Sherrod was named CEO of Examiner.com in February 2008, where he helped relaunch the brand. Prior to that, he spent eight years at AOL, where he last worked as VP and GM of Community Operations and Network Integration. He’s also worked for Ancestry.com, DigitalCity.com, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dallas Business Courier, and launched his own company, Sherrod Publishing Co. Sherrod has been serving on the Texas Tribune’s board as well.

“As a Tribune board member, Sherrod has consistently provided sound advice regarding approaching challenges, raising funds, promoting membership development and much more,” the company said today.

“Michael was courted by many media organizations, much larger than ours,” said the Texas Tribune’s editor and CEO Evan Smith. “I’m humbled that he’s chosen to become publisher of the Texas Tribune.”

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