EXHIBIT 99.1

R.H. DONNELLEY INC. ANNOUNCES $750 MILLION DEBT ISSUANCE

         Purchase, New York, November 6, 2002. R.H. Donnelley Inc., a subsidiary
of R.H. Donnelley Corporation (NYSE: RHD), today announced that it is planning
an offering, through one of its subsidiaries, of $300 million of senior notes
and $450 million of senior subordinated notes to certain institutional investors
in an offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933. R.H. Donnelley Inc. intends to use the proceeds from the offering to
partially finance the acquisition of Sprint Corporation's directory publishing
business, to repay existing senior debt and for general corporate purposes.

         The senior notes and the senior subordinated notes to be offered have
not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements. This press release shall not constitute an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy such notes and is issued pursuant to
Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933.




















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