Meet the New President and COO of The San Diego Union-Tribune

RUSS NEWTON

Russ Newton

• President and Chief Operating Officer of The San Diego Union-Tribune
• Started in newspapers in 1978 at the Wisconsin State Journal in advertising, then moved to the pressroom
• Became a journey person press operator working at The Army Times
• Started career with the Tribune Co. at the Chicago Tribune, working in the pressroom as a crew supervisor, training supervisor and shift supervisor
• Pressroom manager, production manager at the Daily Press in Newport News, Va.
• Packaging Manager at Orlando Sentinel
• Vice President of Operations at Landoll’s Inc. a children’s publishing company
• Joined The Times in 2000 as President of California Community News
• Appointed Vice President of Operations at the Los Angeles Times in 2005, Senior Vice President in 2007, took on Home Delivery Operations in 2009
• Named Senior Vice President at Tribune Publishing over all eight Tribune Newspapers in 2014
• Named Publisher of Times Community Papers in 2015
• Serves on the board of the International Newspaper Group