Leonard Downie Jr. to Retire as Washington Post Top Editor
Leonard Downie Jr., editor of The Washington Post since 1991, announced today he is retiring as executive editor, “ending a 17-year tenure in which the paper became a major online force and won a slew of prizes for high-profile investigations, including one that Downie published over President Bush’s objections.,” the Post reported this afternoon.
Downie, 66, said his last day will be Sept. 8. The paper’s publisher, Katharine Weymouth, said she plans to announce a successor soon, but gave no date.
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