A.H. Belo Corp.

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.ahbelo.com
Employees: 3,350
Employee growth: (11.8%)

This company gives the Big D a helping of news with breakfast. A. H. Belo is a leading newspaper publisher with a portfolio of three daily newspapers anchored by The Dallas Morning News, one of the country's top papers with a circulation of more than 330,000. It also owns The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) and The Providence Journal (published in Rhode Island by subsidiary The Providence Journal Company). In addition to its flagship papers, A. H. Belo publishes the Denton Record-Chronicle (Texas) and several niche papers such as the Spanish-language paper Al Dia (Dallas), along with Web sites serving most of its publications. The company was spun off from TV station operator Belo Corp. in 2008.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $637.3M
One year growth: (13.7%)
Net income: ($62.3)M

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Robert W. Decherd
SVP, CFO, and Treasurer: Alison K. Engel
SVP and CIO: Matthew (Matt) Bieri

Competitors:
McClatchy Company
New York Times
Tribune Company