Washington Post newsroom reels from its editor’s sudden exit
(NYT) — On Sunday, minutes after Will Lewis, CEO of The Washington Post, informed employees that the newspaper’s executive editor, Sally Buzbee, was being replaced, managers gathered on a conference call to hear from her one last time.
Buzbee told them that a new organizational structure created by Lewis — effectively splitting the Post newsroom and opinion section into three smaller divisions — didn’t work for her. She added that Lewis was pushing for aggressive moves to turn around the Post, and asked editors to reserve judgment for now.
On Sunday, Lewis told Buzbee that he was appointing another person to her job, according to a person with knowledge of the talks.
Lewis is temporarily replacing Buzbee with Matt Murray, former editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal. Murray will run the Post’s newsroom as executive editor through the election.
A new editor, Robert Winnett, will take over the company’s core coverage areas after the election. For the past decade, Winnett has run news operations at The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.
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