Belo Announces Quarterly Dividend

Belo Announces Quarterly Dividend

DALLAS, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Belo Corp. (NYSE:BLC) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 for each outstanding share of Series A stock and Series B stock to be paid on January 25, 2008, to shareholders of record on January 10, 2008.

About Belo

Belo Corp. is one of the nation's largest media companies with a diversified group of market-leading television, newspaper, cable and interactive media assets. A Fortune 1000 company with 7,000 employees and approximately $1.6 billion in annual revenues, Belo operates in some of America's most dynamic markets in Texas, the Northwest, the Southwest, the Mid-Atlantic and Rhode Island. Belo owns 20 television stations, six of which are in the 15 largest U.S. broadcast markets. The Company also owns or operates six cable news stations and manages one television station through a local marketing agreement. Belo's daily newspapers are The Dallas Morning News, The Providence Journal, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) and the Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, TX). The Company also publishes specialty publications targeting young adults, and the fast-growing Hispanic market, including Quick and Al Dia in Dallas/Fort Worth, and El D and La Prensa in Riverside. Belo operates more than 30 Web sites associated with its operating companies. Additional information is available at http://www.belo.com/ or by contacting Paul Fry, vice president/Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, at 214-977-6835.

First Call Analyst: Carey P. Hendrickson
FCMN Contact: sbrower@belo.com

Source: Belo Corp.

CONTACT: Paul Fry, vice president-Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications, +1-214-977-6835

Web site:

http://www.belo.com/

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