 JAMES M. MORONEY III James M. Moroney III has served as executive vice president of A. H. Belo Corporation since December 2007 and continues to serve as chief executive officer of The Dallas Morning News since June 2001. In April 2004, Editor & Publisher selected him as Publisher of the Year for his accomplishments at The Dallas Morning News. He had served as president of Belo Interactive, Inc. since its inception in May 1999 and is a member of Belo's Management Committee. Moroney began his Belo career as a sales trainee at WFAA-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth. In 1985 he became local sales manager for WFAA and later that year was promoted to general sales manager of KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He returned to Dallas in 1989 as Belo's controller. After returning to Tulsa in 1992 as vice president and general manager of KOTV, Moroney was promoted to president and general manager in January 1993. In November 1993 he became a vice president of the Broadcast Division and in January 1995 was named executive vice president/Television Group. In January 1997, Moroney was promoted to president/Television Group assuming responsibility for the operations of all of Belo's television stations in 15 markets across the United States. In June 1998, he was named executive vice president of Belo, with responsibility for finance, treasury and investor relations. Moroney has served on the board of the Television Bureau of Advertising and numerous civic organizations. He presently serves on the boards of the Newspaper Association of America, Cistercian Preparatory School in Dallas and the State Fair of Texas. Moroney graduated from Stanford University in 1978 with a B.A. in American Studies. In 1983 he received his M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. |
