So who is the new publisher of the Los Angeles Times following the ouster of Austin Beutner? His name is Timothy E. Ryan, and he’s the longtime publisher of the Baltimore Sun Media Group, which has the same owner as the Times. According to the Times, Ryan found some of Beutner’s initiatives as well as some of his hires “interesting,” then added: “I just want to better understand the financial aspects of those initiatives, but I found it very interesting.”