#Washington Post sold to billionaire #Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for $250m

By John Swaine from Telegraph

The Washington Post, the newspaper that brought down a US president, has been sold for $250 million (£163 million) to the billionaire founder of Amazon.

Jeff Bezos, the chairman of the internet retail giant, will become the sole owner of the US capital’s most prestigious news outlet, bringing to an end four generations of leadership by the Graham family.

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