The Washington Post is in trouble.
This third newsroom will be comprised of service and social media journalism and run separately from the core news operation.
AdvertisementStill, it's quite clear that Lewis, installed by Bezos last fall, has surveyed the existing Washington Post business strategy — run a newspaper with national ambitions and a subscription-based revenue model — and concluded that it didn't work.
The more concerning part of Lewis' plan is that he now has two plans: There's The Washington Post, which will presumably continue to act like the old Washington Post.
And there's the new, unnamed version of The Washington Post, which will operate very differently.
Persons:
— Jeff Bezos, —, Will Lewis, That's, Lewis, It's, he's
Organizations:
Service, Washington Post, Business, Bezos, Facebook, Daily, Washington, The Washington Post
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