Washington Post Company
Graham Holdings Company (formerly The Washington Post Company); best known for formerly owning the newspaper for which it was once named, The Washington Post, and Newsweek; holdings include the digital marketing company SocialCode, the online magazine Slate, Graham Media Group (formerly Post-Newsweek Stations), a group of seven television stations, higher education company Kaplan
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The Washington Post; daily Newspaper published in Washington, DC; founded in 1877 by Stilson Hutchins; sold to Frank Hatton and Beriah Wilkins, 1889; Wilkins sons sold paper to John Roll McLean, 1905, son Ned ran it until 1929; Eugene Meyer bought it, 1933; Philip Graham successeded as publisher, 1946; wife Katherine Graham was publisher, 1969-1979; company owned by Graham family through 2014; Jeff Bezos bought post in 2013; well known for reporting by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in 1970s for invesitigating Watergate Scandal
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