{{short description|American diversified company}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox company | name = Graham Holdings Company | logo = Graham Holdings logo.svg | former_name = The Washington Post Company (1947–2013) | type = Public | traded_as = {{NYSE|GHC}} (Class B)<br />S&P 400 component | industry = Conglomerate | founded = {{Start date and age|1947|8|4}} in Washington, D.C., U.S. | hq_location_city = Arlington County, Virginia | hq_location_country = United States | key_people = {{ubl|Donald E. Graham (chairman)|Tim O'Shaughnessy (president and CEO)}} | products = Magazines<br />Educational Services<br />Television<br />Cable television<br />Electronic media | revenue = {{increase}} US$3.924 Billion | revenue_year = ''Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022'' | operating_income = {{decrease}} US$83.898 Million | income_year = ''Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022'' | net_income = {{decrease}} US$67.08 Million | net_income_year = ''Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022'' | assets = {{increase}} US$6.582 Billion | assets_year = ''Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022'' | equity = {{increase}} US$3.752 Billion | equity_year = ''Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022'' | num_employees = 11,500 | num_employees_year = 2015 | website = {{URL|https://www.ghco.com}} | footnotes = <ref name=AnnualR2022>{{cite web|title= Graham Holdings Company 2022 Annual Report|url=https://www.ghco.com/static-files/bb6c400e-9e93-4d8a-84f8-74b2cdad6da4 |website=Graham |access-date=August 30, 2023|date=December 31, 2022}}</ref><ref name=GHC_2015AR>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghco.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=62487&p=irol-reportsannual|title=2015 Annual Report|publisher=Graham Holdings Company}}</ref> | incorporated = Delaware }}
'''Graham Holdings Company''' (formerly '''the Washington Post Company''') is a diversified American conglomerate holding company. Headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, and incorporated in Delaware,<ref>{{Cite web|title=EDGAR Search Results|url=https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=GHC&owner=exclude&action=getcompany|website=sec.gov|access-date=May 29, 2020}}</ref> it was formerly the owner of ''The Washington Post'' newspaper and ''Newsweek'' magazine.
Its current holdings include:
* the digital marketing company Code3 (formerly SocialCode)<ref>{{Cite web|title=SocialCode Announces Rebranding, Changes Name to Code3|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/socialcode-announces-rebranding-changes-name-to-code3-301158002.html|website=prnewswire.com|date=22 October 2020|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> * online and print media entities including ''Slate Magazine'', ''Foreign Policy'' through the FP Group, which includes ''Foreign Policy'' magazine and ForeignPolicy.com),<ref>{{Cite web|title= FP Live|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/|website=foreignpolicy.com|date=|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> * local news podcasting and media company City Cast<ref>{{Cite web|title= Our Company|url=https://www.ghco.com/company-profile|website=ghco.com/|date=|access-date=4 April 2026}}</ref><ref>Culpepper, Sophie. {{Cite web|title=With Washington Post Local diminished, other news sites step up their D.C. coverage|url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/with-washington-post-local-diminished-other-news-sites-step-up-their-d-c-coverage/|website=niemanlab.org|date=5 March 2026|access-date=4 April 2026}}</ref> * Graham Media Group (formerly Post-Newsweek Stations), a group of seven television stations * education company Kaplan * manufacturing operations including Hoover Treated Wood Products,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Graham Holdings closes purchase of Hoover Treated Wood Products|url=https://seekingalpha.com/news/3255282-graham-holdings-closes-purchase-of-hoover-treated-wood-products|website=seekingalpha.com|date=3 April 2017|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> Dekko, Joyce/Dayton Corp, Forney Corporation;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Group Dekko Acquired|url=https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/holdings-company-buys-longtime-dekalb-county-manufacturer|website=insideindianabusiness.com|date=7 November 2015|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Joyce Dayton Corp. Announces Plans to Expand Portland, Indiana Plant and Add Jobs to Support Increased Product Demand|url=https://mercercountyoutlook.net/2023/11/21/joyce-dayton-corp-announces-plans-to-expand-portland-indiana-plant-and-add-jobs-to-support-increased-product-demand/|website=mercercountyoutlook.net|date=21 November 2023|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref><ref>Steven Mufson,{{Cite web|title=The Washington Post Co. buys control systems supplier Forney|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-buys-forney/2013/07/18/afaa634e-efa2-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html|website=washingtonpost.com|date=18 July 2013|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> * Graham Healthcare Group, which provides home health, hospice and palliative care services through joint ventures with health systems and physicians groups<ref name="HOS">Holly Vossel,{{Cite web|title=Graham Healthcare Group Moves Into Florida Market with InTeliCare Acquisition|url=https://hospicenews.com/2021/12/20/graham-healthcare-group-moves-into-florida-market-with-intelicare-acquisition/|website=hospicenews.com|date=20 December 2021|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> as well as other services * Graham Automotive, which includes eight automotive dealerships around the Washington, D.C. region<ref>Ana Lucía Murillo,{{Cite web|title=Auto dealerships help to fuel Graham Holdings' growth. It just bought two more.