Lewis on Sunday unveiled further plans to save The Post, including a new division of the newsroom focused on services targeting non-traditional news consumers. The core news division will soon include a premium subscription product similar to Politico Pro.
Murray, 58, led the Journal for four years after being appointed by Lewis, who was then chief executive of Dow Jones and publisher of the Journal. He will be succeeded by British editor Emma Tucker in 2023. Murray has since worked as a consultant to News Corp, which owns the Journal, and as a contributing editor to its email newsletter News Items.
When he takes over the core newsroom after the election, Winnett will oversee the politics, investigative and business news areas. For the past decade, Winnett has headed the news departments at The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.
A Fleet Street fixture, Mr Winnett is a relative unknown in the top echelons of the US news industry. He was one of Mr Lewis’ most high-profile hires at the Daily Telegraph and was repeatedly nominated for scoop of the year.
Buzbee joined The Washington Post in June 2021 after spending his entire career as editor in chief of The Associated Press. He took over at the paper from legendary newspaper editor Marty Baron, who ran the paper for eight years and oversaw an ownership transition with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who bought the paper in 2013 for $250 million.
Former Amazon CEO Fred Ryan stepped down last June and was replaced by Amazon board member Patty Stonesifer. Ms. Stonesifer, a close ally of Mr. Bezos, assessed the company and quickly determined it needed to cut about 240 jobs to become financially sustainable. She led the search for a replacement and poached Mr. Lewis to join The Washington Post last year.
