BNET Industries
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
Recent Events
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Washington Post to close remaining US bureaus
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Authorities looking for missing Lutz man, 55
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Obama top lawyer expected to quit: sources
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Reports: White House counsel to resign
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Washington Post to close remaining US bureaus
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Anita Dunn to Leave White House Post
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Nonprofit Leaders Summit on November 16
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Ground Shifts Under Media Companies
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Washington Post Unveils Redesign
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What Did Washington Post Editor Know About Salons -- and When Did He Know It?
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Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.16.09
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Washington Post, Bloomberg Team Up For New Syndication Service:
PaidContent
- 2009-10-01
The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) and Bloomberg News are launching a new syndication service Jan. 1, 2010—the Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News, which will provide daily content from the paper and the financial newswire to newspapers, website and other subs. The move follows by a day the...
Washington Post Online, Print Operations Will Merge Jan. 1, 2010
PaidContent
- 2009-09-17
Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth’s push to integrate the paper’s print and online operations continues to move at a rapid pace with Jan. 1, 2010 as the target. Weymouth told the staffs via memo Thursday that The Washington Post and Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) Digital, which operates washingtonpost.com, will...
Mark Cuban's Advice To Fox & MySpace On Selling Content: Yes, You Can
PaidContent
- 2009-08-09
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and cofounder of HDNet, offers running commentary on Blog Maverick and allows us to publish it here when the subject fits.Rupert , you didn't ask my opinion on this, but since when has that ever stopped me. First the good news. You...
Revolt of the Stenographers
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-26
Brad DeLong submits: At the moment, at the top of nytimes.com are four stories: A pretty good story by Mark Mazzetti and David Johnston filling in details in stories reported at lest three years ago by Ron Suskind in his The One Percent Doctrine--and, of...
Washington Post's Kurtz Loses Hope for Newspapers
BNET
- 2009-05-11
As he noted in his popular media column in today's Washington Post, Howard Kurtz has long been one of the newspaper industry's "most fervent optimists."Â But, witnessing the kinds of chaos gripping his industry these past few weeks, he says, has undermined his belief that newspapers can "find a path...
Upside at the Washington Post: At Least Web Ads Didn?t Disappear Last Quarter
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-02-25
Peter Kafka submits: At this point you need to be a skilled relativist to find something positive to say about the newspaper business. Last fall, for instance, executives at the Washington Post Co. WPO could argue that while their flagship newspaper had a lousy third quarter, it represented an...
Washington Post Launches New Blog, Misses the Point
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-01-23
Robert Ivan submits: The Washington Post Company WPO launched its newest online venture, WhoRunsGov.com, yesterday. From their "About" page: Who Runs Gov offers a unique look at the world of Washington through its key players and personalities. Our site will feature profiles of a select group of government...
The Washington Post Thrives in Internet Age
BNET
- 2009-01-06
The Washington Post Company said sales at its newspaper publishing division and magazine unit for the third-quarter ended September 28 fell seven percent to $196.2 million and four percent to $59.9 million, respectively, as circulation and print advertising revenue continued to decline as readers and ad dollars migrate online. Albeit...
Media Roundup: Wii Sales Up, WaPo CEO Lands at Facebook, and More
BNET
- 2008-12-12
Five months after merger, CBS and CNET trim staff -- After purchasing CNET for $1.8 billion in July, CBS (this blog's parent company) has cut roughly 275 employees from a variety of media properties including last.fm, GameSpot, CBSNews.com and CBSSports.com. TechCrunch has the exact memo sent to employees. [Source: TechCrunch]...
Obama Biographer Whines About Campaign's PR Tactics
BNET
- 2008-10-18
Pity the poor quickie biographer -- trying to cash in on the sudden fame of a national figure by rushing a book into publication and onto store shelves in enough time to harvest some pre-Election Day sales. After all, if the candidate loses, those books will be remaindered quicker than...
