Graham Holdings (Washington Post Company)

CTL-E-0681 · Business · other · 2008–2015 (The Root ownership)

Verified evidence grade of this record

Formerly the Washington Post Company; owned The Root from its 2008 launch until selling it to Univision in 2015.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MEDIA-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MEDIA-001:MED-048; source research type(s): Business.

Sources

Journal-isms, 'Univision Buys TheRoot.com'

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