Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff. Lewis announced his departure in a two-paragraph email to the newspaper’s staff, saying that after two years of transformation, “now is the right time for me to step aside.” The Post’s chief financial officer, Jeff D’Onofrio, was appointed temporary publisher. Neither Lewis nor the newspaper’s billionaire owner Jeff Bezos participated in the meeting with staff members announcing the layoffs on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, storied newspaper axed nearly one-third of company after earlier unpopular moves by owner Jeff Bezos

The newspaper that revealed the Watergate scandal is dismissing 300 of its 800 journalists, including many foreign correspondents. The decision triggered a wave of emotion and…