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EXHIBIT 11

THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY
and Subsidiaries

Calculation of Earnings per Share of Common Stock
(Amounts in thousands except per share data)

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|                                                                                                  |                                                                                                 |   | 2001        |       | 2000 |   | 1999   
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|Weighted average shares outstanding                                                               |                                                                                                 |   |             |       |      |   |         |       |  |   |         |      
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|                                                                                                  | Class A Common                                                                                  |   |             | 1,722 |      |   |         | 1,739 |  |   |         | 1,739 | 
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|                                                                                                  | Class B Common (excluding shares
issuable upon exercise of
stock options  accounted
for below) |   |             | 7,764 |      |   |         | 7,706 |  |   |         | 8,322 | 
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|Shares used in computation of basic
earnings per share                                            |                                                                                                 |   | 9,486       |       |      |   | 9,445   |       |  |   | 10,061  |      
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|Add  Shares assumed issuable upon
exercise of stock options                                      |                                                                                                 |   | 118         |       |      |   | 93      |       |  |   | 122     |      
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|Deduct  Shares assumed to be
purchased for Treasury with proceeds
from exercise of stock options |                                                                                                 |   | (104        | )     |      |   | (78     | )     |  |   | (101    | )    
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|Shares used in computation of
diluted earnings per common share                                   |                                                                                                 |   | 9,500       |       |      |   | 9,460   |       |  |   | 10,082  |      
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|Net income available for common shares                                                            |                                                                                                 | $ | 228,587     |       |      | $ | 135,444 |       |  | $ | 224,835 |      
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|Basic earnings per common share                                                                   |                                                                                                 | $ | 24.10       |       |      | $ | 14.34   |       |  | $ | 22.35   |      
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|Diluted earnings per common share                                                                 |                                                                                                 | $ | 24.06       |       |      | $ | 14.32   |       |  | $ | 22.30   |      
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