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Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:43
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DALLAS (AP) - Media owner Belo Corp. said Wednesday it has promoted Dunia A. Shive to the positions of president and chief operating officer.Shive, 46, will continue to report to Robert W. Decherd, Belo's chairman and chief executive, who also had held the title of president since 1994. The position of COO is new.Shive had served as Belo's president of media operations since February 2006.Belo, which publishes The Dallas Morning News and owns 20 television stations, also announced the promotions of Donald F. 'Skip' Cass Jr. to executive vice president overseeing the company's Internet and business development activities and Wesley A. 'Wes' Jackson to president and general manager of Belo Interactive Media.Cass, 41, had served as Belo's executive vice president for media operations since February 2006. Jackson, 36, was senior vice president/general manager of Belo Interactive Media.In a separate announcement, Belo said it would discontinue its practice of providing monthly revenue and statistical information. The company noted on its recent year-end conference call it was considering the value of providing monthly reports from a shareholder perspective.'Our interests are in informing our shareholders of meaningful financial patterns,' Decherd said. 'Increasingly, a single month's revenue performance is not a reliable indicator of quarterly advertising trends.'Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Belo names Dunia Shive as COO 