By Sarah Ellison, Vanityfair

Despite The Washington Post’s history of swashbuckling journalism, its business strategy has been deeply conservative. Can the heirs to Kay Graham and Ben Bradlee’s legacy—Graham’s son Don, the chairman and C.E.O.; her granddaughter Katharine Weymouth, the publisher; and executive editor Marcus Brauchli—save the Post from a lack of vision? Sarah Ellison follows the money, the management battles, and the missed opportunities at a great American newspaper.


Illustration by Sean McCabe