CONTACT: Rachel Meranus, Director of Public Relations of PR Newswire,
212-282-1929, or Rachel .edu.

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Decherd, Belo's chairman,
president and chief executive officer, reviewed Belo's financial performance
and the significant progress made on important strategic initiatives in 2004. Additional information is available

at http://www. PR Newswire also serves as the official
commercial wire service for the National Association of Black Journalists,
UNITY and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ).

About Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Communicators
Founded in 1981, DFW/ABC, http://www. PR Newswire's leading
services include ProfNet Experts(SM), eWatch (TM), MEDIAtlas(TM), Search Engine
Visibility (SEV), MediaRoom, MediaSense(TM) and MultiVu(TM).
Entries for the Dart Award for Radio News will be accepted in January.

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As a result, the board decreased in
size from 14 to 13 members.

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The partnership will allow the DFW/ABC to distribute news releases and
other information related to DFW/ABC events over PR Newswire's regional
newslines reaching publications and news services in Dallas-Fort Worth and the
State of Texas.
This year's Dart Award for Excellence in Newspaper Reporting on Victims of
Violence will be announced in early March and awarded on April 15 at the UW,
following a conference on "Tsunami Aftermath: Consequences for Journalism and
Reporting from the Region.

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Shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst + Young LLP as Belo's
independent registered public accounting firm at the Annual Meeting.
(Logo: http://www. "The collaboration will help us highlight some of the exciting
new programming that our board has been working on for 2006.org/index.

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Cordova, a director since 2003 and
chancellor of the University of California Riverside; Robert W . broadcast markets.
The first $10,000 Dart Award for Television News will be given in 2007 to
a single or series feature, report or documentary broadcast or cablecast in
2006.

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Belo operates more than 30 Web sites
associated with its operating companies.dfwabc. radio and TV networks, stations and cable
services.

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PR Newswire Named Official Commercial Newswire Service for the Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Communicators

NEW YORK, PR Newswire today announced that it has
been named the official commercial newswire of the Dallas-Fort Worth
Association of Black Communicators (DFW/ABC), a non-profit organization of
communications professionals and an affiliate of the National Association of
Black Journalists."
"We look forward to working with PR Newswire," DFW/ABC president Lamor
Williams said.mediainsider.

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Belo Re-Elects Board Members Ratifies Appointment of Independent Public Accounting Firm at Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Decherd highlighted the outstanding achievements of Belo journalists,
including the investigative team of WFAA-TV in Dallas /Fort Worth, winner of
the Alfred I.com .
PR Newswire will assist the DFW/ABC in organizing the events, and list
information about each on the calendar section of PR Newswire's Media Insider
blog (http://www.
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is a global network of
journalists , educators and health professionals dedicated to improving media
coverage of trauma, conflict and tragedy.

Professional organizations for journalists.

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Hirsch, a director since 1999 and chairman of Eagle
Materials Inc. Stephen Hamblett, a Class III director, retired from the board in
conformance with the Company's merger agreement related to the acquisition of
The Providence Journal Company in 1997. DFW/ABC's mission is to achieve
parity in the communications industry by improving the effectiveness of the
media through diversity, fair hiring and retention practices, career
development and accurate representation of the African American community in
the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex .Meranus@prnewswire. SEATTLE, The first major awards for excellence in
radio and television reporting on victims of violence will be launched in 2006
and 2007, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma announced today.S.washington.

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Belo's daily newspapers are The Dallas Morning News, The
Providence Journal, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) and the Denton
Record-Chronicle (Denton, TX). Our work with media organizations such as the
DFW/ABC and the National Association of Black Journalists , assists us in
better understanding the needs of these diverse media groups and enables us to
develop products and services, such as the Multicultural Markets Newslines,
that help communications professionals communicate with them in the most
effective way.

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Belo owns 19 television stations, six of which are in the 15
largest U. The Company also owns or operates seven cable
news channels and manages one television station through a local marketing
agreement.

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A replay of the meeting will be available online for 30 days beginning
today at 1 p.com; or Lamor Williams, President
of Dallas -Fort Worth Association Of Black Communicators, president@dfwabc.org) in May.

