Graham-familien, som har eid Washington Post i fire generasjoner, selger avisen til eier og leder av Amazon.com, Jeffrey P. Bezos.

Nyheten slo ned som en bombe. Salget symboliserer hvordan nye medier og formidlingsformer har overtatt og skjøvet ut printmediet.

Bezos er en av USAs rikeste. Han skal betale 250 millioner dollar i cash for avisen.

The deal represents a sudden and stunning turn of events for The Post, Washington’s leading newspaper for decades and a powerful force in shaping the nation’s politics and policy. Few people were aware that a sale was in the works for the paper, whose reporters have broken such stories as the Watergate scandals and, in May, disclosures about the National Security Agency’s surveillance program.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html