“The significant proceeds from the Riverside office building sale will provide additional opportunities in 2013 for increasing shareholder returns and diversifying our revenue streams,” he said. “The Board of Directors’ current priority is determining the best deployment of these anticipated real estate proceeds.”

So how can the District or a Northern Virginia jurisdiction lure the Post? Maybe with cold, hard cash. Asked if the paper would be wooed with economic incentives, Weymouth replied, "We hope so!"