DALLAS, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dallas Morning
News announced the release of the SportsDayHS mobile application
for the iPhone and iPad – further expanding its portfolio of apps
and bolstering The News' ability to deliver high-quality
local content to diverse audiences and innovative solutions to
advertisers.
Available at the Apple iTunes store for $1.99, The SportsDayHS mobile app reports
real-time football scores and statistics during the course of
games. The Dallas Morning News is one of the first
news organizations in the country to invest in the technology to
provide audiences the most up-to-date and comprehensive high school
football information on such a mass level. Coverage includes
updates of Dallas-Fort Worth's top
50 football games each week, including public and private schools.
The real-time feature will also be available online at
SportsDayDFW.com.
The SportsDayHS app and SportsDayDFW.com also cover other high
school sports and post the latest news, scores, statistics,
schedules, standings and photos for approximately 200 North Texas schools, all assembled by The
Dallas Morning News' award-winning SportsDay staff.
"Our audiences are consuming more and more content on mobile
devices and The Dallas Morning News is finding new and
innovative ways to meet their needs," publisher and chief executive
officer Jim Moroney said. "By
offering unique content such as real-time scoring on the
SportsDayHS app, we are providing the news and information people
want that they're unable to get elsewhere whenever they want,
wherever they're located."
"This innovative, unique product gives us one more way to
deliver highly engaged audiences to our advertisers," said
Rich Alfano, general manager for
sports. "We're demonstrating our ability to provide advertisers
access to digital audiences."
About The Dallas Morning News
Established in 1885, The Dallas Morning News
(dallasnews.com) is Texas' leading
newspaper. Its portfolio of print and online products reach an
average daily audience of more than 1.1 million. The newspaper has
received nine Pulitzer Prizes since 1986, as well as numerous other
industry awards recognizing the quality of its investigative and
feature journalism, design and photojournalism. In 2010, The
News received the Pulitzer Prize for an editorial series
highlighting the economic disparity between the northern half and
southern half of Dallas. In 2003,
the paper launched the leading Spanish-language daily in
North Texas, Al Dia and the
nation's first editorial blog. In 2007, the paper established one
of the country's first consumer-generated community news sites,
neighborsgo.com. In 2008, the paper launched the free,
home-delivered quick-read, Briefing. The Dallas Morning
News is the flagship newspaper subsidiary of A. H. Belo
Corporation.
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
websites. A. H. Belo publishes The Dallas Morning
News, Texas' leading newspaper
and winner of nine Pulitzer Prizes; 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 the
Inland Southern California region and winner of one Pulitzer Prize;
and the Denton Record-Chronicle. The Company publishes
various niche publications targeting specific audiences, and its
partnerships and/or investments include the Yahoo! Newspaper
Consortium and Classified Ventures, owner of cars.com. A. H.
Belo also owns and operates commercial printing, distribution and
direct mail service businesses. Additional information is
available at www.ahbelo.com or by contacting David A. Gross, vice president/Investor
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