|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2022/07/08/graham-holdings-car-dealership-acquisition.html|website=bizjournals.com|date=8 July 2022|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> * content and marketplace company World of Good Brands (formerly Leaf Group)<ref name="AX">Sara Fischer,{{Cite web|title=Graham Holdings' Leaf Group restructures as World of Good Brands |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/05/30/graham-holdings-leaf-group-restructures-world-of-good-brands|website=axios.com|date=|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref>
Graham Holdings Company also owned cable television and internet service provider Cable One until it was spun off in 2015<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Vossel |first=Holly |date=2021-12-20 |title=Graham Healthcare Group Moves Into Florida Market with InTeliCare Acquisition |url=https://hospicenews.com/2021/12/20/graham-healthcare-group-moves-into-florida-market-with-intelicare-acquisition/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Hospice News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mufson |first=Steven |date=2023-05-18 |title=The Washington Post Co. buys control systems supplier Forney |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-buys-forney/2013/07/18/afaa634e-efa2-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_story.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lucía Murillo |first=Ana |date=2022-07-08 |title=Auto dealerships help to fuel Graham Holdings' growth. It just bought two more. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2022/07/08/graham-holdings-car-dealership-acquisition.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> {{cns|date=September 2024|and the now-defunct Trove (formerly WaPo Labs)—the developers of a news reader app.}}
==Corporate history== The history of Graham Holdings Company dates back to 1877, when ''The Washington Post'' was first published. The Washington Post Company was incorporated in the District of Columbia in 1889,<ref>District of Columbia Corporation records show the original Washington Post Company [http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=887 was registered as a domestic corporation in 1889] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620180539/http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=887 |date=June 20, 2009 }}</ref> and remained a District of Columbia corporation until it changed its place of incorporation to Delaware in 2003.<ref>District of Columbia Corporation records show the original D.C.-based corporation's charter was revoked in 2003 and replaced by a [http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=35220 Delaware-based foreign corporation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620190601/http://mblr.dc.gov/corp/lookup/status.asp?id=35220 |date=June 20, 2009 }}.</ref> It is a public company and its Class B common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GHC; it went public in 1971.
Descendants of the late Eugene Meyer (including Chairman Donald E. Graham, his sister Lally Weymouth, and the beneficiaries of various family trusts) collectively control the company through their ownership of the unlisted Class A common stock that selects 70% of the company's board of directors. {{As of|2014|post=,}} it forms more than 90% of the family's assets.<ref name=":0" /> Prior to 2014, Berkshire Hathaway was a substantial holder of the public Class B common stock that selects 30% of the company's board of directors, but exchanged most of that stock for WPLG-TV, one of Graham Holdings' television stations, and other assets, in 2014.<ref name=":0">Graham Holdings: [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NTc0NDEzfENoaWxkSUQ9Mjc3NDcxfFR5cGU9MQ==&t=1 2014 Annual Report] (available [http://www.ghco.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=62487&p=irol-reportsannual on GHCO.com])</ref>
Since 1950, the company had been based in the Washington Post building in Washington, D.C., which was sold off separately in 2014. Its new headquarters are at 1300 North 17th Street in Arlington, Virginia, with the choice of state motivated (according to Don Graham) by the proximity to Congress and the fact that two of the holding's activity areas, education and health care, are subject to federal regulation.<ref name=":0" />
In 1984, the company purchased Stanley H. Kaplan Education Centers, Ltd., a Brooklyn-based tutoring company which in subsequent decades would grow its footprint and expand its offerings beyond test prep to become Kaplan, Inc.<ref name="WAS">David A. Vise,{{Cite web|title=Post to Buy Educational Prep Firm |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1984/11/21/post-to-buy-educational-prep-firm/270e23b5-b7b5-4c43-ac20-04f254be7196/|website=washingtonpost.com|date=20 November 1984|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref>
