Changes in Legal Department

Bellsouth Corp
12 July 2004

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Jeff Battcher
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BellSouth Media Relations

BellSouth announces changes in legal department

For immediate release
July 12, 2004

Atlanta -- BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS) announced today that Charles R.
Morgan, general counsel, has left the company for personal reasons. Effective
immediately, Mr. Morgan's responsibilities have been assigned to Marc Gary, vice
president and associate general counsel, and Al Gonzalez-Pita, vice
president-international legal, regulatory and external affairs. Mr. Gary will
handle domestic and corporate legal issues and Mr. Gonzalez-Pita will be
responsible for international legal activities until a replacement is named.

About BellSouth Corporation

BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia and a parent company of Cingular Wireless, the nation's second
largest wireless voice and data provider.

Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most
comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the
market. Through BellSouth Answers(SM), residential and small business customers
can bundle their local and long distance service with dial up and high speed DSL
Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For
businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice
and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory
advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(sm) and The Real Yellow Pages(R).

More information about BellSouth can be found at www.bellsouth.com.


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