Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis said on Saturday that he was stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off a third of its staff.
Lewis sent an email to staff at The Washington Post’s staff saying that “difficult decisions have been taken in order to ensure the sustainable future of The Post”.
Lewis and the newspaper’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos did not take part in a meeting with staff announcing the lay-offs this week.
The paper’s chief…