On August 5, 2013, it was announced that the Washington Post Company would sell the flagship newspaper for $250 million to Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon.com. The Washington Post Company agreed to adopt a new corporate name once the sale was finalized. It adopted Graham Holdings Company as the new name effective November 29, 2013.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/washington-post-co-renamed-graham-holdings-company-to-mark-sale-of-newspaper/2013/11/18/57fbc7fe-5060-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html Wilgoren, Debbi. "Washington Post Co. Renamed Graham Holdings Company to Mark Sale of Newspaper." ''Washington Post.'' November 18, 2013.] Accessed November 18, 2013.</ref> Amazon.com was not involved in the sale.<ref>{{cite news|title=Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=August 6, 2013|first=Paul|last=Farhi|date=August 6, 2013}}</ref> Nash Holdings LLC, a company owned by Bezos, closed the purchase of the newspaper and affiliated publications on October 1, 2013.<ref name=fahri2013a>{{cite news |title=The Washington Post Closes Sale to Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos |first=Paul |last=Fahri |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-closes-sale-to-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos/2013/10/01/fca3b16a-2acf-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |date=October 1, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |quote=Bezos's $250 million purchase was completed as expected with the signing of sale documents. The signing transfers the newspaper and other assets from The Washington Post Co. to Nash Holdings, Bezos's private investment company.}}</ref><ref name=clabaugh2013>{{cite news |title=Jeff Bezos Completes Washington Post Acquisition |first=Jeff |last=Clabaugh |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2013/10/01/jeff-bezos-completes-washington-post.html |newspaper=Washington Business Journal |publisher=American City Business Journals |date=October 1, 2013 |access-date=October 1, 2013 |quote=Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now officially the head of a newspaper, completing his $250 million acquisition of the Washington Post's publishing business Tuesday afternoon.}}</ref> Graham Holdings Company retained ownership of WaPo Labs, its technology innovation group,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/what-is-wapo-labs/2013/08/06/2790de64-feea-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_gallery.html|title=What is WaPo Labs?|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref> since rebranded as Trove.
In 2014, Tim O'Shaughnessy, founder of LivingSocial and a son-in-law of CEO Don Graham, joined GHC as president.<ref name=":0" /> O'Shaughnessy became CEO in November 2015.
In July 2015, Graham Holdings spun off Cable One as a separate, publicly traded company.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2014/11/13/graham-holdings-to-spin-off-cable-business.html|last=Clabaugh|first=Jeff|title=Graham Holdings to spin off cable business|newspaper=Washington Business Journal|date=November 13, 2014|access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Graham Holdings Completes Spin-off of Cable ONE|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150701005226/en|website=Business Wire|date=July 2015|access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref>
In March 2018, Graham sold Kaplan University, Kaplan's online higher education operation, to the Purdue University system, which subsequently rebranded it as Purdue University Global.<ref>Kirk Carapezza,{{Cite web|title=Purdue's Mitch Daniels On Kaplan Acquisition|url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/education-news/2018-03-23/purdues-mitch-daniels-on-kaplan-acquisition|website=wgbh.org|date=23 March 2018|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="jconline.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/columnists/dave-bangert/2018/04/02/bangert-year-controversy-later-online-purdue-global-goes-live/477176002/|title=Bangert: Year of controversy later, online Purdue Global goes live|website=Journal & Courier|language=en|access-date=February 6, 2020}}</ref>
In 2019, children's podcasting company Pinna spun out of the Slate Group as a separate Graham Holdings subsidiary.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/01/kids-podcaster-pinna-is-leaving-the-crib-and-ready-to-take-its-first-steps-solo/ | title=Kids podcaster Pinna is leaving the crib and ready to take its first steps solo }}</ref>
In June 2021, Graham Holdings completed their acquisition of Leaf Group at a valuation of approximately $323 million.<ref name=":1">{{Cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210614005446/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614155119/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210614005446/en/|archive-date=June 14, 2021|date= June 14, 2021|title=Graham Holdings Completes Acquisition of Leaf Group Ltd.}}</ref>
==Holdings==
===Broadcasting=== {{main|Graham Media Group}} Through its Graham Media Group subsidiary (formerly Post-Newsweek Stations),<ref name=tribune-grahamstations>{{cite news|title=Washington Post's former TV arm changes name to Graham Media Group|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-washington-post-graham-media-group-20140728,0,10196.story|access-date=July 28, 2014|work=Chicago Tribune|date=July 28, 2014}}</ref> Graham Holdings owns a group of seven television stations. Led by chief executive officer Catherine Badalamente, the company is based in Detroit, co-located with its local NBC affiliate WDIV-TV.<ref>{{cite news|title=Graham Media Group Headquarters Returns To Detroit|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/business/article/graham-media-group-headquarters-returns-to-detroit|access-date=June 8, 2022|newspaper=TV NewsCheck|date=June 8, 2022}}</ref>
Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license.
{| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" ! City of license / market ! Station ! Channel<br>TV (RF) ! Owned since ! Primary affiliation |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | rowspan="2"|Jacksonville | '''WJXT''' | 4 (42) | 1953 | Independent |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | '''WCWJ''' | 17 (34) | 2017 | The CW |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne | '''WKMG-TV''' | 6 (26) | 1997 | CBS |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | Detroit | '''WDIV''' | 4 (45) | 1978 | NBC |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | Houston | '''KPRC-TV''' | 2 (35) | 1994 | NBC |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | San Antonio | '''KSAT-TV''' | 12 (12) | 1994 | ABC |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" | Roanoke | '''WSLS-TV''' | 10 (30) | 2017 | NBC |- style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" |}
Graham Holdings Company also owns several companies active in various capacities on the World Wide Web. These include The Slate Group, which publishes ''Slate'', ''Slate V'', ForeignPolicy.com and World of Good Brands (formerly the Leaf Group).<ref>Kayleigh Barber,{{Cite web|title=Media Briefing: Why Leaf Group spun off its media arm into a standalone company|url=https://digiday.com/media/media-briefing-why-leaf-group-spun-off-its-media-arm-into-a-standalone-company/|website=digiday.com|date=1 June 2023|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="wprel">"The Washington Post Company Announces The Slate Group." ''Washington Post.'' June 4, 2008.</ref> ''The Root'', an online magazine focusing on African American culture, was owned by The Slate Group until Graham Holdings sold it to Univision Communications in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|issn = 0307-1766|last = Bond|first = Shannon|title = Univision buys African-American news site The Root|work = Financial Times|access-date = May 24, 2015|date = May 21, 2015|url = https://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0%2F920a0990-ffcf-11e4-bc30-00144feabdc0.html}}</ref> Graham Holdings Company also owns SocialCode, an advertising agency specializing in social media/ID-based marketing, and is an investor in Pinna, a children's podcast company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Realm Buys Kid Podcaster Pinna And Pod Network Lipstick & Vinyl; Also Signs Ad Deals. |url=https://www.podcastnewsdaily.com/news/realm-buys-kid-podcaster-pinna-and-pod-network-lipstick-vinyl-also-signs-ad-deals/article_f0adb9e0-3150-11ee-84f0-7fa630eecdec.html|website=podcastnewsdaily.com|date=2 April 2023|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref>
In November 2014, Graham Holdings Company acquired Social News Desk, a social media management platform for newsrooms, through its subsidiary, Graham Media Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/graham-media-group-buys-social-media-startup/135445|title=Graham Media Group Buys Social Media Startup|website=www.adweek.com|date=19 November 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref>
In June 2021, Graham Holdings acquired Leaf Group, a consumer internet company that runs both online consumer-orientated brands and marketplace brands.<ref name=":1"/> In 2023, the Leaf Group was restructured to become World of Good Brands, separating Leaf's lifestyle publishing websites – ''Well+Good'', ''Livestrong'', ''Hunker'' and ''OnlyInYourState'' — from its marketplace businesses, ''Saatchi Art'' ''and Society6''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Sara |date=2023-05-30 |title=Graham Holdings' Leaf Group restructures as World of Good Brands |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/05/30/graham-holdings-leaf-group-restructures-world-of-good-brands |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, ''Hunker'' was sold to Static Media.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=October 3, 2024 |title=Static Media Enhances Portfolio with Key Acquisitions in Home, Pet Care, and Science |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/static-media-enhances-portfolio-with-key-acquisitions-in-home-pet-care-and-science-302266864.html |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=PR Newswire |language=en}}</ref> In 2025, Graham sold off ''Well+Good and'' ''Livestrong'' to Ziff Davis and ''Only In Your State'' to Launch Potato. After the sales, the World of Good Brands ceased and all staff in the division were laid off.