Google appoints top Washington Post exec as general manager of news

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Shailesh Prakash, who also led the news publisher’s design, product and tech teams for over a decade, will join Google in November.

“This is an enormous role, and Google gives him a chance to further pursue his interests at the intersection of news and engineering and to have a profound impact around the world,” the Post’s Chief Executive, Fred Ryan, told employees in a memo.