UNITED STATES
                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                             FORM 8-K


          Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
              of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 20, 2006

                    THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
       Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      Delaware               1-6714               53-0182885
   (State or other      (Commission File         (IRS Employer
   jurisdiction of           Number)          Identification No.)
   incorporation)


  1150 15th Street,                                  20071
N.W. Washington, D.C.                             (Zip Code)
(Address of principal
 executive offices)


                          (202) 334-6000
       (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                          Not Applicable
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

     Item 5.02(d) Election of Directors

     (1) On January 20, 2006, Christopher C. Davis was elected
to the Board of Directors of The Washington Post Company.


     (2) None

     (3) On January 20, 2006, Mr. Davis was named to the Audit
Committee of The Washington Post Company.

     (4) None


Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     Item 9.01(c) Exhibits

     Exhibit No.	Description

     99.1		Press Release dated January 20, 2006


                           SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   The Washington Post Company
                                          (Registrant)

Date January 20, 2006                /s/ John B. Morse, Jr.
                                           (Signature)
                                       John B. Morse, Jr.
                                     Vice President, Finance



                           EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.	Description


Exhibit 99.1	Press Release dated January 20, 2006

Contact:   Rima Calderon   For Immediate Release
           (202) 334-6617  January 20, 2006


CHRISTOPHER C. DAVIS ELECTED A DIRECTOR OF
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY

WASHINGTON  The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) announced
today that Christopher C. Davis has been elected to the Board
of Directors.  His election increases the Companys Board to
11 members.

Davis is chairman of Davis Selected Advisers, LP, an investment
counseling firm that oversees approximately $70 billion of
client assets, including mutual funds and institutional
separate accounts.  The firm employs a research-driven,
long-term approach to investing, and its employees and their
families are the largest individual investors in the funds
they manage.

He joined the firm in 1989 as a financial analyst and became
a portfolio manager of its flagship funds, Davis New York
Venture Fund and Selected American Shares, in 1995, succeeding
his father, Shelby M.C. Davis.

Davis also served as an assistant to his grandfather,
Shelby Cullom Davis.  Prior to joining Davis Selected Advisers,
he worked as a research analyst at Tanaka Capital Management.
He began his career as an accountant at State Street Bank and
Trust Company.

Davis received a masters degree from the University of
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