Robert W. Decherd has stepped down as executive chairman of the board of DallasNews Corp. and was succeeded by John A. Beckert, the board’s lead director, as non-executive chairman.
The company said that Dunia A. Shive assumed Beckert’s position as chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and that the role of lead director was combined into the non-executive chairman role....



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