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jun 1, 1933 - Eugene Meyer (former Federal Reserve Chairman) Buys the Washington post

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Eugene Meyer bought the paper at a bankruptcy auction for $825,000, the paper having been ruined by its spendthrift socialite owner Ned McLean, and by the Great Depression.

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jun 1, 1933
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~ 93 years ago