Washington Post Co. has agreed to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com

Bezos, whose entrepreneurship has made him one of the world’s richest men, will pay $250 million in cash for The Post and affiliated publications to the Washington Post Co., which owns the newspaper and other businesses.

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