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overview
holdings
landmarks
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landmarks
This chronology is indicative only. It covers -
Context is provided by the broader communications and
media timeline on this site.
antecedents
1877
Washington Post founded by Stilson Hutchins. Hutchins
later becomes major investor in Mergenthaler
typesetting technology
1887 J Gordon Bennett Jr launches
Paris edition of NY Herald
1889 Hutchins sells Post to Frank Hatton
1905 John McLean, owner of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
buys Post
1916 playboy Edward (Ned) McLean becomes sole owner/publisher
1933 financier Eugene Meyer buys ailing Post for
US$825,000
the Grahams
1946 Phil Graham, husband of Eugene Meyer's daughter Katharine,
becomes publisher
1946 Meyer becomes first president of the World Bank
1948 buys controlling stake in Washington radio station
WTOP
1950 buys Washington's CBS television
station, which becomes WTOP-TV
1953 buys Jacksonville tv station WMBR (becomes WJXT in
1958)
1954 buys Washington Times-Herald for US$10m
1959 Meyer dies, Phil Graham becomes president of company
1961 buys Newsweek magazine
1962 establishes joint news service with LA
Times
expansion
1963 Katherine Graham becomes president of company on
death of husband
1963 buys 49% of Bowater Mersey Paper Company in Nova
Scotia
1966 buys 85% of Robinson Terminal Warehouse in Alexandria
1966 buys stake in the New York Herald-Tribune's
Paris edition from Whitney Communications
1967 with NY Times and Whitney
launches International Herald Tribune, subsequently
jointly owned with NY Times
1969 buys ABC-affiliated television
station in Miami (WPLG-TV)
1971 Washington Post Company goes public
1971 Post prints first story on the Pentagon Papers
1971 donates WTOP-FM radio station to Howard University
1972 Post reports on Watergate
1974 buys WFSB-TV in Hartford
1977 sells remaining radio station, WTOP-AM
1978 buys The Herald, daily newspaper in Everett
commuter belt north of Seattle
1978 swaps WTOP-TV in Washington for WDIV-TV in Detroit
1979 Mrs Graham steps down as publisher of the Post
in favour of son Donald
1983 Post begins National Weekly edition
1984 buys Kaplan Inc., a provider of educational and career
services for individuals, schools, and businesses, for
US$45m
1984 buys 33% stake in SportsChannel regional sports networks
with CBS
1985 buys 28% of Cowles
1986 buys Cable One cable systems from Capital Cities/ABC,
subsequently expanded throughout US western, midwestern
and southern states
second generation
1991 Donald succeeds mother as chief executive officer
of Washington Post Co.
1991 Post and NY Times buy Whitney stake in International
Herald Tribune
1992 buys The Gazette group of regional newspapers and
printing interests
1993 Donald becomes chairman of the board
1994 buys KPRC-TV, NBC affiliate
in Houston, and KSAT-TV, ABC affiliate
in San Antonio
1997 swaps WCPX-TX in Orlando for WFSB-TV in Hartford
1997 sells stake in Bear Island Paper Company and Bear
Island Timberlands
1998 sells 14 small cable tv systems in Texas, Missouri
and Kansas (approx 29,000 subscribers) for US$41m
1999 buys Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
1999 sells LEGI-SLATE online federal government and regulatory
info services
2000 buys Quest Education Corporation, provider of post-secondary
education
2000 launches Washington Techway magazine
2001 death of Katherine Graham
2002 closes Washington Techway magazine
2003 sells 50% stake in International Herald Tribune to
NY Times for US$65m
2003 buys FTC Holdings (UK financial test preparation
service) for £55m
2003 buys CEI Institute and CEI College (ten US campuses)
2003 buys Koppel & Wiley, provider of classroom-based
Chartered Financial Analyst training programs in Europe
2003 moves Washington Post newspaper publishing
business into wholly-owned subsidiary
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