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New Washington Post publisher spells end of era
September 03, 2014
The Washington Post has a new publisher, owner Jeff Bezos said in his latest move to reshape the prestigious daily for the digital age, ending a long era of family management.
Bezos, the Internet entrepreneur and founder of Amazon, named Fred Ryan as publisher and chief executive, replacing Katharine Weymouth, the scion of the family that has run the paper for decades.