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Washington Post Executive Editor Marty Baron to retire

By Mike Brest
Published January 26, 2021 5:06pm ET
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Marty Baron, the executive editor of the Washington Post, announced his intention to retire.

Baron, who led the newsroom for eight years as it earned 10 Pulitzer Prizes and nearly doubled in size, announced in a note sent to the newsroom on Tuesday that his final day will be at the end of February.

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