"Is Washington Post Next to Be Ripped?"

It’s deemed a member of the liberal media establishment by free marketeers on Wall Street, but unlike New York Times and other so-called nattering nabobs of negativity in the newspaper industry, Washington Post Co.has yet to be fingered by investors as a dinosauric enterprise in need of a restructuring.

The Beltway publisher has diversified successfully away from publishing, with a for-profit education arm responsible for the bulk of its revenue and profits, as well as broadcast TV properties and a cable business.

Still, the stock is down 18% since early 2005, and its publishing assets are dragging down valuations.