Swartz to lead Hearst

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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