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                                                                   Exhibit 23.01


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of R.H. Donnelley Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated February
16, 2001, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of R. H.
Donnelley Corporation as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 2000, which report is incorporated
by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.


                                             By /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                             ---------------------------------
                                                 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
April 27, 2001


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