Buzbee’s departure comes after writer informed workers the paper misplaced $77m final yr.
The highest editor at The Washington Submit, Sally Buzbee, has stepped down after three years on the helm of one of the vital storied publications in america.
Buzbee might be changed by Matt Murray, a former editor-in-chief of the Wall Avenue Journal, till the conclusion of the 2024 US presidential election in November, the newspaper stated in an announcement on its web site on Sunday.
Robert Winnett, deputy editor of the United Kingdom-based Telegraph Media Group, will take over as government editor after the election, the newspaper stated.
The Submit 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 need to devour and pay for information otherwise than the normal mannequin.
No motive was given for Buzbee’s departure and the Submit’s announcement didn’t embody any assertion from her.
CEO and Writer William Lewis, who joined the Submit in January, described Buzbee as an “unbelievable chief and a supremely gifted media government who might be sorely missed”.
“I want her all one of the best going ahead,” Lewis stated.
Murray stated 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 Submit’s subsequent period of progress and reinvention and may’t wait to get began,” he stated, referring to the Submit’s proprietor, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The shake-up comes because the Submit, 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 yr.
“To talk candidly, we’re in a gap, and have been for a while,” Lewis informed workers, in keeping with the Submit.
As a part of efforts to show across the newspaper’s funds, Lewis has proposed the creation of a membership program and subscription tiers known as Submit Professional and Submit Plus.
Buzbee, the primary feminine government editor within the Submit’s 144-year historical past, took over from Marty Baron in 2021 after greater than three many years at The Related Press.
Beneath Buzbee’s management, the Submit received six Pulitzer Prizes, together with three final month.
