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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
Peer Companies
NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction: 611699
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Job Search Site SimplyHired Gets $4.6 Million Funding
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- 2009-08-11
Job search engine SimplyHired, based in Mountain View, CA, has received $4.6 million in a new round of funding, led by IDG Ventures and Foundation Capital. This bring the total money into the company to $22.3 million; previous investors include Fox Interactive Media (NYSE: NWS), that invested $3.5 million...
Cool body-chilling devices help brain, spinal and cardiac injuries
- 2007-10-22
WHO SAYS hospital garb can't be cool? Not Manuel Gonzalez-Brito and John Kuluz, professors of pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Miami. They're researching how body-chilling devices minimize injuries tied to cardiac arrest, as well as brain and spinal cord traumas. Mild hypothermia induced by...
Tilting at windmills
- 2007-09-01
How to clear your inbox The Small Business Administration canceled 8,000 loans to hurricane victims without notice to the borrowers. When the borrowers sought an explanation, they were told, according to Ron Nixon of the New York Times, "that they had voluntarily given up their loans," which was not...
Man does not live by stress alone
- 2007-03-22
The Washington Post recently reported that Baby Boomers appear to be less healthy than their parents were at the same age. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin found that "the trend seems to be that people are not as healthy as they approach retirement as they were in...
In Washington, It's Always the Year of the Rat
- 2007-03-19
Democrats have leapt on reports of mold, rats and bureaucratic hurdles at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as further proof of President George Bush's failed war policies. To the contrary, the problems at Walter Reed are further proof of the Democrats' failed domestic policies-to wit, the civil service rules that...
Media Guy's Pop Pick: The 'Times' job bank; Our columnist's current media obsession.(MediaWorks)(Brief article)(Column)
- 2006-09-25
Byline: s.d. I got a familiar chill down my spine when The New York Times announced last week that it had created a post, Futurist in Residence, which is being filled by Michael Rogers, a Washington Post Co. vet. Reminded me of my days...
Christmas Critics
- 2005-12-02
Oh, you have the best job in the world!" people say to me all the time. "Being paid to read!" It is a good job, and as book critic of the Washington Post I occupy a modestly visible forum from which to harangue an especially responsive readership about new books....
Too Many Temp Jobs Can Spoil The Resume
BNET
- 2005-11-13
If you temp for more than a few months, you can run into a little problem: how to account for all those little jobs. On one hand, you don't want to leave them off. Though some employers might not consider those temporary positions "Real" jobs, it's important to show that...
Matching Jobs With Candidates in D.C. Is Easier Than Ever Thanks to washingtonpost.com and ELISE.
- 2005-06-13
PALO ALTO, California, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - Local Job Web Site Leapfrogs Its National Competition With Superior Bi-Directional Matching Technology WCC Services U.S. Inc., a software company dedicated to delivering faster, more meaningful match results, today announced that ...
Rail
- 2005-05-11
Stocks The stocks appear on Page 7D Men and women may disagree on a lot of things, but in one area of life they are in near-perfect agreement. If they had the choice, they would work fewer hours, according to a recent Washington Post- ABC News...
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