Will Lewis
“The journalistic standards and ethics at The Post will not change,” Bezos wrote to newsroom leaders in a note backing the paper’s embattled new boss.
Lewis, the embattled CEO of the Washington Post, has long sought power and success. Now The Beast traces the many compromises he’s made in pursuit of his goal.
He appeared to be upset about an op-ed describing his mind as evidently “unwell.”
In private Q&A sessions this week, Lewis expressed regret for his public outbursts last week. But staffers say he provided few answers on his plans for the newspaper.
The embattled WaPo boss will host Q&As with staff this week, as turmoil continues to roil the storied newspaper. Here’s what those staffers need to grill him on.
“Time for some humility from me,” Lewis wrote to staffers in a memo obtained by The Daily Beast.
WaPo’s new boss has already done considerable damage to the storied newspaper, writes ex-Post reporter Paul Farhi for The Daily Beast.