ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Paul Tash is retiring as CEO of the Tampa Bay Times, a media organization he joined 47 years ago as a summer intern, the Times announced Thursday. Tash, 67, became editor of what was then the St. Petersburg Times in 1992. During his tenure, the newspaper won nine of its 13 Pulitzer Prizes and became the Tampa Bay Times in 2012 to reflect a broader regional outlook. Succeeding Tash as CEO will be Conan Gallaty, 45, who is now chief of Times Publishing Co. Tash will continue to chair the board of trustees at the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies, which owns the newspaper. Gallaty, who began his journalism career at the Rome News-Tribune in Georgia, has focused on improving the Times’ digital products, according to the newspaper.

Source: The Times January 14, 2022 10:17 UTC