Buzbee’s departure comes after writer informed workers the paper misplaced $77m final 12 months.
The highest editor at The Washington Publish, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after three years on the helm of one of the vital storied publications in the US.
Buzbee shall be changed by Matt Murray, a former editor-in-chief of the Wall Road Journal, till the conclusion of the 2024 US presidential election in November, the newspaper mentioned in a press release on its web site on Sunday.
Robert Winnett, deputy editor of the United Kingdom-based Telegraph Media Group, will take over as govt editor after the election, the newspaper mentioned.
The Publish additionally introduced that it could launch “a brand new division of the newsroom” targeted on service and social media journalism that may cater to audiences who wish to eat and pay for information otherwise than the standard mannequin.
No cause was given for Buzbee’s departure and the Publish’s announcement didn’t embrace any assertion from her.
CEO and Writer William Lewis, who joined the Publish in January, described Buzbee as an “unimaginable chief and a supremely proficient media govt who shall be sorely missed”.
“I want her all the very best going ahead,” Lewis mentioned.
Murray mentioned he was “deeply honored” to tackle the position and thanked Buzbee for her management.
“I’m excited by Will and Jeff’s imaginative and prescient for The Publish’s subsequent period of progress and reinvention and might’t wait to get began,” he mentioned, referring to the Publish’s proprietor, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The shake-up comes because the Publish, like different media firms, has been battling declining revenues.
Final month, Lewis informed an organization city corridor assembly that the newspaper was bleeding subscribers and had misplaced $77m final 12 months.
“To talk candidly, we’re in a gap, and have been for a while,” Lewis informed workers, in response to the Publish.
As a part of efforts to show across the newspaper’s funds, Lewis has proposed the creation of a membership program and subscription tiers referred to as Publish Professional and Publish Plus.
Buzbee, the primary feminine govt editor within the Publish’s 144-year historical past, took over from Marty Baron in 2021 after greater than three a long time at The Related Press.
Beneath Buzbee’s management, the Publish gained six Pulitzer Prizes, together with three final month.
