Exhibit 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Washington Post Company (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 30, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, John B.
Morse, Jr., Vice President-Finance (chief financial officer) of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


/s/ John B. Morse, Jr.
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John B. Morse, Jr.
Vice President-Finance
May 12, 2003