8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 10, 2010

THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY

Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-6714	53-0182885
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1150 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.	20071
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(202) 334-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.02(d) Election of Directors

(1) On June 10, 2010, G. Richard Wagoner was elected to the Board of Directors of The Washington Post Company.

(2) None

(3) None

(4) None

(5) None

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated June 10, 2010

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	The Washington Post Company (Registrant)
Date June 10, 2010	/s/ Veronica Dillon
	(Signature) Veronica Dillon Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
Exhibit 99.1	Press Release dated June 10, 2010

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

G. Richard (“Rick”) Wagoner Elected a Director of

The Washington Post Company

WASHINGTON—June 10, 2010—The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) announced today that G. Richard (“Rick”) Wagoner has been elected to the Board of Directors. His election increases the Company’s board to 11 members.

Wagoner retired from General Motors Corporation in August 2009 after a 32-year career. He served as GM chairman and chief executive officer from May 2003 through March 2009 and had been president and chief executive officer since June 2000. Other positions he held at GM include: president and chief operating office; executive vice president of GM and president of North American Operations; executive vice president, chief financial officer and head of worldwide purchasing; and president and managing director of General Motors do Brasil.

Wagoner attended Duke University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated summa cum laude in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and management science. He received a master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School in 1977.

Wagoner is vice chair of the Board of Trustees of Duke University and a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors of the Harvard Business School, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business Advisory Board and the Detroit Country Day School Board. He is a member of The Business Council and the Mayor of Shanghai’s International Business Leaders Advisory Council.

He was born in Wilmington, DE, on February 9, 1953, and raised in Richmond, VA.

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