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WaPo Editor Steps Down After Jeff Bezos Announces Paper Will Write In Defense Of ‘Personal Liberties And Free Markets’
The Washington Post’s opinion editor, David Shipley, stepped down from his position Wednesday after Jeff Bezos, the owner of the paper, announced a major shift in the op-ed section. Bezos announced that the paper’s…
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About David Shipley
David Julian Shipley is an American journalist and book author. He was the executive editor of The New Republic from 1992 to 1995, worked at The New York Times from 1998 to 2010, was executive editor of Bloomberg View from 2011 to 2022, and served as editorial page editor at The Washington Post from 2022 to 2025.
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- June 10, 1963