ADUnder Bezos’ ownership and Baron’s editorial direction, The Post began a sustained revival, both financially and in its news coverage. “Under Marty’s eight years of newsroom leadership, The Washington Post has experienced a dramatic resurgence and has soared to new journalistic heights,” Post publisher Fred Ryan wrote in a memo Tuesday. Not just your intellect but also — and most hard to replace — your heart.”New York Times editor Dean Baquet, who worked with Baron when Baron was a Times editor, said Tuesday, “He made three newspapers [The Post, Globe and Miami Herald] better. The Los Angeles Times’ top editor, Norman Pearlstine, recently announced his retirement, as has Stephen Adler, the editor of the Reuters news service. In his note to staff, Baron said he had told department heads two years ago that he was committed to staying as editor until after the 2020 election.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2021 16:25 UTC