When #billionaires buy #newspapers…
Top #editor of The #WashingtonPost #opinion section, Adam O’Neal, resigned Friday, just over a year after #JeffBezos hired him to reorient the section toward a more #libertarian bent.
“While this was not an easy decision, I am leaving proud of how far the opinion section has come & optimistic that its best days lie ahead,” O’Neal wrote in a note to colleagues. He did not say in the note why he was leaving.
#journalism #FourthEstate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/business/media/washington-post-opinion-editor-resigns-after-1-year.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.mVrK.JwXC0anwDdfe&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Jeff D’Onofrio, publisher & chief executive of The #WashingtonPost, wrote in a separate note that O’Neal had made the call to step down. “I want to thank him for his leadership & hard work in reimagining the section,” wrote D’Onofrio.
O’Neal’s announcement delivered another shock to a #news organization that underwent drastic changes in the past few years.
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