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The July 21, 1969, edition with the headline " 'The Eagle Has Landed': Two Men Walk on the Moon", covering the Apollo 11 landing. After Wilkins' death in 1903, his sons John and Robert ran the Post for two years before selling it in 1905 to John Roll McLean, owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Graham Holdings Company (formerly The Washington Post Company) is a diversified American conglomerate holding company. Headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, and incorporated in Delaware, it was formerly the owner of The Washington Post newspaper and Newsweek magazine.
Donald Edward Graham (born April 22, 1945) is the majority owner and chairman of Graham Holdings Company. He was formerly the publisher of The Washington Post (1979–2000) and later was the lead independent director of Facebook 's board of directors (2009–2015). [1] [2]
In June 2009, Eric Hippeau, co-managing partner of Softbank Capital, became CEO of The Huffington Post. [30] In January 2011, The Huffington Post received 35% of its traffic from web search engines (SEOs), compared to 20% at CNN. [31]
The Washington Times was founded May 17, 1982, by News World Communications, a New York City-based international media conglomerate associated with the Unification Church, which also owns United Press International (UPI) and newspapers in Japan, South America, and South Korea.
Philip Frederick Anschutz (/ ˈ æ n ʃ uː t s / AN-shoots; born December 28, 1939) is an American billionaire businessman who owns or controls companies in a variety of industries, including energy, railroads, real estate, sports, newspapers, movies, theaters, arenas and music.
Four years later the newspaper's parent firm, the Washington Post Company, announced its intention to acquire controlling interest in a rival station, WTOP radio from CBS. The two firms formed a joint venture known as WTOP Incorporated , with the Post holding 55 percent and CBS maintaining the balance (45 percent).
The Washington Post Washington Post owner Phil Graham (far right), editor J. Russell Wiggins (left), and publisher John W. Sweeterman with President Kennedy in 1961. Philip Graham became publisher of the Post in 1946, when Eugene Meyer handed over the newspaper to his son-in-law.
He served as publisher and later co-owner of The Washington Post and its parent company, The Washington Post Company. During his years with the Post Company, Graham helped The Washington Post grow from a struggling local paper to a national publication and the Post Company expand to own other newspapers as well as radio and television stations.
The Washington Post is the largest and oldest newspaper in Washington, D.C. It is now part of Nash Holdings, owned by Jeff Bezos . This category contains staff members of the namesake newspaper, managers and businesses also owned by Nash Holdings, and other articles directly related to the newspaper (e.g., "The Washington Post march", composed ...