Opinion | The Slow-Motion Self-Demolition of Washington Post Publisher Fred Ryan

Dec 16 2022 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

 

The First Law of Meetings states that a boss should never convene a meeting, especially an employee meeting, unless he can safely control its substance and outcome.

Washington Post Publisher Frederick J. Ryan Jr. botched this simple dictate on Wednesday at an afternoon all-employee town hall. Ryan surprised the staff by disclosing that layoffs beyond the November dismissal of the entire Washington Post Magazine staff and the paper’s dance critic were in the cards for early 2023. A...

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