Overview

• In a July memo, Will Lewis invited staffers who “do not feel aligned” with the paper’s direction to take enhanced buyouts under the voluntary separation program before its end-of-July deadline.
• The program offers between nine and 18 months of base pay plus a year’s retirement pay credit, with longer terms for more tenured employees.
• Lewis cast the buyouts as part of a broader reinvention to revamp the Opinion section, tackle subscription fatigue with new offerings and embed AI across workflows.
• Uptake has been weak despite richer terms, and resignations have continued, most recently columnist Joe Davidson, under the paper’s tightened editorial guidelines.
• The Post reported a $77 million loss in 2024, lost roughly 250,000 subscribers after skipping a presidential endorsement and faced boycotts over its opinion overhaul.