Marcus Brauchli is to step down as executive editor of the Washington Post. He is being replaced by Martin Baron, the current editor of the Boston Globe.
Brauchli has edited the Post since 2008 after he was forced to resign as editor of the Wall Street Journal following its takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
He will become vice president of the Washington Post Company "with responsibility for evaluating new media opportunities."
His hiring by the Post's publisher, Katharine Weymouth, was a break with tradition because he was the first non-Post employee in generations to assume the top newsroom position. His predecessors were Len Downie and Ben Bradlee.
According to reports that have circulated for months, Brauchli recently clashed with Weymouth over several issues, including the newsroom's annual budget.
Baron will take over in January. He has been editor of the Globe since 2001. He previously held senior editing positions at the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Miami Herald.
Source: Washington Post
