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<p>As Will Lewis settles into his new gig as publisher of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/washington-post"><em>The Washington Post</em></a>, a civil trial playing out in London’s high court could dredge up a controversial chapter of his past.</p>
<p>From mid-2011 to mid-2012, <a href="https://newscorp.com/corporate-governance/uk-newspaper-matters/management-and-standards-committee/">Lewis was an executive member of News Corp’s Management and Standards Committee</a>, set up following the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed Rupert Murdoch’s universe and led to the shutdown of the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/news-of-the-world"><em>News of the World</em></a><em> </em>after 169 years.</p>
<p>While Lewis has <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/11/05/william-lewis-washington-post-ceo-profile/">described himself as a “junior” member of the operation</a>, some refugees from News International <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/feb/01/willlewis-news-corporation">say he played a lead role</a> in what they call a “witch hunt” and claim he betrayed rank-and-file journalists to protect the brass.</p>
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As Will Lewis settles into his new gig as publisher of The Washington Post, a civil trial playing out in London’s high court could dredge up a controversial chapter of his past.
