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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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Washington, District of Columbia 20071-0001
(202) 334-6000
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THE WEEK Magazine Announces Winners for Fifth Annual Opinion Awards
- 2008-04-09
The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Mike Luckovich, and Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall Honored in Washington, DC NEW YORK -- News and opinion magazine THE WEEK (www.theweekdaily.com), has selected the winners for its fifth annual Opinion Awards in the categories of Columnist of the Year, Editorial...
Talk about Democratic unity! When Washington Post columnist David Broder chastised Senate majority leader Harry Reid for declaring that the war in Iraq "is lost," all 50 of Reid's Democratic colleagues in the Senate dashed off a letter to the Po
- 2007-05-28
Talk about Democratic unity! When Washington Post columnist David Broder chastised Senate majority leader Harry Reid for declaring that the war in Iraq "is lost," all 50 of Reid's Democratic colleagues in the Senate dashed off a letter to the Post attacking Broder. While the Democrats did not explicitly defend...
Author appearances.(Time Out!)
- 2007-04-06
- David Corbett reads from his new thriller, "Blood of Paradise," at 7 p.m. April 10 at Centuries & Sleuths, 7419 W. Madison St., Forest Park. (708) 771-7243. - Washington Post columnist Jabari Asim reads from his book, "The N Word: Who Can Say...
The question: what should George W. Bush's New Year's resolution be?(Up Front)
- 2006-01-01
"I will drop privatization and spend far more time trying to improve major league baseball, a subject about which I am genuinely knowledgeable and have sound views." --EJ Dionne, Washington Post columnist "I resolve to install...
It writes and listens.(Courtroom Television Network Inc. uses Maxwell Smart-type pen for recording event)(Brief Article)
- 2005-08-22
Court TV's panel discussion on "Journalists and their Sources"--covered well in Gawker.com and elsewhere last week--featured lively putdowns of Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff by, alternately, lawyer Floyd Abrams and Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen. The network doesn't plan to air the session but made transcripts...
Call before you lynch
- 2005-06-22
"Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." SAMUEL JOHNSON I pretty much had a ho-hum attitude about Armstrong Williams and his government contract to promote the No Child Left Behind Act. He wasn't one...
WHO'S WHO Dirt Dishers
- 2005-05-09
Covering a town where new Social Security proposals make for sexy news, Washington's gossip columnists struggle to get good dish. A sampling of some of the city's grizzled gossip veterans: Ana Marie Cox (a.k.a. Wonkette) wonkette.com 2004-still kicking Cox introduced the world to Capitol Hill escort...
Eugene Robinson.(1988)(Brief Article)
- 2005-03-22
Eugene Robinson is now associate editor and op-ed columnist at The Washington Post. Robinson has served at the Post in several capacities, including city editor, city hall reporter, assistant managing editor of the style section, and Latin America bureau chief in Buenos Aires. Robinson is author...
THE WEEK Magazine Announces Winners of Second Annual Opinion Awards
- 2005-03-09
WASHINGTON -- THE WEEK (www.theweekmagazine.com), America's fastest growing news and opinion magazine, in association with the Aspen Institute, announced the winners of its second annual Opinion Awards at a gala at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. on March 8. Winners included Peter Beinart The New Republic for Columnist...
Award-winning sports commentator to be next Poynter Fellow.
- 2005-02-21
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 February 2005-YALE UNIVERSITY: Award-winning sports commentator to be next Poynter FellowC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21022005 New Haven, Conn. -- Michael Wilbon, an award-winning columnist for The Washington Post and co-host of ESPN's daily news/commentary show "Pardon the Interruption," will...
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