Los Angeles Times publisher Hartenstein named new Tribune CEO

Tribune has been without a chief executive since Randy Michaels was dismissed late last year. Michaels replaced Tribune Chairman Sam Zell as CEO in 2009.

"I'm ... being given the honor of overseeing tremendously talented, experienced employees who, along with our assets and the high quality of our news-gathering organizations, give us important competitive advantages in the media industry," Hartenstein said in a statement.

The company had been governed by a four-person executive council since Michaels' ouster. Hartenstein was a member of that council, which has been dissolved with Hartenstein's promotion.