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🤨William Lewis, a former Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal executive who spent more than a decade working for Rupert Murdoch-owned companies, is the new CEO and publisher of The Washington Post.

He begins the job Jan. 2.

Lewis, 54, served as CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of the Wall Street Journal from 2014 to 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/11/04/william-lewis-publisher-ceo-washington-post/
William Lewis named publisher and CEO of The Washington Post

William Lewis, previously publisher of the Wall Street Journal, was tapped by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos to replace Fred Ryan, who stepped down in August.

The Washington Post
Nov 5, 2023 at 12:42amWeb
Show threadLeisureguyNov 5, 2023

@GottaLaff

It will be interesting to see what happens to the WaPo Opinion section. I imagine Marc Thiessen is comfortable with this choicee.

Show threadLaffyNov 5, 2023
@Leisureguy I'm sick over it
Show threadDwight Williams (💉 x9)+😷🇨🇦Nov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff So...this hiring decision is sabotage of the Washington Post brand.
Show threadskryNov 5, 2023
@DEWLine @GottaLaff It’s decapitation of one of the more trustable news orgs just before an election.
Show threadLaffyNov 5, 2023
@skry 🎯 @DEWLine
Show threadGoNancyGoNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff 🤢
Show threadJBNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff just in time to poison Wapo coverage on Trump’s behalf.
JFC
Show threadGabriel NNov 5, 2023
“(…)the right leader at the right time."
—Jeff Bezos
@JBShakerman @GottaLaff
Show threadLaffyNov 5, 2023
@JBShakerman Yup
Show threadJBNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff Democracy dies in the Boardroom.
Show threadLaffyNov 5, 2023
@JBShakerman 🎯
Show threadElizabeth Loves DEINov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff, that does NOT bode well!
Show threadLaffyNov 5, 2023
@Dr_Elizabeth97 No kidding!
Show threadPlantingTrees😷🇨🇦🌻👠Nov 5, 2023

@GottaLaff

All in for the fa$ci$ts.

Show threadKevin RussellNov 5, 2023

@GottaLaff

Fox news takes over the Washington Post and the control of the media by the far right continues, grows.

Show threadSouprMattNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff In 2016, only 4% of voters in Washington, DC selected Trump. Does it seem like there is demand for a more conservative paper?
Show threadNicole ParsonsNov 5, 2023

@GottaLaff

The attacks on the free press and democracy continue...

Show threadLaffyNov 5, 2023
@Npars01 This is awful, and right before an election.
Show threadCJ Paloma's ...accountNov 5, 2023

@GottaLaff @Npars01

right?

As many democracy defenders keep pointing out: ultra wealthy owned media tries to spin reality in many ways.

One lie they've been fairly successful at is: there are good billionaires and bad billionaires.

This lie is pretty much indistinguishable from mob bosses telling the population that one cartel is "good" and another is "bad."

ALL media owned by the ultra wealthy -routinely- suppresses criticisms of cultural norms and policies shared by millions

Show threadMFTechNov 5, 2023

@GottaLaff

We’ll see if he’s smart enough to avoid the path CNN took…

Show threadVoronNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff umm yeah, so who says it’s not all a cozy little club of rich jerks that owns most everything these days
Show threadcaseyjonesedNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff yea a lefty radical. 😬
Show threadjohn lehetNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff I was set to auto-renew pretty soon. Cancelled. I’ll wait and see without the subscription instead of with it. Heartbreaking.
Show threadLaffyNov 5, 2023
@johnlehet Really upsetting
Show threadTrishFNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff the blight continues 😩
Show threadVirtue signal 💉💉💉🇺🇸 🇺🇦Nov 5, 2023

@GottaLaff

...and Bezos moves to Florida.

Show threadlupus_blackfurNov 5, 2023

@GottaLaff
@mastodonmigration

...furthering and hastening the decline of the Washington Post into the pit of MAGAt hell.

Show threadWord of Mouth Nov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff Damn. And I already dropped my NYT subscription over their Opinion Page. What are the remaining options for a national paper of record?
Show threadNatalia AntrobusNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff I guess I won't renew my subscription
Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanNov 5, 2023

@GottaLaff It's all about running interference for billionaires and cheer-leading the approach/arrival of actual fascism.

Anything you read in WP should be treated about as trustworthy as WSJ or NYT--that is, not very.

Show threadDeirdre Saoirse MoenNov 5, 2023
@GottaLaff Thanks for the heads up as my sub was due to renew later this month and I canceled it.
Show threadRaven OnthillNov 5, 2023
@deirdresm @GottaLaff I haven't had one or to the New York Times. I subscribe to the Guardian which isn't quite as awful. It's a shame because both the New York Times And The Washington Post fund some excellent reporting but their owners and their senior editorial staff stink.
Show threadLaffyNov 5, 2023
@deirdresm Yeah, this is BAD