The Washington Post has written twice this spring about allegations that have cropped up in British court proceedings involving its new publisher and CEO, Will Lewis. According to several people at the newspaper, then-Executive Editor Sally Buzbee emerged rattled from both discussions in March and in May. On Thursday, a spokesperson for Lewis denied the publisher had pressured his editor, saying, "That is not true. At that time, Lewis had just been named publisher and CEO by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, but had not yet started. Allegations of cleaning up a hacking scandalLewis was initially recruited away from the Telegraph to join Murdoch’s British newspaper wing, now called News UK.

Source: Washington Post June 07, 2024 03:00 UTC