# William Lewis named Publisher & CEO of The Washington Post **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** magazines-newspapers\ **Created:** [November 6, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660 "2023-11-06T00:56:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660/21 "2024-06-05T04:03:42Z")
Friends who subscribe to the NYT usually tell me they get it for the puzzles or for wire cutter. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660/22 "2024-06-08T05:16:53Z")
> **['Washington Post' CEO tried to kill a story about himself. It wasn’t the...](https://www.npr.org/2024/06/07/nx-s1-4995105/washington-post-will-lewis-tries-to-kill-story-buzbee)** > > The Post's new CEO Will Lewis tried to stop the paper from publishing a story about allegations he faces in Britain. It wasn't the first time he's attempted to head off unwanted coverage. I know, because he tried to do that to me in December. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660/23 "2024-06-11T20:44:54Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The dirty little secret of American journalism is that the Times was doing as badly on the internet as every other paper [until they went all in on Wordle](https://wordsrated.com/impact-of-wordle-on-nyt/). > > Today they are a game publisher with an appendage that the Sulzberger family runs as their sole claim to the power elite. Their internet growth comes entirely from the sports coverage of The Athletic and recipes. [Here is a gift link](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/technology/news-tech-sites-games.html?unlocked_article_code=1.y00.YQ-j.TmGjbDaGjNqH&smid=url-share) to a new article from the New York Times making much the same argument, that games and puzzles are a big way for media companies to attract and retain subscribers. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660/24 "2024-06-21T13:44:50Z")
> **[Newly named Washington Post editor decides not to take job after backlash](https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-editor-england-telegraph-quits-e650409305a2f1011926306791bc97b1)** > > The Washington Post said Winnett, who had been named to take over the organization's core newsroom functions, will not take the job after all. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660/25 "2024-06-24T00:37:33Z")
Here’s a 14-day gift link (expiring 7/7) to an Atlantic article about the situation. > **[Readers Don’t Trust Dirty Tricks](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/washington-post-will-lewis-publisher/678755/?gift=hzomlMR2dBLPzkPdeme4aJxS5_Kaf6oEAT4Fo1lIhh0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)** > > What worked for British tabloids won’t work for The Washington Post. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660/26 "2024-06-28T02:06:07Z")
Excellent piece. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660.md?page=1)