Washington Post Co. Changes Name To Become Graham Holdings

The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO) will change its name to Graham Holdings as part of an earlier agreement with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who recently bought the newspaper The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO) and other publishing assets, reports Jennifer Booton for Fox Business. The company will also change its ticker symbol from WPO to GHC.

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