Magne Lerø

{{short description|Norwegian publisher and magazine editor (born 1954)}}

Magne Lerø (born 7 April 1954) is a Norwegian publisher and magazine editor.

A cand.theol. by education, from 1979 he also has a Master of Management degree from BI Norwegian Business School from 1996. Within the religious field he has worked as a priest, curate, director of information in the Norwegian YMCA/YWCA, managing director of the Norwegian Bible Society and Verbum publishing house. He was CEO of Lovisenberg Hospital from 1992 to 1996.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Magne Lerø|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|url=http://www.snl.no/Magne_Lerø|language=no|access-date=31 August 2019}}

From 2004 to 2009 he was the CEO and editor-in-chief of Ad Fontes Medier, the publisher of Økonomisk Rapport, Ny Tid and Ukeavisen Ledelse.{{cite book |title=Hvem er hvem? |year=2008 |editor=Knut Olav Åmås |editor-link=Knut Olav Åmås |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |isbn=978-82-03-23561-0 |pages=15 }} From Ad Fontes Medier Lerø bought several magazines and started publishing them out of the company Medier og Ledelse in 2013.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Medier og Ledelse|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|date=13 November 2018|url=http://www.snl.no/Medier_og_Ledelse|language=no|access-date=31 August 2019}} In 2014 Lerø bought the magazine Plot which was brought under the Medier og Ledelse umbrella, and became its chief editor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dn.no/medier/stromming/magne-lero-kjoper-plot/1-1-5161423|title=Magne Lerø kjøper Plot|date=31 July 2014}}