morning News