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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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washingtonpost.com Presents Tom Sietsema's 2008 Dining Guide
- 2008-10-10
Guide Lists Best Places to Eat in D.C. Area, Showcases Local Dining Trends Citronelle Loses Star; Komi Ranks Four Stars; "White Hot" Ray's Hell-Burger Featured in Video WASHINGTON -- washingtonpost.com, an award-winning news and information Web site, today launches the 2008 Annual Dining Guide from Washington Post food...
washingtonpost.com Offers Discounts at Washington, D.C. Restaurants
- 2008-06-26
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-26 June 2008-washingtonpost.com Offers Discounts at Washington, D.C. RestaurantsC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com washingtonpost.com announced that the Web site s "Deals and Discounts" will feature special coupons for over 30 restaurants in the Washington, D.C.-area. The company said the offering expands the site s online...
Faux fur fears.(STATELINE)(Brief article)
- 2008-04-01
What if your faux fur coat wasn't faux after all? What if it was coyote, or raccoon or even dog! According to the Washington Post, the Humane Society reported that several big name stores were selling coats that were trimmed with raccoon dog, an Asian dog that...
USDA report
- 2008-02-01
A new report by a U.S. Food and Drug Administration subcommittee says the agency can no longer adequately protect the nation's food and drug supply. The Washington Post
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...
Influence efficient
- 2007-04-01
In a related story by the Washington Post's Jeffrey Birnbaum, we learn that the new chief of staff of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is Dennis B. Fitzgibbons, who was a lobbyist for DaimlerChrysler. In that role, he was generously compensated to oppose laws requiring cars to use alternative...
Frozen peas get ringing endorsement
- 2007-04-01
On Thursday, April 5, The Washington Post Food section featured an article, "Picking Peas: Sometimes, Frozen Beats Fresh," urging consumers to buy frozen peas. The article highlights the taste, quality and convenience of frozen peas.
Word deprivation
- 2007-01-01
The Agriculture Department will stop using the word "hunger" to describe people who cannot put food on the table. The agency has decided that the phrase "very low food security" is a more scientifically palatable description, reports The Washington Post.
US airstrikes in Afghanistan surge: Washington Post
- 2006-06-18
WASHINGTON AFP — US airstrikes in Afghanistan have surged in the past three months as fighting has spread, The Washington Post reports. Washington carried out 340 airstrikes in that time frame, "more than twice the 160 carried out in the much higher-profile war in Iraq", the report said, citing...
Judy Nicol Havemann.(1980)(Brief Article)
- 2005-06-22
Judy Nicol Havemann has a new job. Since January 1st, she has been food editor at The Washington Post. Judy says she's trying to focus more on investigative pieces and news stories and not just on recipes. Anyone with story ideas is invited to contact her at...
