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Washington. ‘The Washington Post’, one of the most prestigious newspapers in the world, is currently going through its worst phase. There was a stir in the media world when the publisher and CEO of the newspaper Will Lewis Suddenly resigned from his post. Lewis’s resignation comes just three days after one-third of the institute’s employees were fired.
Billionaire newspaper owner and Amazon founder jeff bezos But there are allegations of sacrificing the newsroom for profit, after which the employees and journalists have opened a front against him.
CEO Will Lewis’s farewell email amid ‘difficult decisions’
On Saturday (February 7), Will Lewis sent an email to staff announcing his resignation. He wrote that some ‘difficult decisions’ had to be taken to ensure the sustainable future of the institute. He thanked Jeff Bezos for his leadership, saying, “After two years of transformation at The Washington Post, now is the right time for me to step down.” However, the special thing was that during such a huge layoff, both Bezos and Lewis remained absent from the staff meeting, due to which there is huge anger among the employees.
Many veteran journalists including Ishan Tharoor are out, crisis over international coverage
The biggest victim of this layoff has been the international department of the newspaper. famous leaders in india Ishaan Tharoor, son of Shashi Tharoorwho was a senior foreign affairs columnist, has also been removed from the post. Ishan vented his anger on social media and said that his 5 lakh loyal subscribers reading his ‘Worldview’ column will now be deprived of world news.
The institute has shown the way out to its entire reporting team from China, Iran and Turkey, including its New Delhi Bureau Chief, Asia Editor, Sydney and Cairo Bureau Chiefs.
Sports and books section closed, huge cut in metro desk also
According to an internal memo from executive editor Matt Murray, the layoffs will affect nearly all departments.
Sports and Books: The famous sports section of the newspaper has been almost completely closed. Also, the Books section and ‘Post Reports’ podcast have also been cancelled.
Metro Desk: There have also been massive cuts to the Metro desk covering local news.
Experts say reducing international coverage by a prestigious institution at a time when the world is grappling with global crises is a ‘black day’ for journalism.
Jeff Bezos’s silence and the beginning of ‘dark days’
Newspaper owner Jeff Bezos has maintained silence on this entire matter. Former executive editor Marty Baron called it “one of the darkest days” for one of the world’s largest news organizations. Employees have been instructed to stay at home for the time being. The management says that these steps have been taken to recover the newspaper from losses and make it profitable, but journalists believe that this will have a serious impact on the quality and impartiality of the news.
