Garvey, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, was the National

League's Most Valuable Player in 1974. He earned $1.1 million for appearing in the infomercials.

Dallas-based media conglomerate Belo Corp. (NYSE. BLC) said

Wednesday that it would cut off 250 jobs, mostly at its flagship 【S1】______

newspaper The Dallas Morning News.

The company also announced that an investigation of circulation

of practices at The Morning News found no evidence of improper activity 【S2】______

on the part of the current senior executives of The Dallas Morning 【S3】______

News or on the part of Belo Corp. executives.

Belo said flat revenue since 2001 in the Dallas=Fort Worth area which 【S4】______

made changes in the expense structures of The Morning News and 【S5】______

WFAA-TV, with Belo's ABC affiliate in the Dallas/Fort Worth market, 【S6】______

necessary. The cuts are expected to take place by Nov. 1.

Belo disclosed Aug. 5 that The Morning News had overstated with 【S7】______

newspaper circulation by 5 percent on Sundays and 1.5 percent for

other days. Advertisers overpaid them because rates are normally 【S8】______

based on circulation.

The investigation found that the circulation overstatement at The Morning News

which resulted from an aggressive sales incentive 【S9】______

campaign that has been discontinued.

Belo said last month that it had mailed or he had personally delivered 【S10】______

19,000 checks to compensate advertisers who were overcharged

because of overstatements of circulation numbers at its flagship

newspaper. Though it also will incur $4 million in costs associated with 【S11】______

ad credits to advertisers.

The company also said it expected to cut $10 million in losses by

closing down three local cable news channels it ran with Time Warner Cable. 【S12】______

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