Overview
- Finance chief Jeff D'Onofrio was named interim publisher and CEO with immediate effect after Lewis’s departure.
- The Post has eliminated roughly one third of its newsroom—about 300 journalists—with plans to largely dissolve the sports desk, close the books section, and significantly scale back foreign reporting.
- Reporting positions covering the Middle East were cut and Ukraine correspondent Lizzie Johnson said she lost her post, with local coverage and photojournalism also reduced.
- Hundreds demonstrated outside the Post’s headquarters as the staff union condemned leadership and urged Jeff Bezos to reverse the layoffs or consider selling the paper.
- Management cites years of financial losses and steep subscriber cancellations after a 2024 endorsement was withdrawn, while critics argue Bezos could absorb the shortfalls and warn about threats to editorial independence.