Overview
- Lewis stepped down effective immediately just days after a sweeping restructuring that cut roughly one‑third of staff.
- Jeff D’Onofrio, who joined as chief financial officer in 2025 and previously led Tumblr, takes over on an interim basis.
- The overhaul eliminated the standalone sports desk, sharply reduced international bureaus, closed books coverage, cut staff photographers, and suspended the Post Reports podcast.
- The Washington Post Guild condemned the layoffs and said Lewis’s exit was long overdue, as protesters rallied outside the D.C. headquarters.
- Executives cited steep financial losses and subscriber declines — including reports of about 250,000 cancellations after the paper dropped a 2024 endorsement — to justify a narrower, data‑guided editorial focus.