BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Oct 1, 2013) - The New America High Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: HYB) announced today that it will pay a dividend of $.065 per share on the company's common stock on October 31, 2013 to common shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 17, 2013. The ex-dividend date will be October 15th.

The Fund has released updated portfolio data which can be found on the Fund's web site at www.newamerica-hyb.com.

The New America High Income Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company with a leveraged capital structure. The Fund's investment adviser is T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. ("T. Rowe Price"). As of June 30, 2013, T. Rowe Price and its affiliates managed approximately $614 billion of assets, including approximately $20 billion of "high yield" investments. T. Rowe Price has provided investment advisory services to investment companies since 1937.