Larry Ingrassia, the 62-year-old former deputy managing editor and business editor at the New York Times, has moved to the Los Angeles Times for the newly created associate editor for new ventures slot.

He reports to editor Davan Maharaj.

Ingrassia retired from the NYT at the end of last year and earlier did 25-year run at the Wall Street Journal.

LAT publisher Austin Beutner called Ingrassia "one of the most accomplished business journalists in the country and a journalistic innovator with an enviable track record."

He is to develop new print/online offerings and help the paper's recruiting and organizational planning efforts.

Upon Ingrassia's departure from the NYT, Dean Baquet, executive editor, credited him with handling the transformation of the International Herald Tribune to the NYT brand and hiring a "generation of young reporters to the Times who have made significant contributions to every aspect of our report.”