And Then There Was Matt…
Next year, presumably on the earlier side of the first quarter, Washington Post publisher and C.E.O. Will Lewis intends to announce that he has appointed acting executive editor Matt Murray as the newsroom’s permanent chief, according to sources familiar with his plans. The news, which Will has been delaying for unspecified reasons, will bring an anticlimactic end to a long and tortured recruitment effort at a storied paper that—as you know, dear reader—has endured a rather miserable and ignominious few years of financial irresponsibility, soul-searching, and chaos.
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