Washington Post CEO steps down after sweeping job cuts

2026-02-08 - 00:56

A local Washington Post reader joined guild members in a protest outside the newspaper’s office building. (AFP pic) WASHINGTON: The Washington Post said today its CEO and publisher Will Lewis was leaving effective immediately, just days after the storied newspaper owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made drastic job cuts that angered readers. Though newspapers across the US have been facing brutal industry headwinds, Lewis’s management of the outlet was sharply criticised by subscribers and employees alike during his two-year tenure as he tried to reverse financial losses at the daily. Lewis, who is English, has been replaced by Jeff D’Onofrio, a former CEO of social media platform Tumblr who had joined