
In August 2013, Geoff Fitzgibbons, visionary of the orange bundles, resigned leaving a post he held under three previous mergers. The merger was completed on Apand the company began trading publicly on the NASDAQ stock exchange on under the symbol DXM. In August 2012, Dex One and SuperMedia LLC announced their two companies would be merging to form Dex Media, Inc. Following RHD's 2009 bankruptcy, it renamed itself Dex One Corporation retaining its headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. RHD's acquisition of Dex was completed on January 31, 2006.

Donnelley Corporation announced its intent to acquire Dex Media. In July 2004, Dex Media went public and began trading on the NYSE under the ticker "DEX". The sale of QwestDex marked the first time a Baby Bell sold its telephone directory operations. These operations became known as Dex Media West LLC.Īfter completion of the formation of Dex Media, Dex signed a 50-year agreement with Qwest to be the official directory provider to Qwest local telephone customers. In 2003, directory operations in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming were acquired for $4.30 billion.

British Columbia Directory (William's official British Columbia Directory) 1883, 1885, 1891-93, 1895, 1897-98. These operations were known as Dex Media East LLC. All of the City Directories & Telephone Books are listed in our online catalog. In November 2002, directory operations in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota & South Dakota were acquired for $2.75 billion. QwestDex's purchase occurred in two stages. The buyout was the third largest corporate buyout since 1989. On August 20, 2002, The Carlyle Group, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, along with other private investors, led a $7.5 billion buyout of QwestDex. In 2002, Qwest underwent a drastic reorganization, and Qwest searched for a buyer for QwestDex, Inc. As a result, U S West was renamed Qwest, and U S WEST Dex, Inc. In 2000, Qwest Communications International acquired U S West.
