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A Time to Will

Having survived a multifront newsroom fracas, Will Lewis endured another couple of love taps this week about his ongoing credibility challenges—one from Folkenflik, another from the Times. Now he faces an even thornier question: With the worst presumably behind him, how will he lead The Washington Post into the future?

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While it remains possible that a criminal investigation could one day occur, the whole affair suggested that Lewis remains a man-of-interest in his profession. Photo: Carlotta Cardana/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
August 2, 2024

On Wednesday, in the span of an hour, several Washington Post reporters sent me a link to an eye-catching report from NPR: “U.K. police open criminal investigation into Washington Post publisher.” The report had instantly captured the attention of the Post newsroom and, to some extent, the Cafe Milano in-crowd, too: “Probably 20 people in Washington have sent me that story in the last hour, unsolicited,” one Postie told me. For a moment, the piece seemed poised to resuscitate the feverish, monthlong scrutiny that had surrounded Will Lewis, the Post’s C.E.O. and publisher, until June 27, when the Biden–Trump debate upended the U.S. presidential campaign and forced the newsroom to prioritize matters outside its own walls.