Downie: Gone?!?
Harry “Politicians Ain’t Nuttin But A G Thang” Jaffe reports that “The Washington Post newsroom is buzzing with rumors that executive editor Leonard Downie will take the buyout being offered to Post staffers.”
Although Jaffe concedes that there are “many reasons to discount the rumors,” he also notes that Downie’s “tenure has been dogged by declining circulation, falling revenues, and a series of buyouts that have drained the newsroom of talent and experience.”
As for a successor, managing editor Phil Bennett doesn’t seem like a natural pick (“he has gone out of his way to choose a pliant lieutenant in Philip Bennett.
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