A. H. Belo Corporation to Offer ResponseLogix's Lead Management System to Auto Dealers

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Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:00pm EDT

A. H. Belo Corporation to Offer ResponseLogix's Lead Management System to Auto
Dealers
Media Company to Also Take Equity Position in ResponseLogix(TM), Inc.

DALLAS, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A. H. Belo Corporation
(NYSE: AHC) announced today that the Company has made a minority equity
investment in ResponseLogix, Inc. and entered into a multiyear agreement to
resell the ResponseLogix Internet-based customer lead management system to
automotive advertisers.  ResponseLogix, headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA,
provides advanced technology solutions for managing automotive dealer Internet
leads.  A. H. Belo joins Shasta Ventures, GRP Partners and Belo Corp. as
equity partners in ResponseLogix.  In markets where AHC operates, the Company
will market, sell and service ResponseLogix's full suite of products and
services.
Dave Ellett, president and General Manager of Belo Interactive Media,
said, "The online automotive market segment has been a top-performing category
for A. H. Belo.  ResponseLogix technology provides our automotive dealer
advertisers industry-leading solutions to more efficiently manage
Internet-generated customer inquiries.  Auto dealer advertisers implementing
ResponseLogix benefit by improving customer follow-up and tracking online
leads, potentially resulting in a shortening of the sales cycle and higher
sales volume.  ResponseLogix technology provides auto dealers a measurable
return on investment of their advertising dollars."
Tom Mohr, ResponseLogix's Chief Executive Officer said, "We are extremely
pleased to have A. H. Belo as both an investor and a channel partner in
helping us bring our proven Internet lead management solutions to the market.
A. H. Belo has strong automotive dealer relationships spanning decades and
ResponseLogix is fortunate to be able to leverage those relationships."
Ed Olkkola, A. H. Belo's senior vice president/Business Development,
added, "After examining the partnership potential with ResponseLogix, we
concluded a strategic investment made sense.  With the backing of two
experienced venture capital firms, GRP Partners and Shasta Ventures, and a
first-rate management team led by co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Tom
Mohr, we are confident that the business plan being pursued by ResponseLogix
will lead to measurable results.  We are excited to provide our auto dealer
advertisers with lead management solutions that can improve their
profitability."
    About A. H. Belo Corporation
    A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is a
distinguished news and information company that owns and operates four daily
newspapers and 12 associated Web sites.  A. H. Belo publishes The Dallas
Morning News, Texas' leading newspaper and winner of eight Pulitzer Prizes
since 1986; 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 southern California's Inland Empire
region and winner of one Pulitzer Prize; and the Denton Record-Chronicle.  The
Company publishes various specialty publications targeting niche audiences,
young adults and the fast-growing Hispanic market.  A. H. Belo also owns
direct mail and commercial printing businesses. Additional information is
available at http://www.ahbelo.com or by contacting Maribel Correa,
director/Investor Relations, at 214-977-2702.
    About ResponseLogix
    Founded in early 2007, ResponseLogix takes auto dealers' Internet sales
departments to the next level of productivity and profitability. ResponseLogix
solves the three biggest challenges in the Internet sales process: the speed
and quality of initial response to leads; the impact and consistency of
ongoing follow up; and, the effectiveness of the live communications
in-between. ResponseLogix is the only solution in the marketplace that solves
all three of these issues while delivering personalized messages to the
customer that are timely, consistent, and relevant.
    ResponseLogix incubated its business on the premises of a Top-25 Internet
dealership in Sunnyvale, California.
     Contacts:
     A. H. Belo Corporation
     Maribel Correa
     Director/Investor Relations
     (214) 977-2702
     mcorrea@ahbelo.com

     ResponseLogix
     Tom Mohr
     President and Chief Executive Officer
     (408) 533-0222
     tmohr@responselogix.com

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are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those statements.
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changes in capital market conditions and prospects, and other factors such as
changes in advertising demand, interest rates, and newsprint prices; newspaper
circulation matters, including changes in readership patterns and demography,
and audits and related actions by the Audit Bureau of Circulations;
circulation trends; technological changes; development of Internet commerce;
industry cycles; changes in pricing or other actions by competitors and
suppliers; 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; general economic conditions; 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 and other public
disclosures and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
the Company's information statement on Form 10 dated January 31, 2008.
SOURCE  A. H. Belo Corporation

Maribel Correa, Director-Investor Relations of A. H. Belo Corporation,
+1-214-977-2702, mcorrea@ahbelo.com; or Tom Mohr, President and Chief
Executive Officer of ResponseLogix, +1-408-533-0222, tmohr@responselogix.com
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