Shailesh Prakash led the product, design and technology teams at the newspaper, which he originally joined in August 2011. He will become Google’s vice-president and general manager of news in November, Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan announced on Wednesday. (The Logic, The New York Times)

Talking point: Prakash has helped lead a digital overhaul of the publication, particularly after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought it in August 2013. The Post has set up a tech subsidiary around its Arc content management system, and is pushing beyond publishing by launching versions of Arc for fields like e-commerce; users include Canadian daily newspaper The Globe & Mail. The Post has also built its own ad network technology. Prakash has played a major role in the company’s software-sales ambitions. At Google, he’ll take charge of a news business facing increasing scrutiny and new regulatory requirements. Policymakers in the U.S. and Canada want to follow Australia’s lead in requiring large digital platforms to make payments to publishers, even as the tech giants try to strike bespoke deals for services like Google News. Former Salon Media Group CEO Richard Gingras is the division’s current head.