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# William Lewis, publisher of The Washington Post, introduces the paper’s new top editor to a “deeply skeptical staff,” reports NPR
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/william-lewis-publisher-of-the-washington-post-introduces-the-papers-new-top-editor-to-a-deeply-skeptical-staff-reports-npr/
- Published: 2024-06-04T15:40:38.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-04T15:40:38.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Media, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:54

**The publisher of *The Washington Post* introduced the paper’s new top editor** to “a deeply skeptical staff that peppered him with questions about strategy, timing, and cronyism,” reports NPR.

According to the NPR post, **William Lewis**, above, who became the *Post*’s publisher and chief executive in January, “forced out Executive Editor Sally Buzbee.”

In internal memos and press releases, continued NPR, “Lewis unveiled a new, bifurcated structure for the newsroom to be led by former colleagues from the *Telegraph* in the U.K. and *The Wall Street Journal*.

“At a turbulent staff meeting Monday, Lewis said it would be “nuts” to continue doing business as it has been done. He pointed to the losses the paper has endured of late — $77 million last year, by his account, leading to layoffs of nearly 13% of staff during 2023.”

“We are going to turn this thing around, but let’s not sugarcoat it: it needs turning around,” Lewis said. “We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience is halved. People are not reading your stuff. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.”

**Matt Murray** will lead *The Washington Post* newsroom through the general election in November, and then shift to run new editorial ventures at the paper. Murray worked for 29 years at *The Wall Street Journal*, the last five as Editor in Chief, where he led a 1,300-person newsroom.

More [here](https://www.npr.org/2024/06/03/nx-s1-4990800/washington-post-will-lewis-sally-buzbee-matt-murray?ref=capitolcommunicator.com).