Tim Ryan, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, has been tapped to replace Austin Beutner as publisher of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Ryan's appointment also was reported by the Baltimore Sun.
All three papers are among those owned by Tribune Publishing Co., which was expected to announce the changes later Tuesday.
Beutner, a Los Angeles civic leader and former Wall Street investment banker, was ousted after becoming publisher and chief executive of The Times last year when Tribune Publishing became a separate, publicly held concern.