Organization
The Washington Post
Daily newspaper in Washington, D.C.; owned by Jeff Bezos since 2013.
- Place
- Washington, D.C.
- Also known as
- Washington Post
- people who worked here Ann Telnaes (editorial cartoonist) 2008 – Jan 2025
Connections 7
people who worked here
- Carl Bernstein until 1977 Scholarship & press 1
- Ann Telnaes 2008 – Jan 2025 editorial cartoonist Scholarship & press 2
acquired by
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Jeff Bezos
Aug 2013
$250M
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Bought for his personal portfolio; NPR said the deal did not involve Amazon.
involved in
- Washington Post layoffs, 2026 cut a third of its workforce Scholarship & press 56
- Washington Post blocks its 2024 endorsement three editorial-board members and a contributing writer left Scholarship & press 2
- Washington Post opinion section turns, 2025 its opinion editor stepped away Scholarship & press 7
located in
- Washington, D.C. Scholarship & press 5
Timeline 3 dates
- until 1977 Carl Bernstein worked at The Washington Post
- 2008 – Jan 2025 Ann Telnaes worked at The Washington Post
- Aug 2013 Jeff Bezos acquired The Washington Post
Proof 7 sources
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The CIA and the Media, Rolling Stone, text on carlbernstein.com, 1977.
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Archived copy
After leaving The Washington Post in 1977, Carl Bernstein spent six months looking at the relationship of the CIA and the press during the Cold War years.
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A Pulitzer winner quits Washington Post after a cartoon on Bezos is killed, NPR, via OPB, 2025.
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I’m very used to being edited,” Telnaes tells NPR. “I’ve never ever, since I’ve worked for the Post in 2008, been not allowed to comment on certain topics by having cartoons being killed.
Three staffers left the editorial board after Bezos' decision on the Harris endorsement , while a contributing writer resigned.
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'Washington Post' To Be Sold To Amazon's Jeff Bezos, NPR, The Two-Way, 2013.
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Bezos will pay $250 million in cash for the venerable journalism institution.
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Bezos Tells 'Post' Employees He Shares Paper's Values, NPR, Morning Edition, 2013.
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The Washington Post goes into his personal portfolio. The deal does not involve Amazon.
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Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post', NPR, 2026.
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The Washington Post moved Wednesday at the behest of owner Jeff Bezos to cut a third of its entire workforce.
The Washington Post has been the leading newspaper in the nation's capital for decades.
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Days after mass layoffs, Washington Post CEO steps down, NPR, 2026.
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Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis stepped down late Saturday, days after the newspaper cut a third of the staff.
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Jeff Bezos overhauls Washington Post opinion section, says it will focus on 'personal liberties and free markets', NBC News, 2025.
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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.”
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