Inside the culture clash upending the Washington Post
In late April, Will Lewis arrived at the former Georgetown home of Katharine Graham.
Graham was the most revered publisher in the Washington Post’s history, who steered the newspaper through Watergate and the Pentagon Papers.
Lewis is the Post’s recently installed CEO and publisher, and a bit of a fish out of water — a British former Rupert Murdoch man running a newspaper built around values at odds with Fleet Street.
Democracy dies in bias: Blame The Washington Post’s woes on its blatant political slant
“We are losing large amounts of money. People are not reading your stuff. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.”
So said Will Lewis, the publisher of The Washington Post, in a widely reported exchange with angry staffers upset about major restructuring at the 147-year-old publication.
He’s 100% accurate. The Post is losing large amounts of money — to the tune of $77 million in 2023 alone.
And, yes, people are largely not reading its stuff anymore.
Brittney Griner reflects on life in Russian prison in her new memoir
Brittney Griner is preparing for the WNBA season with the Phoenix Mercury. Photo: Lance King/Getty Images WNBA star Brittney Griner recounts the harrowing details of her time in a Russian prison in her new memoir "Coming Home," released yesterday. What she's saying: "I did not feel like a human at that point, and just everything was setting in on the unknown," she told NPR. "I just sat there and thought about ending it — just came up with a plan on how I could do it." Catch up quick: Griner,...
European court upholds Italy's right to seize Greek statue from U.S. museum
European court upholds Italy's right to seize Greek statue from U.S. museum
European court upholds Italy's right to seize Greek statue from U.S. museum Audio will be available later today.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to South Texas College of Law-Houston professor Derek Fincham about an ancient Greek bronze statue the J. Paul Getty Museum in California has been ordered to return to Italy.
The secretive practice of 'catch-and-kill' tabloid journalism
The New York criminal trial of former President Donald Trump is well underway, and recent testimony has shined a spotlight on an often-maligned practice of journalism: "catch-and-kill." The practice, while having been used for years, has seen a resurgence in the headlines after testimony in the Trump trial by David Pecker, the former publisher of the tabloid magazine the National Enquirer. While generally looked down upon by reporters at major news organizations, catch-and-kill journalism — and the overall practice of paying sources for stories — remains commonplace in the tabloid...
NPR did an eight-part series on Athens music. Here's who's in it and when it's coming out.
The music scene in Athens has been the subject of countless books, documentaries and podcasts over the decades, but a new radio program aims to spotlight a few of the people and places that are keeping that rich legacy alive and thriving. "Sense of Place," a NPR show that travels throughout the world exploring hotbeds of musical creativity, will on Wednesday begin airing an eight-part interview series about Athens. Back in March, NPR host Raina Douris, "World Café" senior producer Kimberly Junod and producer Miguel Perez traveled to Athens from...
NPR Chief Defends Coverage, Accuses Critics of ‘Bad Faith Distortion’ of Her Views
When Katherine Maher joined National Public Radio as its new CEO in March, she came ready to field internal scrutiny and concerns about coverage.
What she hadn’t bargained for, two weeks into the job, was public criticism of NPR from a longtime editor. The controversy has triggered tumult inside NPR’s newsroom and thrust Maher into the spotlight.