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Jeffrey S. Klein is a seasoned and highly regarded media executive. Trained as both a lawyer and a journalist, he has 20 years of experience operating media and related businesses. In 2004, he was named as the most innovative CEO of a mid-sized trade publisher by B2B's Media Business Magazine. He writes a regular column about publishing for Folio: magazine.
Mr. Klein spent 15 years with the Los Angeles Times and Times Mirror in senior management positions, including Senior Vice President and General Manager, News and Senior Vice President, Consumer Marketing. He also served as president of two large regional editions of the newspaper. For several years, he was also President and CEO of California Community News Corp, a Times Mirror company which published community newspapers in Southern California. Under his marketing leadership at the Los Angeles Times, the newspaper became the largest circulation metropolitan daily in the United States. While serving in a corporate position at Times Mirror, he also was responsible for two company television stations.
Mr. Klein began his career as a lawyer, first in the entertainment industry representing movie stars and production companies, and later on behalf of the Los Angeles Times as a specialist in First Amendment issues. He has taught media law at the University of Southern California for several years. His early law work included work for Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt on the Kemeny Commission investigating the accident at Three Mile Island.
For ten years, he also wrote a weekly consumer law column for the Los Angeles Times. Klein's articles have also appeared in the Columbia Journalism Review, the Online Journalism Review, and the Los Angeles Times Book Review. He has spoken at numerous industry events about marketing, management and leadership. He has served on numerous non-profit boards and community organizations, including the United Way, Foundation for American Communications, and the Alliance for the Arts.
Mr. Klein received his master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, his law degree from Stanford University, and his bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Claremont McKenna College. | 