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Changes At The 'Post' Mark A Break From Paper's Storied Past

By David Folkenflik
Published September 2, 2014 at 6:14 PM CDT

Tech billionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post, has announced he's replacing the paper's current publisher with Frederick Ryan, one of the founders of Politico. Katharine Weymouth's departure represents the end of a storied connection between the Graham publishing family and the Post.

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