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They know the fine print! The Washington Post Co (NYSE: WPO) founded by Stilson Hutchins in 1877, publishes newspapers, principally the Washington Post, The Herald and about 40 other Maryland community newspapers. It has interests in TV broadcasting, cable, magazines, education and career development services. This $3.55 billion company is based in Washington, DC and employs about 16,400 people. It owns six TV stations, a regional cable system, and an educational services firm, Kaplan. In 2005 the company bought Slate, the online magazine, from Microsoft Corp.
Number of Employees 20,000
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1150 15th St NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20071-0001
(202) 334-6000
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NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction: 611699
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The former editor of America, a Jesuit weekly, offers his response to the Pew data to the readers of the Washington Post, many of whom probably found his analysis plausible.(While We're At It)
- 2008-05-01
The former editor of America, a Jesuit weekly, offers his response to the Pew data to the readers of the Washington Post, many of whom probably found his analysis plausible. The reason so many Catholics have lapsed, he said, is that Catholic loyalty was once "based on...
What It Means to Be Muslim in America: Georgetown/ On Faith Symposium Explores the Definition of Muslim Identity
- 2007-04-04
WASHINGTON -- What does being a Muslim mean in America? How does it inform who you are, what you think, what you do? For the faithful, does Islam dictate and define a moral compass, a political agenda, a spiritual journey or is it a culture apart from the American experience?...
CFDA ANNOUNCES '07 NOMINEES; MEN'S CONTENDERS INCLUDE RALPH LAUREN, DUCKIE BROWN, ITALO ZUCCHELLI, MICHAEL BASTIAN, TIM HAMILTON, RAG & BONE.(Council of Fashion Designers of America)(Robin Givhan of the Washington Post, jeweler Robert Lee Morris and f
- 2007-03-19
Byline: Jean Scheidnes NEW YORK - The Council of Fashion Designers of America has plenty to celebrate this year-a silver anniversary, an endowment from the estate of Geoffrey Beene, and a slew of honorees and award nominees that include some giddy up-and-comers like...
'American Idol' is just good, cheesy fun
- 2006-05-27
LET us briefly turn away from consequential matters of state -- the $90,000 in ice-cold cash the FBI says it found in Rep. William Jefferson's freezer, the donnybrook on Capitol Hill over immigration, the Bush administration's latest delusional claims of light at the end of the Iraq tunnel -- to...
'American Idol': Good, cheesy fun
- 2006-05-27
LET us briefly turn away from consequential matters of state -- the $90,000 in ice-cold cash the FBI says it found in Rep. William Jefferson's freezer, the donnybrook on Capitol Hill over immigration, the Bush administration's latest delusional claims of light at the end of the Iraq tunnel -- to...
Perspectives
- 2006-01-16
"Tell all--I see them on the other side." Martin Toler Jr., in a note to loved ones, before dying with 11 other miners after an explosion at a Sago, W.Va., mine "Sharon was personally a very likable person, and I am sad to see him in this condition,...
National Parks Under Assault from Poachers; Parks Group Warns About Affect of Potential Budget Cuts
- 2005-10-24
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The nation's leading park advocacy group, the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association NPCA, today called on Congress and the administration to provide much-needed funding and staffing to enable the National Park Service to combat poaching in America's national parks, a widespread problem profiled in...
DNC: Gillespie and Thompson Will Ensure a Right-Wing Nominee
- 2005-07-08
WASHINGTON, July 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee: "This Business Will Get Out of Control. It Will Get Out of Control and We'll be Lucky to Live Through It" a Gillespie and Thompson Will Ensure a Right-Wing Nominee The White House announced...
Fantasy island.(The Liberal Media)(George W. Bush's second inaugural address)
- 2005-02-14
Washington Post writer Paul Farhi cleverly compared the content and structure of George W. Bush's second inaugural address to The Rascals' classic ditty "People Got to Be Free." It worked, but a better title for the speech might have been borrowed from Green Day's current smash,...
Kerry-Edwards Campaign: Bush-Cheney Ad Fact Check - Wolves (Part 1 of 2)
- 2004-10-22
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following fact sheet was released today by the Kerry-Edwards Campaign (Part 1 of 2): Kerry-Edwards campaign spokesperson Chad Clanton released the following statement today in response to the Bush-Cheney ad "Wolves:""These are desperate days for the Bush campaign with the president's job approval...
