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Dees sign replacement for retired premiership defender

Melbourne have turned to VFL affiliate Casey to fill their final list spot for 2026 following the immediate retirement of premiership backman Steven May.

AAP

US judge expresses concern about government’s role in Washington Post raid

Federal judge said reporter Hannah Natanson ‘has basically been deprived of her life’s work’ after January raid

The Guardian - US

Six great reads: a writer’s last words, inside Epstein’s world and on the Zack Polanski trail

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days

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Why is the Washington Post cratering so spectacularly?

To understand the change in Washington Post’s fortunes, it is worth comparing its demise to the New York Times’s trajectory

The Guardian - US

Inside Will Lewis’s tumultuous two years as publisher of the Washington Post

Before the Post’s sweeping layoffs and Lewis’s abrupt resignation, his tenure was marked by controversy and clashes with staff

The Guardian - US

Washington Post editor acknowledges ‘genuine trauma’ over mass layoffs

Matt Murray defends paper’s strategy as ‘demoralized’ staffers ask tough questions in contentious town hall

The Guardian - US

Award-winning editor Tina Brown lays into Bezos and ‘junket schmoozer’ ex-publisher Will Lewis over gutting of WaPo newsroom

The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff last week, with Lewis stepping down just days later

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CEO of The Washington Post steps down days after mass layoffs

In an email to staff shared on social media by one of the newspaper's reporters, Will Lewis said it was "the right time for me to step aside."

Euronews

As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump

Jeff Bezos’s axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America’s democracy to withstand Trump’s attacks

The Guardian - US

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis abruptly resigns amid criticism of staff cuts

Departure comes days after newspaper laid off nearly one-third of staff, including more than 300 journalists

The Guardian - US

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he's stepping down, days after big layoffs at the paper

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he’s stepping down, three days after the troubled newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff

The Independent UK

From Watergate to watered-down: Every Indian journalist should read this piece

The Washington Post – WaPo for short – has inspired journalists of several generations, thanks in part to Hollywood. Two Oscar-nominated movies have been made about the paper and its people. The first was All the President’s Men, based on the story of how the paper broke the mother of…

Newslaundry

Mass layoffs fuel fears of ‘death spiral’ at Washington Post

On Wednesday, storied newspaper axed nearly one-third of company after earlier unpopular moves by owner Jeff Bezos

The Guardian - US

Washington Post cuts reignite concerns over Bezos ownership

The Post's financial struggles predate Lewis' tenure, but have been compounded by a series of unforced errors over the past two years.

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The Independent UK

‘Bloodbath’ at Washington Post as one-third of staff laid off by Jeff Bezos

About 300 journalists in the newsroom are expected to lose their jobs as part of a ‘broad strategic reset’

The Independent UK

Washington Post’s White House team tries to halt massive layoffs by appealing directly to Jeff Bezos

‘Given the uncertainty facing the Post, we wanted to tell you directly how the White House team relies on other desks and explain how our colleagues’ work helps lift up our own,’ the letter read.

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While Washington Post staffers brace for historic layoffs, Jeff Bezos is too busy living the high life with Anna Wintour in Paris

Dark times for free press.

The Guardian - US

‘No one knows anything’: Washington Post staffers fear major cuts

Members of foreign staff send letter to billionaire owner Jeff Bezos urging him to change course

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The Guardian - UK

Who could replace Tim Davie as BBC director general?

Corporation may seek a candidate with news experience but commercial credentials could also be a prerequisite

Space

Blue Origin launches 6 'Space Nomads,' including mystery passenger, on suborbital space tourist flight (video)

Blue Origin launched its 15th space tourism mission today (Oct. 8), sending six people on a brief trip to the final frontier.

The Guardian - UK

Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis’s role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM

Extensive meetings in 2022 between Lewis, then vice-chair of AP, and Johnson were not disclosed in transparency records

The Independent UK

WaPo publisher asked fact-checker what they should do ‘to appeal more to Fox News viewers’

‘But now, working at The Post feels like being on the Titanic after it struck an iceberg — drifting aimlessly as it sank, with not enough lifeboats for everyone,’ Glenn Kessler wrote about his now-former employer.

The Independent UK

Washington Post exodus grows as MSNBC host and Pulitzer Prize winner Jonathan Capehart takes Bezos buyout

Capehart’s decision to leave the Washington Post comes days after veteran reporter and columnist Philip Bump revealed that he had recently accepted a buyout offer from the paper.

The Independent UK

Longtime WaPo columnist quit after editors spiked column for being ‘too opinionated’

‘I have no reason to believe he was directly involved in my situation, but it would be naïve to ignore the context,’ Joe Davidson said of Jeff Bezos.

The Independent UK

Washington Post CEO in a ‘state of hiding’ as staffers joke about his rumored drinking amid low morale

‘Since last June, Lewis has gone into what a number of Post staffers described as a state of hiding,’ the New Yorker reported this week, adding that Will Lewis appears to have also had a falling out with his executive editor

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