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The Washington Post

Also known as Washington Post, WaPo

Washington, D.C. daily newspaper founded in 1877; owned by Jeff Bezos's Nash Holdings since 2013.

• The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., founded in 1877 and considered a US newspaper of record.
• Eugene Meyer bought it out of bankruptcy in 1933, and under the Graham family it published the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and led the reporting on Watergate.
• The Graham family sold it in October 2013 to Nash Holdings, Jeff Bezos's holding company, for $250 million.
• It has won 76 Pulitzer Prizes.

Why it matters

• Its Watergate reporting led to a president's resignation, and it remains one of the main American newspapers on politics.

Key facts

Founded

1877, in Washington, D.C.1

Owner

Nash Holdings, Jeff Bezos's holding company, which bought it from the Graham family in October 2013 for $250 million1

History

Bought out of bankruptcy by Eugene Meyer in 1933; printed the Pentagon Papers in 1971; Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's Watergate reporting preceded Richard Nixon's resignation in 19741

Pulitzer Prizes

76, second only to The New York Times1

Subscribers

130,000 print and 2.5 million digital in 2023; print fell below 100,000 in 2025, for the first time in 55 years1

Publisher

Will Lewis's departure was announced on 7 February 2026, with chief financial officer Jeff D'Onofrio as interim replacement1

31 Oct 2026Last checked against its sources today

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