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Market Cap:$3.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.1B
- Public
- US
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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
Contact Information
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 Washington Post Company To Acquire Foreign Policy Magazine
- 2008-09-29
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Foreign Policy magazine, a two-time winner of the prestigious National Magazine Award for General Excellence. The magazine and its award-winning website, foreignpolicy.com, have been published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a think tank...
The Washington Post Presents In-Depth Series on Low-Wage Workers
- 2008-08-04
Poll Examines Plight of Lowest Income Workers in U.S. Hit by Economic Downturn WASHINGTON -- The Washington Post, in an on-going series, presents the results of a national poll focused on the plight of low-wage workers ($27,000 a year or less), who make up nearly a quarter of all...
El Tiempo Latino Honored as Outstanding Weekly for Sixth Time
- 2008-04-22
WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Hispanic Publications NAHP announced the 2007 winners of the Jose Marti Publishing Awards which honor Excellence in Hispanic Print Media. El Tiempo Latino received a Gold first place award as Outstanding Weekly and in total received ten awards including eight Gold, one Silver, and...
Katharine Weymouth Named CEO of Washington Post Media and Publisher of The Washington Post
- 2008-02-07
Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr., Named Vice Chairman of The Washington Post Company WASHINGTON -- Katharine Weymouth has been named chief executive officer of Washington Post Media, a new unit of The Washington Post Company, which will include The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com. Weymouth will also serve as publisher of The...
The Washington Post Company Acquires CourseAdvisor Inc
- 2007-10-11
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO) has acquired the outstanding stock of CourseAdvisor Inc. (www.courseadvisor.com), a premier online lead generation provider, headquartered in Wakefield, MA. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. In 2006, The Washington Post Company made a small investment in CourseAdvisor. Through its search engine...
US examines Iraqi refugees backlog after envoy's complaint
- 2007-09-17
WASHINGTON AFP — The US government said Monday it was looking at appointing a new refugees overseer after its Baghdad ambassador complained that red tape is holding up 10,000 Iraqis from entering the country. In a diplomatic cable to the State Department reported by the Washington Post, ambassador Ryan...
Heavy Internet users unplugged by US cable company
- 2007-09-08
WASHINGTON AFP — Several Internet users in the United States have been unplugged by their service provider because they download too much, a press report said here Friday. Cable Internet and entertainment provider Comcast "has punished some transgressors by cutting off their Internet service, arguing that excessive downloaders hog...
Sequel goes primetime
- 2007-08-16
You can't be the least bit conversant about pop culture today without some sense of the mania that is "High School Musical." And be honest - you couldn't get enough the first time around. Well, the song-filled teen flick that obsessed all of tweendom and beyond...
1105 Media Inc. to Acquire Post Newsweek Tech Media
- 2006-12-08
CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- 1105 Media, Inc., announced today it has reached agreement with The Washington Post Company to acquire its government publishing and events group, Post Newsweek Tech Media, which includes Government Computer News GCN, Washington Technology, Government Leader, Defense Systems, online products and the FOSE trade show. Terms of...
A deceiver and a liar — Nixon and Felt
- 2005-06-06
Now that the identity of Deep Throat had been revealed, the cable TV news show wanted to know what Americans thought about Mark Felt. Was the Washington Post's leading source in the investigation three decades ago that exposed the Watergate break-in coverup and brought about the fall of,...
