Vice President - Sales

Dominic Fails is Vice President of Sales for Journal Broadcast Group, a division of Journal Communications, Inc. (NYSE:JRN). Joining the company in 2010, he is responsible for developing sales strategies for local, national, digital and new media advertising at the company’s 15 television and 35 radio stations that serve 12 markets throughout the United States.

Fails has more than 20 years of experience in broadcast sales, a majority of which were as Vice President of Sales with NBC Universal’s KTMD-TV in Houston. He also has served as Vice President and Regional Sales Manager with World Now, Local Sales Manager with Viacom’s KTXH-TV, Local Sales Manager with Tribune Corporation’s KHWB-TV, and National Sales Manager with Griffin Communications’ KWTV-TV. He also co-founded two companies, Georgie Girl Costumes and Vernor Store Fixtures. Fails has an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Arts from Coe College.