DALLAS, July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reinforcing its
ongoing commitment to a broader digital strategy, The Dallas
Morning News has named industry veteran Carmen Cano as digital managing editor. In this
role, she will be responsible for determining new digital features
and products that will help grow audiences across all of the
company's digital news and information offerings, including all
online and mobile platforms. She will report to Grant Moise, vice president of digital, and will
work closely with The News' managing editor George Rodrigue and the newsroom management team
regarding news content.
"The News is intensely focused on delivering high-quality
content to diverse audiences and innovative solutions to
advertisers. Carmen brings the right skill for the unique digital
challenges of our time set, as well as a reputation for passion,
innovation and collaboration," said Moise. "She has a proven, deep
understanding of the user experience that will be key to our growth
and success as we continue to expand the creative, relevant ways we
engage with consumers."
"I was intrigued by the challenge to find the right mix of
content and features for every audience that will grow and
strengthen The News' digital presence," said Cano. "The
Dallas Morning News has been doing a lot of innovative,
positive things on the digital front, and this is a strong
foundation on which to build, bringing a customer-centric
perspective."
Prior to joining The News, Cano served as director of
CBSInteractive, where she was instrumental in the adaptation of
desktop Web products to a device-agnostic world. Previously, she
was executive director of product management for Hearst Digital
Newspapers. There, she led digital products for 15 different
newspapers, including content and business strategy, launched more
than 30 online niche channels, and helped make Houston's Chron.com into the first online-only
finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. In addition, she helped lead the
conversion of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to an
online-only business model. She started her career in the U.S.
leading digital strategy for the Seattle Times Company. Cano is a
graduate of Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain, with a degree in fine arts.
About The Dallas Morning News
Established in 1885, The Dallas Morning News
(dallasnews.com) is Texas' leading
newspaper. Its portfolio of print and online products reach an
average daily audience of more than 1.1 million. The newspaper has
received nine Pulitzer Prizes since 1986, as well as numerous other
industry awards recognizing the quality of its investigative and
feature journalism, design and photojournalism. In 2010, The
News received the Pulitzer Prize for an editorial series
highlighting the economic disparity between the northern half and
southern half of Dallas. In 2003,
the paper launched the leading Spanish-language daily in
North Texas, Al Dia; the
standard-setting free entertainment tabloid, Quick; and the
nation's first editorial blog. In 2008, the paper launched the
free, home-delivered quick-read, Briefing. The Dallas
Morning News is the flagship newspaper subsidiary of A. H. Belo
Corporation.
About A. H. Belo Corporation
A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC), headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, is a distinguished
newspaper publishing and local news and information company that
owns and operates four daily newspapers and a diverse group of
websites. A. H. Belo publishes The Dallas Morning
News, Texas' leading newspaper
and winner of nine Pulitzer Prizes; The Providence Journal,
the oldest continuously-published daily newspaper in the U.S. and
winner of four Pulitzer Prizes; The Press-Enterprise
(Riverside, CA), serving the
Inland Southern California region and winner of one Pulitzer Prize;
and the Denton Record-Chronicle. The Company publishes
various niche publications targeting specific audiences, and its
partnerships and/or investments include the Yahoo! Newspaper
Consortium and Classified Ventures, owner of cars.com. A. H.
Belo also owns and operates commercial printing, distribution and
direct mail service businesses. Additional information is
available at www.ahbelo.com or by contacting David A. Gross, vice president/Investor
Relations and Strategic Analysis, at 214-977-4810.
Statements in this communication concerning A. H. Belo
Corporation's (the "Company's") business outlook or future economic
performance, anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses,
dividends, capital expenditures, investments, impairments, pension
plan contributions, real estate sales, future financings, and other
financial and non-financial items 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, changes in capital market conditions and prospects, and
other factors such as changes in advertising demand and newsprint
prices; newspaper circulation trends and other circulation matters,
including changes in readership methods, patterns and demography,
and audits and related actions by the Audit Bureau of Circulations;
challenges implementing increased subscription pricing and
new pricing structures; challenges in achieving expense
reduction goals, and on schedule, and the
resulting potential effects on operations; technological changes;
development of Internet commerce; industry cycles; changes in
pricing or other actions by existing and new competitors and
suppliers; labor relations; regulatory, tax and legal changes;
adoption of new accounting standards or changes in existing
accounting standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or
other accounting standard-setting bodies or authorities; the
effects of Company acquisitions, dispositions, co-owned ventures,
and investments; pension plan matters; general economic conditions
and changes in interest rates; significant armed conflict; and
other factors beyond our control, as well as other risks described
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2010, and
other public disclosures and filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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