Jay Rosen

Email would be great, thanks.

Yes. I would think so.

We haven't heard anything about that.

Hi, Rodney. I heard about that, but need to study it more.

Any other account of it in English? I don't subscribe to that one.

'Washington Post' CEO departs after going AWOL during massive job cuts Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has departed just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.

Yesterday the Washington Post rid itself of Publisher and Chief Executive Will Lewis. If you're interested in those events and their tumultuous background, I would recommend this detailed account from NPR's @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

No paywall. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...

I really don't know. Nobody knows. When you subtract 300 from 800 you have a different company.

Whew, this new ending to the updated story

Why didh't he start the killing right away? There was a stretch during Trump's first presidency where the Post almost out-performed the Times. All part of the plan?

FT also suggested that he was forced out

Thanks, Greg. Lots of people have had that idea.

I will start thinking about that when it happens.

Kara Swisher at www.threads.com says Will Lewis was fired.

Below that is his letter to the Post staff.

My own view is that it has to be both. Rich understanding of the users and what they expect, and great journalism that informs people of what they didn't know.

Semafor: "Washington Post CEO resigns, leaving no clear strategy."

www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

I've seen all kinds of edits after publishing.

Not uncommon.

That is sad.

Many observers asked that at the time.

I think it's fair to say that he was hired to be some kind of "tough guy," who didn't care about being disliked, and who would bring the newsroom the bitter news. “People aren't reading your stuff,” he told them. You're failing Digital 101.

Thank you, but experience has taught me to wait when I don't know what happened.

What sort of slant did you mean?

Thanks, Don.

Don't know yet.

Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

Will Lewis, CEO of the Washington Post, resigns. [gift link]

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

Maybe. There's a lot moving against it — especially the war of attention — but we have to keep trying, at the local, state, national and international levels.

Ah, I understand now. In that sense, the public, moving from inchoate to realized, is enlarging our democracy, even as the institutions of democracy are weakened under attack.

Not sure I understand that one.

"The audience of one" thesis can explain a lot.

Yes, "multiple meanings hidden within a single word."

Most of the time (but not always) if we insist on one meaning for two terms we're gettng dumber. Expect means predict, and predict also means predict.

It we do that we trample on.... "I expect you to clean your room!" As a writer I don't want to do that. 😎

Yes, several people told me about this happening. 😎