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New Washington Post CEO Accused of Censorship, “Rupert Murdoch-ization” of WaPo

HeadlineJun 06, 2024

In media news, The New York Times has revealed the new chief executive of The Washington Post, Will Lewis, clashed with the paper’s executive editor, Sally Buzbee, last month over her decision to publish an article about his connection to a major phone-hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World newspaper in Britain. Buzbee resigned from the paper on Sunday, weeks after the clash. The Times reports other factors in her resignation included a plan by Lewis to reorganize the newsroom and essentially demote her. Politico has described Lewis’s new plan for the paper as the “Rupert Murdoch-ization of the Washington Post.”

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