Overview

• Glenn Kessler revealed that publisher Will Lewis repeatedly asked how the Post could appeal to Fox News viewers during an April 2024 meeting.
• Kessler left the paper on July 31 under a voluntary buyout after nearly 30 years as its fact-checker.
• The Post has offered multiple buyout rounds to senior staffers in a reinvention journey that has emptied key editorial posts.
• Jeff Bezos’s 2024 no-endorsement policy and the February directive to shift opinion pages toward personal liberties and free markets have driven roughly 375,000 subscription cancellations.
• Staff "cake" parties have become routine as departing employees are celebrated, underscoring the depth of the newsroom exodus.