Leo Wolinsky, former LA Times reporter and editor, named editor of Daily Variety

Leo Wolinsky named editor of Daily Variety

LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Times editor Leo Wolinsky has been named editor of Daily Variety.

Variety Group editor Tim Gray announced Wolinsky’s hiring Tuesday.

Wolinsky will be responsible for editorial content in the New York and Los Angeles print editions in the newly created position.

He spent 31 years at the Times and rose from reporter to the masthead positions of managing editor and executive editor.

Wolinsky supervised coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, helping to earn two Pulitzer Prizes for the Times. Before his departure from the paper last year, he was associate editor of features and entertainment coverage.

Wolinsky will begin his new job in January.