Washington Post CEO resigns after mass layoffs

The Washington Post has announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and publisher, Will Lewis, has resigned.

This comes just a few days after Washington Post, owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, made drastic job cuts that angered readers.

The newspaper announced in a statement issued on Saturday said that Lewis, who is English, has been replaced by Jeff D’Onofrio, a former CEO of social media platform Tumblr who had joined the Post as chief financial officer in 2025.

Though newspapers across the United States 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.

In an email to staff shared on social media by one of the newspaper’s reporters, Lewis said it was “the right time for me to step aside.”

A statement from the Post said only that D’Onofrio was succeeding Lewis “effective immediately.”

Washington Post sacks workers, shuts sports desk

Hundreds of Post journalists – including most of its overseas, local, and sports staff – were let go in the sweeping cuts announced on Wednesday.

Washington Post did not disclose the number of jobs being eliminated, but The New York Times reported approximately 300 of its 800 journalists were laid off.

The paper’s entire Middle East roster was let go as was its Kyiv-based Ukraine correspondent as the war with Russia grinds on.

Sports, graphics, and local news departments were sharply scaled back and the paper’s daily podcast, Post Reports, was suspended, local media reported.

Hundreds turned out Thursday at a protest in front of the paper’s headquarters in downtown Washington.

The Star