SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* OLSON RONALD L (Last) (First) (Middle) MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 355 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR (Street) LOS ANGELES CA 90071-1560 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/11/2003	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WASHINGTON POST CO [ WPO ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities owned.	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

	Ronald L. Olson	09/11/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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	Power of Attorney

	Reports Under Section 16(a)
	of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, a director,
executive officer or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of the
equity securities of The Washington Post Company, a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter called the Company), hereby appoints DIANA M. DANIELS,
JOHN F. HOCKENBERRY, JOHN B. MORSE, JR. and WALLACE COONEY, and each of
them, the undersigneds true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power to act without the other and with full power of substitution
and re-substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for the undersigned
and in the undersigneds name, place and stead, any and all statements,
reports and forms, and any and all amendments and supplements thereto,
required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
regulations adopted thereunder, in each case as the same may be amended
from time to time, with respect to the ownership and changes in ownership
of equity securities of the Company and derivatives of such equity
securities, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or agents or any of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is not longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless (i) earlier revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, or (ii) with respect to each individual
attorney-in-fact, upon their retirement or termination of
employment with the Company.

Dated:       September 11, 2003

					/s/ Ronald L. Olson