Swartz to lead Hearst

By Reynolds Staff on Dec 11, 2008 in Basics, Uncategorized

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Steven Swartz will become the next president of Hearst Newspapers, replacing George Irish who is retiring after a 29-year tenure.
Swartz, 46, has been executive vice president of Hearst Newspapers since 2001. He began his career with the Wall Street Journal in 1984, serving as a reporter in Philadelphia and in New York and as a page-one editor.
In 1991, he was founding editor of SmartMoney Magazine, a joint venture of Hearst and Dow Jones & Co., and he later went on to become the magazine’s chief executive.
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