WaPo Publisher And CEO Stepping Down
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A big change is coming to the Washington Post.
Washington Post publisher and CEO Fred Ryan announced he is stepping down after 9 years.
He will now be leading the newly created nonpartisan Center on Public Civility.
Fred Ryan, publisher and CEO of the Washington Post, announced that he is stepping down after nine years at Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper. Ryan cited “the decline in civility” in political discourse — and “more broadly across our society” — for his decision to leave the Post to lead the newly created nonpartisan Center on Public Civility, launched by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.
In an earlier era, “Political leaders on opposite sides of the aisle could find common ground for the good of the country,” Ryan wrote in a memo to Washington Post staff announcing his departure. “Today, the decline in civility has become a toxic and corrosive force that threatens our social interactions and weakens the underpinnings of our democracy. I feel a strong sense of urgency about this issue.” (Read his memo below.)
Ryan said he will remain publisher of the Washington Post until Aug. 1. Amazon founder Bezos bought the newspaper in 2013 for $250 million.
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The Washington Post said Patty Stonesifer has been appointed interim CEO, effective immediately, overseeing the leadership team and steering the organization “through a period of transition.” Stonesifer will lead the search for a new publisher and CEO of the Post.
The Washington Post laid off 20 newsroom employees in January.
Ryan leaves The Washington Post at a time when the industry has been hit with a series of layoffs and the shuttering of news outlets, such as BuzzFeed News. Ryan told The Post in an interview that his departure “has nothing to do with that.”
The Washington Post laid off 20 newsroom employees in January.
