The publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, Will Lewishas announced that he will be leaving the company. His resignation just arrived three days after the Post fired nearly a third of its whole personal, motivating the need to cut costs and reposition the loss-making newspaper.
“After two years of transformation at Washington Postnow is the right time for me to step aside,” Lewis wrote in an untitled email to Post staff, published by the Guardian. “I want to thank Jeff Bezos for your support and leadership during my tenure as CEO and publisher. The Post couldn’t have a better owner.”
Lewis he then addressed the criticisms that have been leveled at him in recent days. At least 300 journalists were fired from the editorial team of the Post in one of the largest staff cuts in American media history.
“During my tenure, difficult decisions were made to ensure a sustainable future for the Post, so that may publish high-quality, impartial news for many years to millions of readers every day,” Lewis wrote, concluding: “With gratitude, Will.”
Jeff D’Onofriowho only joined the Post in June as chief financial officer, will serve as publisher and interim CEO.
The layoffs will lead to cuts in the sports section and to a significant reduction in division international news, eliminating correspondents and special correspondents around the world after years of decline in subscribers and revenues.
According to the New York Times, the company will lay off approximately the 30% of its employees and the cuts will affect the commercial division and beyond 300 of the approximately 800 journalists in the editorial office. The cuts at the newspaper had been expected for weeks, after rumors of dismantling the sports section intensified following reports that the Post had informed reporters that should have followed the Winter Olympics in Italy which would not have done so.
date:2026-02-08 00:25:00
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