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Washington Post Appoints William Lewis As CEO; To Reduce Headcount By 10pc

William Lewis, the former Dow Jones chief executive and publisher of The Wall Street Journal has been named chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, the Post said yesterday.

The Washington Post said that it is projected to end the year taking a US$100 million (RM473 million) loss. The publisher added that executives are offering buyouts across the company in an effort to reduce its head count by about 10 per cent, the newsroom is expected to shrink to about 940 journalists.

Lewis is set to take on his duties from January 2, 2024, replacing Patty Stonesifer, who became interim chief executive in June. The Post is owned by billionaire Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos.

According to an October 10 email sent by Stonesifer to staff and seen by Reuters, after conducting a review Stonesifer and senior leadership determined that the Post’s prior projections for website traffic, subscriptions and advertising growth for the past two years and into 2024 were “overly optimistic”. It’s unclear why those projections were off.

During Ryan’s tenure, the Post boosted its digital subscriptions, won 13 Pulitzer Prizes and launched the Arc XP cloud-based digital platform that serves more than 1,900 sites in 28 countries, according to the company in June.

In an article covering Ryan’s departure, the Post reported that the majority of its revenue now comes from its digital business, and it has about 2.5 million digital subscribers, a shift from when Ryan was hired in September 2014 and the majority of revenue came from its print business. — REUTERS

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