SAN DIEGO – The new owners of The San Diego Union-Tribune announced Tuesday that veteran media executive Ed Moss will become the paper's president and publisher.
Moss, who starts work Monday, most recently worked as president and chief executive of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which operates nine daily newspapers, including the Los Angeles Daily News.
Before that, he was president and publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal.
His appointment comes just over a week after the Beverly Hills investment firm Platinum Equity completed its acquisition of the Union-Tribune from longtime owner The Copley Press of La Jolla.
Moss said in an interview that he is optimistic about prospects for the paper and the newspaper industry, despite declines in circulation and advertising that have hit the sector in recent years.
He said his priority will be stabilizing the business financially and boosting revenue, in part by focusing on local advertisers who haven't done business with the paper in the past.
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BLOG NOTE: The Platinum Equity team includes David H. Black, whose company Black Press owns the Beacon Journal, Honolulu Star-Bulletin and dozens of community newspapers, mostly in western Canada. Black purchased the Honolulu Star-Bulletin in 2000 and the Beacon Journal in 2006.
Look out UTers! If Moss is your man, layoffs are coming!
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