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Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis has announced his resignation. He announced this on Saturday (7 February). His resignation came after the newspaper had laid off about one-third of its employees three years earlier.
Lewis informed about his resignation through an email sent to the employees, saying, ‘After two years of change, now is the right time for me to step down. Tough decisions have been taken regarding the future of The Post. However, in his message he praised Jeff Bezos and wrote, “The organization could not have got a better owner than this.” After his resignation, Washington Post Chief Financial Officer Jeff D’Onofrio has been appointed temporary publisher.
300 journalists were laid off from the newspaper
This major change in leadership happened when major and controversial cost-cutting was announced this week, in which about 300 journalists were laid off. Senior columnist Tarun Tharoor, son of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was also included in this. He had given this information by posting on social media platform X. Apart from this, the sports and books sections were closed, and many offices of the newspaper in Asia and the Middle East were also closed. This happened when a large number of talented people left the institute in the last few years and there was a decline in the number of subscribers.
Who is Will Lewis? Who resigned from Washington Post
British-born Will Lewis took over as publisher of The Washington Post in January 2024, having worked as a top executive at The Wall Street Journal. His tenure was tumultuous, including newsroom layoffs and a failed restructuring plan that led to the resignation of former executive editor Sally Buzbee.