Harte-Hanks to Present at Conferences

    Business Editors
    Merrill Lynch Advertising/Marketing Conference
    CSFB Global Services Conference

    SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2005--Harte-Hanks Inc. (NYSE:HHS) announced today that its president and chief executive officer Richard Hochhauser will be presenting at the Merrill Lynch Advertising/Marketing Education and Information Conference in New York City on Wednesday, March 8. The presentation is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. An audio webcast will be available online at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/ml36/hhs/.
    Also, its senior vice president and chief financial officer, Dean Blythe will be presenting at the CSFB 7th Annual Global Services Conference at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa on Monday, March 14. The presentation is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time. A link to the presentation will be available the day of the conference at http://www.harte-hanks.com/.

    Statements in this release concerning the Company's business outlook or future financial performance and other statements that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" as the term is defined under applicable Federal Securities Laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those statements. Such risks, uncertainties, and factors include, but are not limited to, public concern over consumer privacy issues, which may lead to enactment of legislation restricting or prohibiting the collection and use of information that is currently legally available, competitive pressures, fluctuations in paper prices and postal rates, and general or regional economic conditions, as well as other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K.

    About Harte-Hanks

    Harte-Hanks Inc., San Antonio, Texas, is a worldwide, direct and targeted marketing company that provides direct marketing services and shopper advertising opportunities to a wide range of local, regional, national and international consumer and business-to-business marketers. Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing improves the return on its clients' marketing investment with a range of services organized around five solution points: Construct and update the database -- Access the data -- Analyze the data -- Apply the knowledge -- Execute the programs. Experts at each element within this process, Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing is highly skilled at tailoring solutions for each of the vertical markets it serves. Harte-Hanks Shoppers is North America's largest owner, operator and distributor of shopper publications, with shoppers that are zoned into more than 900 separate editions with circulation in California and Florida in excess of 11 million each week.
    For more information, contact: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Dean Blythe, 210-829-9138 or e-mail at dblythe@harte-hanks.com.
    This release and other information about Harte-Hanks can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.harte-hanks.com/.

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CONTACT: Harte-Hanks Inc., San Antonio Dean Blythe, 210-829-9138 dblythe@harte-hanks.com www.harte-hanks.com

KEYWORD: FLORIDA CALIFORNIA ARIZONA TEXAS NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: CONSUMER/HOUSEHOLD SUPERMARKETS RETAIL PUBLISHING ADVERTISING/MARKETING TRADESHOW MANAGEMENT CHANGES SOURCE: Harte-Hanks Inc.

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