UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2010

A. H. BELO CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		1-33741		38-3765318
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

P. O. Box 224866 Dallas, Texas		75222-4866
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (214) 977-8200

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On March 31, 2010, A. H. Belo Corporation reported filing a Form 12b-25, Notification of Late Filing, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K was due on March 31, 2010, and the Company extended the filing deadline 15 calendar days. A copy of the press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

 

In addition, by agreement with the banks party to the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 30, 2009, the Company’s and certain of its subsidiaries’ obligations to deliver certain financial statements to the banks has been extended until April 30, 2010.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits.

 

99.1            Press Release dated March 31, 2010

Date: April 1, 2010		A. H. BELO CORPORATION
		By:		/s/ Alison K. Engel
				Alison K. Engel Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer

99.1		Press Release dated March 31, 2010

Exhibit 99.1

A.H. Belo Corporation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
1:00 P.M. CST

NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER A. H. BELO CORPORATION WILL FILE
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K BY APRIL 15

DALLAS — Newspaper publisher A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) today filed a Form 12b-25, Notification of Late Filing, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K was due on March 31, 2010, and the Company extended the filing deadline 15 calendar days.

A. H. Belo Corporation (the “Company”) is not able to timely file its 2009 Form 10-K without unreasonable effort or expense because, as stated in the Company’s February 12, 2010 press release and in its preliminary earnings release dated February 24, 2010, additional time is required to finalize the accounting treatment of its pension obligations. This involves both the determination of the accounting policy to be applied and the amount, if any, to be recorded pursuant to that policy. The Company’s 2009 financial statements otherwise are substantially complete.

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 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

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P.O. Box 224866 Dallas, Texas 75222-4866 Tel. 214.977.8200 Fax 214.977.8201
www.ahbelo.com Deliveries: 400 South Record Street Dallas, Texas 75202-4806

AHC WILL FILE ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K BY APRIL 15
March 31, 2010
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specialty publications targeting niche audiences, and its partnerships and/or investments include the Yahoo! Newspaper Consortium and Classified Ventures, owner of cars.com. A. H. Belo also owns direct mail and commercial printing 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, 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 patterns and demography, and audits and related actions by the Audit Bureau of Circulations; 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 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 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, 2008, and other public disclosures and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.