• Folio, Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:15 AM

Greg Osberg, Newsweek's president and worldwide publisher, is leaving the Washington Post Company this fall. No successor has been named, though Jon Meacham, the magazine's editor, is considered a prime candidate.

Osberg joined Newsweek in 1990, then left in 1997 to become president of sales and marketing at CNet, but came back in 2000 to build the international editions and Newsweek.com.

"I have a passion for the digital space," Osberg says. "I've always wanted to return there." He says his next move would most likely not be in the magazine industry. Osberg's departure comes as advertising pages in the newsweekly category sunk 22% in June 2008 compared to 2007, per PIB.

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