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duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton Award and the George
Foster Peabody Award, and the editorial staff of The Dallas Morning News,
winner of the 2004 Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award for
Distinguished Service to the First Amendment.
Details will be posted on the center's Web site (dartcenter.

For more information, contact Dart Center administrator Meg Spratt at
(206) 616-3223 or mspratt@u .

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McDonald Williams, a director
since 1985 and chairman emeritus of Trammell Crow Company.

About Belo
Belo Corp. A Fortune 1000 company with 7,600 employees and
$1. PR Newswire is a
subsidiary of United Business Media plc of London.

Journalism Awards to Honor Broadcast Reporting on Victims of Violence

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The 2004 Dart Award was presented to The Providence Journal for "Rape in a
Small Town," a story on the effects of the rape of a teenager on a small Rhode
Island community.

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Decherd, a
director since 1976 and Belo's chairman, president and chief executive
officer; Laurence E.prnewswire.

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belo.5 billion in annual revenues, Belo operates in some of America's most
dynamic markets in Texas, the Northwest, the Southwest, Rhode Island, and the
Mid-Atlantic.belo.newscom.
Dowell continued, "PR Newswire is very involved in the multicultural
communications marketplace .
Judges of the Dart Awards look for entries that go beyond the ordinary to
portray victims and survivors with accuracy, insight and sensitivity, Simpson
said, and to inform the public about ways individuals react to and cope with
emotional trauma. The Web address is
http://www.

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The Company also publishes specialty
publications targeting young adults, affluent populations and the fast-growing
Hispanic market, including Quick and al dia in Dallas/Fort Worth, and the d,
El D and La Prensa in Riverside. Further, in
June 2004, PR Newswire introduced its Multicultural Markets Newslines, a
customized news distribution channel for targeting media outlets that serve
the Hispanic , Chinese, Native American and African American communities.prnewswire.
The awards are open to U.

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; Anne Szostak, a director since 2004 and former executive vice
president of Fleet Boston Financial; and J. This distribution also includes posting to PR Newswire's
media-only website, PR Newswire for Journalists,
http://www.
Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in 11 countries and routinely
sends its customers' news to outlets in 135 countries and in more than 40
languages .dartcenter.

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These Class I directors are eligible to serve a three-year term until
2008. is one of the nation's largest media companies with a
diversified group of market-leading television , newspaper, cable and
interactive media assets.
The center will present the first Dart Award for Radio News in 2006.

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DALLAS, Belo Corp.com/, and among 3,600
websites and online databases to which PR Newswire distributes its members'
news releases.htm provides
networking opportunities , workshops, mentoring and scholarships for
communications students and professionals.

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com or by contacting Carey Hendrickson, vice
president/Investor Relations + Corporate Communications, at 214-977-6626 ."
In addition to news distribution, the partnership between PR Newswire and
the DFW/ABC will allow both organizations to collaborate on special media
events, including professional panel discussions and educational workshops."
The partnership with the DFW/ABC extends PR Newswire's focus on
multicultural communications. The
$10,000 prize will honor the best single or series feature, report or
documentary broadcast in 2005.

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Commenting on the partnership, PR Newswire's executive vice president ,
Information Services, Ken Dowell said, "The DFW/ABC's mission to establish
parity in the communications industry is a very important one and PR Newswire
is honored to assist them in getting their messages out to their important
audiences.com/).com) provides electronic distribution, targeting,
measurement , translation and broadcast services on behalf of some 40,000
corporate, government, association, labor, non-profit, and other customers
worldwide.org

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In his remarks at the Annual Meeting, Robert W. CDT on the Investor Relations section of Belo's Web site at
http://www.S.org.

"These radio and TV news awards continue a 12-year tradition of honoring
newspapers for excellence in reporting on victims of violence," said Roger
Simpson, executive director of the Dart Center and a University of Washington
associate professor of communication.

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(NYSE: BLC) announced
the re -election of five members of its Board of Directors at its Annual
Meeting of Shareholders today.

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The directors are: France A.m.com/media, with more than 80,000 registered journalists,
PR Newswire 's public website, http://www.

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