Washington Post publisher Will Lewis abruptly steps down, days after massive layoffs gut the newspaper

By Andrew Kirell, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The Washington Post’s publisher and CEO Will Lewis has abruptly stepped down, just days after the newspaper laid off one-third of its staff, including at least 300 journalists in the newsroom. Post journalists, who believed Lewis had failed to turn around the publication’s fortunes, openly celebrated the