Austin Beutner Named Publisher, CEO Of The Los Angeles Times Media Group

The Los Angeles Times Media Group has appointed Austin Beutner as its new Publisher and CEO to oversee the company’s diverse portfolio of businesses, including the flagship Los Angeles Times, its leading digital properties and numerous local publications. Beutner succeeds Eddy W. Hartenstein, who recently assumed the role of non-executive Chairman of the Tribune Publishing Board. In his new position, Beutner will report to Tribune Publishing Company CEO Jack Griffin. Beutner was co-founder, President and co-CEO of Evercore Partners, and earlier in his career, he worked at the Blackstone Group, and at age 29 became the firm’s youngest partner. He left Blackstone for the U.S. government, where he led a U.S. effort to help Russia transition to a market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union.