Mr. Buffett also developed a close friendship with the late Post publisher Katharine Graham.

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"Everybody was skeptical and so was I, but I said you never bet against Neuharth, " the late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham said in a 2000 Associated Press interview.

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"Everybody was very skeptical and so was I, but I said, you never bet against Neuharth, " the late Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham said in a 2000 Associated Press interview.

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Katharine Graham certainly did that for the Post.

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In the 20 years since he took over the CEO title from his mother, the legendary Katharine Graham, the Post has won 32 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other paper except the New York Times.

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