In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements appearing on pages 29 through 45 of this report present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Washington Post Company and its subsidiaries at January 3, 1999 and December 28, 1997, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three fiscal years in the period ended January 3, 1999, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.

Washington, D.C.
February 22, 1999