Mark and Don: More Than Just Facebook Friends

January 5, 2012 at 5:30 am PT

Donald Graham spends long stretches on Facebook, sharing with 4,888 friends his interest in tattoo removal, a love of the Washington Redskins and his favorite Muppets song, “Mahna Mahna.”

The 66-year-old chief executive of Washington Post Co. also shares a lot more with one of those friends: Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The two men — separated by 39 years — have formed an unlikely relationship bridging two vastly different media worlds. Introduced through a college friend of Mr. Zuckerberg in 2005, each now serves as a mentor to the other.

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Tagged with: Christopher S. Stewart, Donald Graham, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Media, Russell Adams, The Wall Street Journal

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