UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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): October 3, 2005

Dex Media, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		001-32249 (Commission File Number)		14-1855759 (IRS Employer Identification No.)


198 Inverness Drive West, Englewood, Colorado (Address of principal executive offices)		80112 (Zip Code)

(303) 784-2900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 3, 2005, Dex Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and R.H. Donnelley Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“RHD”), issued a joint press release announcing that RHD has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Company.

In connection with such announcement, certain members of the Company’s senior management participated in a conference call and made a slide presentation. The slide presentation is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

The slide presentation should be read together with the information contained in the reports that the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the financial statements and related notes contained in those reports.

The slide presentation contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, the Company has provided a reconciliation within the slide presentation of each such non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Slide Presentation, dated October 3, 2005.

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.


	DEX MEDIA, INC.
Date: October 3, 2005	By:	/s/ FRANK M. EICHLER
		Name:	Frank M. Eichler
		Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Slide Presentation, dated October 3, 2005.

DEX MEDIA INC 8-K