DAILYCALLER (Anthony Iafrate) - ‘Difficult Decisions Have Been Taken’: Washington Post’s CEO And Publisher Resigns After Wide-Ranging Staff Reduction
'We are ending a hard week of change with more change'
'We are ending a hard week of change with more change'
Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.
Mr. Lewis will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer, the company said.
'Wanted for Destroying The Washington Post'
Dramatic cuts to the Washington Post are being met with outrage as employees and the broader journalism community try to understand how such a storied institution could unravel so quickly. Why it matters: Continued success at rival papers, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, suggests the Post's challenges are self-inflicted. State of play: The perceived lack of empathy from top management and the company's billionaire owner Jeff Bezos is compounding the fury. - As of Wednesday night, neither CEO Will Lewis nor Bezos had made any public statements about the cuts, which will impact roughly 30% of the Post's staff. "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations," the…