Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg

Conan Gallaty, president of Times Publishing Company, will succeed Paul Tash as chairman and CEO. Gallaty, assumed the role of CEO in January and will add the title of chairman upon Tash's retirement July 1st. Gallaty, 45, joined the Times in 2018 as its first chief digital officer, and in 2020 was promoted to president of the publishing company. A graduate of the University of Georgia with a degree in publication management from the Grady College of Journalism, Gallaty entered the profession as a journalist but has devoted the bulk of his career to building digital products and business lines that reach new audiences.