Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA Times Gets a New Publisher & CEO

The LA Times announced a new CEO & Publisher to help turn the paper’s fortunes around. It’s Austin Beutner, the former investment banker and L.A. deputy mayor, who previously tried to buy the paper with Eli Broad. He’s now an employee -- albeit at the top of the masthead.

By Madeleine Brand • Aug 11, 2014 • 1 min read

The LA Times announced a new CEO & Publisher to help turn the paper’s fortunes around. It’s Austin Beutner, the former investment banker and L.A. deputy mayor, who previously tried to buy the paper with Eli Broad. He’s now an employee -- albeit at the top of the masthead.

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Too Beautiful to Live
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Matt Holzman
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Gabriel Kahn
Professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Publisher/editor of Crosstown LA

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA Times Gets a New Publisher & CEO

The LA Times announced a new CEO & Publisher to help turn the paper’s fortunes around. It’s Austin Beutner, the former investment banker and L.A. deputy mayor, who previously tried to buy the paper with Eli Broad. He’s now an employee -- albeit at the top of the masthead.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA Times Gets a New Publisher & CEO

The LA Times announced a new CEO & Publisher to help turn the paper’s fortunes around. It’s Austin Beutner, the former investment banker and L.A. deputy mayor, who previously tried to buy the paper with Eli Broad. He’s now an employee -- albeit at the top of the masthead.

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