A newspaper box offers copies of the Washington Post for sale near the U.S. Capitol in Washington
A newspaper box offers copies of the Washington Post for sale near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, August 6, 2013. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will buy the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in a surprise deal that ends the Graham family's 80 years of ownership and hands one of the country's most influential publications to the businessman whose Internet company has transformed retailing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: MEDIA BUSINESS)
A chain secures a newspaper box outside the Watergate complex offering copies of the Washington Post for sale in Washington
A chain secures a newspaper box outside the Watergate complex offering copies of the Washington Post for sale in Washington, August 6, 2013. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will buy the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in a surprise deal that ends the Graham family's 80 years of ownership and hands one of the country's most influential publications to the businessman whose Internet company has transformed retailing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: MEDIA BUSINESS)
A newspaper box outside the Watergate complex offers copies of the Washington Post for sale in Washington
A newspaper box outside the Watergate complex offers copies of the Washington Post for sale in Washington, August 6, 2013. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will buy the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in a surprise deal that ends the Graham family's 80 years of ownership and hands one of the country's most influential publications to the businessman whose Internet company has transformed retailing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: MEDIA BUSINESS)
A newspaper box outside the Watergate complex offers copies of the Washington Post for sale in Washington
A newspaper box outside the Watergate complex offers copies of the Washington Post for sale in Washington, August 6, 2013. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will buy the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in a surprise deal that ends the Graham family's 80 years of ownership and hands one of the country's most influential publications to the businessman whose Internet company has transformed retailing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: MEDIA BUSINESS)
A newspaper box outside the Watergate complex offers copies of the Washington Post for sale in Washington
A newspaper box outside the Watergate complex offers copies of the Washington Post for sale in Washington August 6, 2013. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will buy the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in a surprise deal that ends the Graham family's 80 years of ownership and hands one of the country's most influential publications to the businessman whose Internet company has transformed retailing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: MEDIA BUSINESS)
Kutcher poses for photographers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Actor Ashton Kutcher poses for photographers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 6, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA)
Ex-U.S. President George W. Bush has stent put in heart - media
USA-BUSH/ (URGENT):Ex-U.S. President George W. Bush has stent put in heart - media
COLUMN - Jeff Bezos is an owner who knows how to deliver
SHAFER-WASHPOST/ (COLUMN):COLUMN - Jeff Bezos is an owner who knows how to deliver
A morning edition of the Washington Post lies in a driveway after delivery in this photo illustration taken in Silver Spring, Maryland
A morning edition of the Washington Post lies in a driveway after delivery in this photo illustration taken in Silver Spring, Maryland August 6, 2013. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will buy the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in a surprise deal that ends the Graham family's 80 years of ownership and hands one of the country's most influential publications to the businessman whose Internet company has transformed retailing. Donald Graham, the chairman and CEO of the Washington Post Co, said in an interview that he and his niece Katharine Weymouth, the Post's publisher, made the decision to put the newspaper up for sale earlier this year after looking at its financial forecasts. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS MEDIA)