readership

WaPo CEO blames staff for readership decline; paper lost $77 million last year.

Will Lewis, the Washington Post’s publisher and CEO, told whiplashed staff on Monday the paper needs to do something radical to make the company profitable because readership has drastically declined. The meeting was held after executive editor Sally Buzbee abruptly left the Washington Post after coming from the Associated Press in 2021. “We need world-class …

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Washington Post publisher admits it lost $77 million last year and has lost 50% of its readership since 2020

On Wednesday, Will Lewis, the newly minted publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post, strode on stage before gathered staffers at the company’s D.C. headquarters to outline his vision for shepherding the iconic newspaper into a financially prosperous future. Dressed in a navy blue blazer and button down shirt, along with his trademark sneakers (the Brit …

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