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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Chapter 2: What recent changes occurred at The Washington Post?
The publisher and CEO of The Washington Post is leaving just days after mass layoffs at the storied paper. As NPR's David Fokenflik reports, Will Lewis's two-year tenure was marked by controversy and crisis.
Will Lewis had been CEO of The Wall Street Journal and a veteran news executive in Britain, but he was dogged by controversies from his days as an executive for Rupert Murdoch's papers in London. The Post had been running deep in the red, and Lewis's promised innovations failed to stem the losses.
When owner Jeff Bezos killed a planned editorial endorsement of Kamala Harris and made the editorial pages friendlier to President Trump, hundreds of thousands of digital subscribers canceled. On Wednesday, the Post announced 300 journalists would be laid off. Lewis was nowhere to be seen, but he was spotted the next night at an event in California ahead of the Super Bowl.
On Saturday, Bezos announced Lewis's replacement, the paper's chief financial officer. In a statement, Bezos promised an exciting and thriving next chapter for the Post. David Folkenflik, NPR News.
A federal judge told the Trump administration it can't withhold billions of federal dollars for the New York-New Jersey Gateway Tunnel project while a legal challenge plays out. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, there's a bizarre naming rights dispute now wrapped up in the freeze.
The White House put a hold on the project's funding in October. Then this past week, several news outlets reported the White House had told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York that the president would release the funds if Schumer helped rename New York City's main train station and an airport near Washington, D.C. after Trump.
Asked about it on Air Force One, Trump didn't entirely dismiss the idea.
Chuck Schumer suggested that to me, about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station.
In a post on X, Schumer disputed Trump's account, saying, quote, absolute lie, he knows it, everyone knows it. Tamara Keith, NPR News, traveling with the president.
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