Bruce Hartmann is leaving his post as president of the Chattanooga Times Free Press to take a job with the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
He will be succeeded by Jeff DeLoach, a 56-year-old native of Jackson, Tenn., who has been serving as publisher of two Texas newspapers.
The announcement was made Friday by Nat W. Lea IV, president and chief executive officer of WEHCO Media Inc., which owns the Times Free Press.
Hartmann, 60, will be vice president of community and government relations at the UT Medical Center. He came to the Times Free Press in 2014 after 25 years with E.W. Scripps. During that time, he was publisher of the Knoxville News-Sentinel for 14 years. His most recent role with Scripps before the move to Chattanooga was as chief revenue officer and vice president of sales and marketing.
Hartmann and his wife Tami will return to Knoxville for his new position, which starts in July.