Former Merge Healthcare CEO Justin Dearborn was named the CEO of Tribune Publishing Co. on Feb. 23.
Tribune Publishing, which is based in Chicago, publishes the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and nine other daily newspapers as well as 60 digital properties and customized marketing solutions.
Dearborn was CEO of Merge Healthcare until IBM acquired the company for $1 billion in October.
Dearborn worked for Tribune chairman Michael Ferro’s firms Merrick Ventures and Click Commerce starting in 1997, according to the Los Angeles Times. Merrick Ventures bought a controlling stake in Merge for $20 million in 2008, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Executive Editor
Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.