Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Wednesday announced a “significant shift” to the publisher’s opinion page that led David Shipley, the paper’s editorial page editor, to leave the paper.

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos said Wednesday that the paper’s opinion editor has “decided to step away” as the section takes a new direction focusing on “personal liberties and free markets.”

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos announced on Wednesday that the newspaper has parted ways with its opinion editor, David Shipley. The billionaire Amazon founder, who bought the Washington Post in 2013,