UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    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): February 24, 2005

                           R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 Delaware                             1-07155                 13-2740040
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(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission               (IRS Employer
 of Incorporation)                File Number)           Identification No.)

1001 Winstead Drive, Cary, North Carolina                        27513

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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)

                              R.H. DONNELLEY INC.*
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

     Delaware                       333-59287                36-2467635
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(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission              (IRS Employer
   of Incorporation)                File Number)          Identification No.)


1001 Winstead Drive, Cary, North Carolina                       27513
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)

       Registrants' telephone number, including area code: (919) 297-1600

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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*R.H.  Donnelley  Inc.  is a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of R.H.  Donnelley
Corporation.  R.H.  Donnelly Inc.  became subject to the filing  requirements of
Section 15 (d) on October 1, 1998 in  connection  with the public offer and sale
of its 9 1/8% Senior  Subordinated  Notes,  which Notes were redeemed in full on
February 6, 2004. In addition, R.H. Donnelly Inc is the obligor of 8 7/8% senior
notes due 2010 and 10 7/8% senior subordinated notes due 2012 and is now subject
to the filing  requirements  of Section 15 (d) as a result of such notes.  As of
February 24, 2005,  100 shares of R. H.  Donnelley  Inc.  common  stock,  no par
value, were outstanding.



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Item 2.02         Results of Operations and Financial Condition.


On February 24, 2005, R.H.  Donnelley  Corporation (the "Company") issued a
press release  containing certain financial results of the Company for the three
months and year ended  December 31, 2004.  None of the contents of this Form 8-K
are incorporated by reference into any  registration  statement or report of the
Company.  A copy of this press  release  has been filed as Exhibit  99.1 to this
Form 8-K.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION

                                By:       /s/ ROBERT J. BUSH
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                              Name:       Robert J. Bush
                             Title:       Vice President and General Counsel

Date: February 24, 2005

                                R.H. DONNELLEY INC.

                                By:       /s/ ROBERT J. BUSH
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                              Name:       Robert J. Bush
                             Title:       Vice President and General Counsel

Date: February 24, 2005


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number   Description
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99.1     Press Release issued February 24, 2005