Magne Lerø (born 7 April 1954) is a Norwegian publisher and magazine editor.
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.
[1] 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.
[3] In 2014 Lerø bought the magazine Plot which was brought under the Medier og Ledelse umbrella, and became its chief editor.