Jeff Bezos Replaces WaPo Publisher With Politico Co-Founder

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, is met by Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., chairman of the Ronald Reagan President Foundation, as he arrives for a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan ... Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, is met by Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., chairman of the Ronald Reagan President Foundation, as he arrives for a Republican presidential debate at the Reagan Library Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, Pool) MORE LESS
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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has replaced publisher Katharine Weymouth with a co-founder of the newspaper’s competitor Politico, the company announced Tuesday.

Weymouth’s departure is the end of an era of Graham family involvement with the Post. Her great-grandfather bought the newspaper in the 1930s, and her uncle Donald Graham sold it to Bezos last August for $250 million.

She’ll be replaced by Frederick J. Ryan, the founding CEO of Politico and a former Reagan administration official.

Bezos declined to comment to the Post on the reasons behind the switch, but the Amazon founder had been looking to expand the Post’s editorial staff with a focus on its digital side.

Ryan told the Post in an interview that he planned to keep executive editor Marty Baron and editorial page editor Fred Hiatt on board.

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  1. Avatar for trajan trajan says:

    Great - DC continues to be wired for Republicans

  2. “currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.”

    WaPo goes Republican…

  3. Is Peggy Noonan going to get a new gig?

  4. FFS. Could he have found a worse hack?

  5. So, WAPO will move even more to the right. Way to innovate, Bezos.

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