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SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
GRAHAM DONALD
(Last) (First) (Middle)
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
1150 15TH STREET, N.W.
(Street)
WASHINGTON DC 20071
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WASHINGTON POST CO [ WPO ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
COB and CEO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/26/2007
4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class B Common Stock 10/26/2007 G(1) 94,300 D (4) 30,794 I Revocable Trust
Class B Common Stock 300 D
Class B Common Stock 174,019 I Trust for Siblings(3)
Class B Common Stock 31,800 I Trust for Children(3)
Class B Common Stock 21,800 I Trusts for Children of Siblings(2)
Class B Common Stock 5,000 I Trust for Third Party(2)
Class B Common Stock 10/26/2007 G(1) 94,300 A (4) 121,950 I Spouse(2)
Class B Common Stock 96,558 I Beneficiary of Trusts
Class A Common Stock 339,897 D
Class A Common Stock 5,400 I Trust for Children(3)
Class A Common Stock 513,137 I Trust for Siblings(3)
Class A Common Stock 289,678 I Beneficiary of Trusts(3)
Class A Common Stock 5,400 I Trust for Siblings' Children(3)
Class A Common Stock 5,400 I Spouse(3)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Gift to Spouse and to charitable trust of which Spouse is a trustee.
2. The reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of these shares. In addition to the direct and indirect ownership of Class B shares herein, I am one of five trustees of a charitable trust which owns 26,339 Class B shares in which I disclaim any beneficial ownership.
3. The reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of these securities.
4. Not Applicable.
Remarks:
/s/ John B. Morse, Jr. obo Donald E. Graham 10/29/2007
** 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 VERONICA DILLON, JOHN B. MORSE, JR., WALLACE COONEY, and DANIEL J. LYNCH, 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: January 18, 2007



           /s/Donald E. Graham
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