[1] The company was formed on April 4, 2012, preceding a formal announcement that AT&T would sell off a 53% stake in its directory operations to Cerberus Capital Management.
Dex Media purchased YP Holdings LLC in 2017, officially announced in June 2017.
YELLOWPAGES.com, rebranded as YP.com in 2012, is an Internet web site operated by YP that employs sales representatives to sell preferred positioning on their site, YellowPages.com in addition to marketing additional products that move their clients' businesses toward the front of major web search pages.
In 2004, SBC sold complete control of the joint venture DonTech to R. H. Donnelley, the other co-owner.
After 2004, R.H. Donnelley published printed directories in the names of SBC and subsequently AT&T in the area in and around Chicago, IL.
On February 26, 2007, however, AT&T announced it would adopt BellSouth's directory branding, the Real Yellow Pages.
[3] Under the version of the deal reported in the press, AT&T would still own a minority stake in the company.
[4] On April 9, 2012, it was announced that AT&T would sell 53% of AT&T Advertising Solutions to Cerberus Capital Management for $750 million.
The sale made AT&T the last Bell System-related spin off to sell off its yellow pages business.