Former AOL Exec Michael Sherrod Named Publisher Of Texas Tribune

Michael Sherrod, Publisher, Texas Tribune

Former AOL (NYSE: AOL) and Examiner.com exec Michael Sherrod is joining the non-profit news startup Texas Tribune as its first publisher. Sherrod has already been serving as a board member to the Austin-based news outlet, which launched in November. He was most recently CEO of the Examiner.com, a post he left after one year last March.

In between the Examiner.com and the Texas Tribune, Sherrod also founded a think tank called Sayerbook last April.
During his eight-year tenure at AOL, Sherrod rose to VP & GM of Community Operations & Network Integration and was one of handful executives chosen by Vice-Chairman Ted Leonsis and CEO Jon Miller to help mold one of AOL

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