Ross B. Levinsohn (born 1962/1963) is an American media executive who has worked in media and technology. He is the CEO of The Arena Group and Sports Illustrated, and has held senior roles at Yahoo, Fox Interactive and Tribune Publishing, including a brief tenure as publisher of the Los Angeles Times until it was sold in 2018. He became the CEO of Sports Illustrated in October 2019, and CEO of The Arena Group in August 2020. Early life Levinsohn was raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, the son of Joyce (née Salton) and Jay Douglas Levinsohn. He graduated from American University with a bachelor's degree in broadcast communications. Work Early career Levinsohn's joined HBO in 1989, working in marketing and promotions for Time Warner Sports. In early 1996 Levinsohn joined SportsLine USA in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He produced a syndicated television show starring NFL coaches Marv Levy and Sam Wyche, and host Scott Kaplan, entitled "Football Playbook," and syndicated radio programming on Westwood One. Levinsohn was hired by Alta Vista to help launch the portal division in 1999. From 2001 to 2005, Levinsohn was senior vice president and general manager at Fox Sports Interactive Media, a division of News Corporation. In late 2004, he was named president of Fox Interactive Media and oversaw a controversial, and arguably fradulant, acquisition of MySpace for $580 million. Levinsohn resigned from News Corp. in November 2006 and was replaced by his cousin. In 2007, he joined the venture capital firm Velocity Interactive Group, later rebranded as Fuse Capital. Yahoo In October 2010, Levinsohn was hired as executive vice president of the Americas for Yahoo. Under his purview, Yahoo acquired 5to1, a digital advertising network run by longtime business partner James Heckman. During Levinsohn's tenure, Yahoo expanded its efforts in media, including streaming short films and animated content in partnership with Robert Redford and Tom Hanks. Levinsohn led Yahoo for two months as interim CEO in 2012. After the board of directors passed him over for the permanent CEO position, hiring Google executive Marissa Mayer, Levinsohn left the company. The next year, he became CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media, an offshoot of Guggenheim Partners, the investment firm that then was the controlling owner of the Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. In 2014, Levinsohn became executive chairman of Scout Media, a sports digital media network. The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2016, seeking approval to