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A family dynasty gives up The Washington Post

By Calvin Woodward
Published August 6, 2013 7:38pm ET
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A family dynasty gives up The Washington Post
FILE - In this Wednesday, May 8, 1991, file photo, Katharine Graham, Chairman of the Washington Post poses with her son publisher Donald Graham, left, and Ben Bradlee, executive editor of the post, in her office in New York City. Donald Graham, whose grandfather bought the paper at a 1933 bankruptcy sale, announced to staff Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, that the paper had been sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, closing the book on the paper's history as a family dynasty after seven straight years of declining revenue. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File) | Dennis Cook

WASHINGTON (AP) — The newspaper forever known for Deep Throat and the unraveling of a presidency had a quieter distinction, too: a family’s ownership through thick and thin, seemingly as immutable as the Washington Monument.

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