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stenberg |first=Mark |date=2025-07-08 |title=World of Good Brands Sells Portfolio, Axes Staff, Shutters |url=https://www.adweek.com/media/world-of-good-brands-sale-well-good-ziff-davis/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=Adweek |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Health care=== In October 2012, the firm purchased Celtic Healthcare Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Celtic Healthcare, based in Pennsylvania, provides home health care in western, central, and northeastern Pennsylvania as well as Montgomery and Baltimore County, Maryland. It also provides home hospice services in the same areas, as well as owns a 10-bed inpatient hospice in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2012/10/01/washington-post-enters-hospice-business.html Clabaugh, Jeff. "Washington Post Enters Hospice Business With Purchase of Celtic Healthcare." ''Washington Business Journal.'' October 1, 2012.] Accessed November 18, 2013.</ref> In 2014, it had around 558 full-time and 45 part-time employees.<ref name=":0"/>
In 2014, Graham Holdings bought a majority stake in Troy, Michigan-based Residential Healthcare Group, the parent company of Residential Home Health and Residential Hospice, which provides at-home and on-site health care and hospice services in Michigan and Illinois.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/graham-holdings-wades-deeper-into-residential-health-care-business/2014/07/03/53e90e1a-02d5-11e4-b8ff-89afd3fad6bd_story.html Harrison, J.D. "Graham Holdings wades deeper into residential health care business." ''Washington Post.'' July 3, 2014.] Accessed October 17, 2015.</ref>
Graham Healthcare Group provides home health, hospice and palliative care services through joint ventures with health systems and physicians groups. The subsidiary designs business and technology solutions{{buzzword-inline|date=September 2024}} aimed at streamlining hospice and home health operations and improving quality of care. Graham Healthcare Group includes Residential Healthcare Group, Allegheny Health Network-Healthcare @ Home, Mary Free Bed at Home, Clarus and InTeliCare.<ref name="HOS"/>
Graham Healthcare Group also operates a nationwide specialty pharmacy licensed in 38 states that serves patients suffering from chronic illness through its Clinical Specialty Infusions, LLC (CSI Pharmacy) business located in Texarkana, Texas. Through its Clarus Care, LLC (Clarus) business in Nashville, Tennessee, GHG provides call management solutions{{buzzword-inline|date=September 2024}} to physician groups and hospitals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Graham Healthcare Capital Acquires CSI Pharmacy clinical specialty Infusions|url=https://mergr.com/graham-healthcare-capital-acquires-csi-pharmacy-clinical-specialty-infusions|website=mergr.com|date=|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref>
=== Manufacturing === In July 2013, Graham Holdings purchased Forney Corp. for an undisclosed sum. The company, which is based in Addison, Texas, manufactures equipment that monitors and controls the combustion of coal, natural gas, and other materials. This equipment is sold to electric utilities for use in power generation plants.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2013/07/18/washington-post-buys-utility-products.html Clabaugh, Jeff. "Washington Post Buys Utility Products Company." ''Washington Business Journal.'' July 18, 2013.] Accessed November 18, 2013.</ref>
In June 2014, Graham Holdings acquired Joyce/Dayton Corp., a Dayton, Ohio-based manufacturer of screw jacks and other linear-motion systems.<ref>[http://www.onlinetes.com/article/graham-holdings-acquires-joyce-dayton-6214 "Graham Holdings acquires Joyce/Dayton Corp." ''Today's Energy Solutions.'' June 2, 2014.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091623/http://www.onlinetes.com/article/graham-holdings-acquires-joyce-dayton-6214 |date=March 4, 2016 }} Accessed October 17, 2015.</ref>
In November 2015, Graham Holdings acquired Group Dekko, a Garrett, Indiana-based electrical manufacturer.<ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151113005816/en/Graham-Holdings-Acquires-Group-Dekko "Graham Holdings Acquires Group Dekko."] ''Business Wire.'' November 13, 2015. Accessed June 19, 2016.</ref>
In 2017, Graham acquired Hoover Treated Wood Products, Inc, a supplier of lumber and plywood products for fire retardant and preservative applications.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garabelli |first=Veronica |date=2017-03-29 |title=Graham Holdings acquiring Hoover Treated Wood Products Inc. |url=https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/graham-holdings-acquiring-hoover-treated-wood-products-inc/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Virginia Business |language=en-US}}</ref>
