Hollywood Reporter names Bel Bruno as news director

Joe Bel Bruno, who has overseen coverage of the entertainment industry at the Los Angeles Times for the past 18 months, has been named news director at The Hollywood Reporter.

The title is similar to managing editor and is the No. 2 position at the publication.

“I am excited to join what is unarguably the world’s best source for entertainment journalism,” Bel Bruno said. “With the power of fast-paced digital reporting and long-form reads in the weekly magazine, THR is constantly raising the bar on covering Hollywood. I look forward to building on this momentum.”

Before overseeing entertainment coverage, Bel Bruno was deputy business editor at The Times for nearly three years, directing coverage of financial markets and earning respect for his news judgment and his enthusiasm for ambitious stories.

Before joining The Times, Bel Bruno ran markets coverage for the Dow Jones news wire and the Wall Street Journal. From 2004 to 2009, Bel Bruno was a national business writer for the Associated Press in New York, where he served as the lead stock market reporter and anchored the news service’s coverage of the financial crisis.

He spent three years in London  as senior correspondent for Knight Ridder Financial/Bridge News.

He’s also held spots at The Orange Country Register, Copley News Service and The Bond Buyer newspaper.