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                                                                   Exhibit 4.10


                      SUPPLEMENT NO. 6 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT


         This Supplement No. 6 to the Rights Agreement between the parties
hereto supplements that certain Rights Agreement dated as of March 10, 1986,
between A. H. Belo Corporation ("Belo") and RepublicBank Dallas, N.A., a
national banking association ("Republic"), as amended prior to the date hereof
(the "Rights Agreement").

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS, Belo and Republic entered into the Rights Agreement as of
March 10, 1986;

         WHEREAS, Belo and Republic amended the Rights Agreement by Supplement
No. 1 dated April 9, 1987;

         WHEREAS, Belo and Republic amended the Rights Agreement by Supplement
No. 2 dated May 6, 1987;

         WHEREAS, Belo and First RepublicBank Dallas, National Association
("First Republic"), as successor to Republic as the Rights Agent pursuant to
the provisions of Section 19 of the Rights Agreement, amended the Rights
Agreement by Supplement No. 3 dated May 19, 1988;

         WHEREAS, Belo, NCNB Texas National Bank ("NCNB-Texas"), as successor
to First Republic as the Rights Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 19
of the Rights Agreement, and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company
("Manufacturers Hanover") amended the Rights Agreement by Supplement No. 4
dated December 12, 1988, in part to appoint Manufacturers Hanover as the Rights
Agent under the Rights Agreement;

         WHEREAS, Belo and Chemical Bank ("Chemical"), as successor to
Manufacturers Hanover as the Rights Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section
19 of the Rights Agreement, amended the Rights Agreement by Supplement No. 5
dated May 6, 1993; and

         WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Belo has declared a two-for-one
stock split in the form of a stock dividend on all outstanding shares of its
Common Stock, pursuant to which, on or about June 9, 1995 it will distribute
one share of its Series A Common Stock for each share of Series A Common Stock
held as of May 19, 1995 and one share of its Series B Common Stock for each
share of Series B Common Stock held as of May 19, 1995 (the "Distribution");
and

         WHEREAS, in connection with the Distribution, Belo and Chemical desire
to amend the Rights Agreement pursuant to Section 26 of the Rights Agreement;





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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree to amend the Rights Agreement as
follows:

                          Pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(n), as a
                 result of the Distribution (i) each Right shall entitle the
                 holder thereof to purchase one four-hundredth of a Preferred
                 Share, rather than one-two hundredth, at an exercise price of
                 $43.75 per one-four hundredth of a Preferred Share, and (ii)
                 the redemption price of $.05 per Right set forth in Section 23
                 is hereby adjusted to $.025 per Right.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplement No.
6 to be duly executed and attested as of the 22nd day of February, 1995.


                                           A. H. BELO CORPORATION



ATTEST:                                    By:  /s/ Robert W. Decherd
By:  /s/ Michael J. McCarthy                  ______________________________   
   ______________________________               Robert W. Decherd            
         Michael J. McCarthy                    Chairman of the Board, President
         Senior Vice President, Secretary       and Chief Executive Officer    
         and General Counsel                   
         
                                                                              
                                                

                                             CHEMICAL BANK



ATTEST:                                      By:  /s/ [illegible]
By:  /s/ [illegible]                            ________________________________
   ____________________________________      Name:______________________________
Name:__________________________________      Title:_____________________________
Title:_________________________________ 
   



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