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London Calling? Will Lewis, the former/fired CEO/Publisher of the Washington Post Company speaks to the staff/does not listen to his staff and employees at the headquarters in Washington, DC n 2023.
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In tonight’s edition, the latest from The Washington Post newsroom that is still reeling from a bloody and brutal round of layoffs.
Plus, we have saucy scooplets on a potential Democratic presidential candidate who has just sold a book to Simon & Schuster as well as two others high-profile politicians who are shopping books ahead of the 2028 race.
Also, we go inside the walls of The Gray Lady to get the latest on the media labor battle of the year. The Times Guild and management met for the fourth time Wednesday but as you’ll read below, the “ticking time bomb” offer is likely to explode with just 10 days left on the clock.
Finally it’s Thursday, which means Journo Jobs is back. Tonight we have gigs at The Wall Street Journal, CNN Wirecutter, The New York Times, and more.
Mentioned tonight: Jonathan Karp, Gavin Newsom, Josh Shapiro, Cory Booker, Raphael Warnock, Kamala Harris, Chris Murphy, Michael Lynton, Will Lewis, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Emma Tucker, Katie Drummond, David Pecker, Lionel Barber, Aidan McLaughlin, Julia Black, Stephanie Keith, Karl Stefanovic, Danika Mason, and more.
Going Postal
(Exclusive.) On Thursday at noon Washington Post staffers gathered for what was billed as a “special brown bag” lunch with psychologist Gretchen Schmelzer, co-founder of the Center for Trauma and Leadership.
“Gretchen will share lessons drawn from their experiences and other organizations and people she’s worked with in the wake of trauma and sources of strength we can turn to while navigating through it,” reads the email inviting staff to the event which was obtained by Breaker.
Not invited to lunch in the Bradlee conference room were the 300 journalists laid off earlier this month as well as the paper’s now former publisher, Sir Will Lewis who also was sent packing just days after.
In a shock to many at WaPo, Breaker has learned that the morning after the bloody Wednesday massacre in the Post newsroom on February 7th, Lewis hopped on a plane to San Francisco from D.C. to attend the Super Bowl.
But tellingly while Lewis …
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