Katharine Weymouth on the ‘Wrenching Decision’ to Sell the Washington Post
The surprise deal to sell The Washington Post to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will end generations of ownership by the Graham family.
Katharine Graham was publisher of the paper when it broke the Watergate scandal in 1973. Her son Don is chairman and CEO today, and her granddaughter, Katharine Weymouth, is the Post’s publisher.
Soon after the company announced that it had agreed to sell its flagship paper to Mr. Bezos for $250 million in cash, Ms. Weymouth spoke with Ad Age about the deal that had stunned the media world.
