Former Tumblr boss Jeff D’Onofrio takes over as acting CEO at The Washington Post

After what can be generously called a controversial period as CEO of the company The Washington PostWill Lewis Step down the next Mass layoffs this week. Jeff D’Onofrio, former CEO of Tumblr from 2017 to 2022, will serve as acting CEO and publisher. D’Onofrio has been CFO at The Washington Post since June of last year, which means he’s had a front-row seat Deconstructing Jeff Bezos Follower One time story paper to last nine Months.

Donofrio biography It does not include extensive experience in traditional news media, nor many notable success stories. He was briefly GM of Yahoo News while it was still owned by Verizon, before shifting his focus solely to Tumblr. Under his leadership, Tumblr tried to improve its image by banning adult content, but traffic to the site declined 30 percent. Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion in 2013. By 2019, it had been sold to Automatic, owner of WordPress, for a reported sum of Less than $3 million.