Looks like there’s been a major change in leadership over the weekend at the Washington Times. This morning, the paper put out a news release announcing that President and publisher Thomas McDevitt, CFO Keith Cooperrider and Chairman Dong Moon Joo have all been fired, while former VP Jonathan Slevin has been named Acting President and Publisher. The news comes less than a month after the Rev. Sun Myung Moon handed over day-to-day control of the Unification Church, which owns the Times, to his three sons.
Over at Politico, Michael Calderone reports that senior editors are being briefed this morning by members of the paper’s Board, only without executive editor John Solomon, leading to speculation that there could be more changes in store on the editorial side.