In May 2020, Graham Holdings announced that it had acquired Framebridge.<ref>[https://dc.citybizlist.com/article/610580/graham-holdings-acquires-framebridge "Graham Holdings Acquires Framebridge." ''Citybizlist.'' May 15, 2020.] Accessed 2020-16-05.</ref>
===Restaurants=== In July 2019, Graham Holdings acquired Clyde's Restaurant Group, the owner and operator of several restaurants in the Washington metropolitan area, including Old Ebbitt Grill.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maynard |first1=Michelle |title=From News To Nightcaps: Washington's Graham Family Buys The Clyde's Group |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2019/08/01/from-news-to-booze-washingtons--graham-family-buys-the-clydes-group/ |work=Forbes |date=August 1, 2019}}</ref>
===Automotive=== In January 2019, Graham Holdings acquired 90% of two automobile dealerships from Sonic Automotive.<ref>[https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190131005899/en/ "Graham Holdings Company Acquires Two Automotive Dealerships."] ''Business Wire.'' January 31, 2019. Accessed February 18, 2020.</ref> The company's latest acquisition — its fourth auto dealership to date — is located at 8820 Centreville Road in Manassas. Christopher J. Ourisman of Ourisman Automotive will operate and manage the dealership, which the Arlington holding company purchased from the Battlefield Automotive Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murillo |first=Ana Lucía |date=3 January 2022 |title=Graham Holdings expands its network of auto dealerships |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2022/01/03/graham-holdings-auto-dealerships-manassas.html |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref>
===Education=== In 1984, Graham Holdings (then The Washington Post Company), acquired Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Centers.<ref name="WAS"/> In the 1990s, the company expanded abroad and grew beyond test preparation, expanding its training and publishing businesses, diversifying into English language training, higher education, pathways programs, online learning and other services. It launched the first online law school, Concord Law School, in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaplan Launches Institution Offering On-Line Law Degree|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB90587603459541500|website=wsj.com|date=|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> Over the years, it has purchased several other educational companies and schools worldwide, expanding its operations and delivery of courses and programs in key markets beyond North America including the UK,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaplan Financial: Reaching gold standard is no job for the faint-hearted |url=https://www.ft.com/content/c43ccc74-5bd7-11de-aea3-00144feabdc0|website=ft.com|date=|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> Ireland,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dublin Business School Now Offering Free Ict Skills Courses In Conjunction With Microsoft |url=https://irishtechnews.ie/dublin-business-school-now-offering-free-ict-skills-courses-in-conjunction-with-microsoft/|website=irishtechnews.ie|date=18 September 2017|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> Singapore,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaplan sets up advisory boards to help align courses with national needs and industry trends|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/kaplan-sets-up-advisory-boards-to-help-align-courses-with-national-needs-and-industry|website=straitstimes.com|date=26 July 2017|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> Australia, and New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New financial advice diploma launched|url=https://www.mpamag.com/nz/news/general/new-financial-advice-diploma-launched/440910|website=mpamag.com|date=|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref>
Kaplan today offers a variety of test preparation, professional training, career development, language training, university and student support services.<ref name="ANN">{{Cite web|title=Graham Holdings Annual Reports|url=https://www.ghco.com/financial-information/annual-reports|website=ghco.com|date=|access-date=18 April 2024|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205040029/https://www.ghco.com/financial-information/annual-reports|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Kaplan has over 10,000 employees in 27 countries, and partners include more than 12,000 businesses and 4000 educational institutions.<ref name="ANN"/>
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