Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure [View all]
Source: NYT
Will Lewis, the embattled chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday.
Mr. Lewis said in a statement that he had made the difficult decision “in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post.”
Mr. Lewis stepped down days after the company undertook a significant round of layoffs that cut 30 percent of the staff — more than 300 journalists — setting off widespread recrimination from current and former Post employees. Marty Baron, the celebrated former editor of The Post, called it one of the “darkest days in the history of one of the world’s greatest news organizations.”
Mr. Lewis will be succeeded by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer of The Post.
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Was there even a game plan here? Like, did he know he was on the chopping block or did he plan on "stepping aside"? Is there a scandal about to break? Does life have coherence and meaning or is this all just dystopian AI slop futurism?
— Ana Marie Cox (@anamariecox.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T23:01:12.598Z
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