WaPo rolls out new tagline "Hello Darkness, My Old Friend …" https://t.co/4jD4u3EGSt
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 17, 2024
Did anybody bother to vet the new publisher and soon-to-be editor of @washingtonpost or were their British accents enough?
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) June 17, 2024
And here’s the deep dive from four @washingtonpost reporters https://t.co/gOw4lNAstq
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) June 17, 2024
I guess all this sleaze was no big deal in the ‘faster-paced’ UK press — except, oh yeah, Murdoch had to cough up more than a billion dollars and close down a newspaper!
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) June 17, 2024
Can Will Lewis Survive at the Washington Post? A guide to the unfolding drama.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/can-will-lewis-survive-the-big-mess-at-the-washington-post.html
The assertion by Will Lewis (CEO of WaPo) and Rob Winnett (Lewis's Fleet Street pal and choice as top editor) that they will not answer questions FROM THE POST'S OWN REPORTERS is simply not tenable.
Or as Lewis himself might put it, " 'not tenable' means it can't go on." https://t.co/aoBATESHQU
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) June 17, 2024
When Will Lewis and Rob Winnett declined to answer Post reporters' questions they set a low standard for what the Post requires of itself. Not what you want in your top people. This move addresses that, which is not to say it "solves" anything. https://t.co/dwLSQT6BZT
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) June 17, 2024
Cameron Barr, who stepped down as Washington Post managing editor last year, is now overseeing the paper's coverage of controversies surrounding the paper's publisher Will Lewis and incoming editor Rob Winnett.
"We cover The Washington Post independently, rigorously and fairly,"…
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) June 17, 2024
tidbit: The Washington Post has canceled a splashy dinner it was planning to host at La Colombe d'Or. Lots of talk about this on the Croisette — this was supposed to be Will Lewis’ reintroduction to the ad community as CEO of The Post
— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) June 17, 2024
Update: Former WashPost Senior Managing Editor Cameron Barr is now overseeing the paper's coverage of the controversies besetting publisher Will Lewis and his pick as its next editor, Rob Winnett.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 17, 2024
Wash Post releases new statement further detailing oversight of coverage of the scandals surrounding publisher Will Lewis and his choice for editor, Rob Winnett, who is to take over in November pic.twitter.com/dYCePk7ToE
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) June 17, 2024