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Market Cap:$3.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.1B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
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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HuffPo CEO Eric Hippeau: 'We Are Now In The Big Leagues'
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- 2009-10-19
The news spread quickly, aided by PR and the characteristic web glee anytime an online property appears to be leaving old media in the dust: the September numbers for comScore and Nielsen showed Arianna Huffington and The Huffington Post beating WashingtonPost.com in unique visitors for the first time. Coincidentally,...
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...
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: St. Jude Medical, Inc., Carmike Cinemas, Inc., The Washington Post Co., Avis Budget Group Inc. and Robert Half International Inc
- 2008-10-13
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ), Carmike Cinemas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CKEC),...
The Washington Post Company Reports Second Quarter Earnings
- 2008-08-01
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO) today reported a net loss of $2.7 million ($0.31 loss per share) for its second quarter ended June 29, 2008, compared to net income of $68.8 million ($7.19 per share) for the second quarter of last year. Results for the second quarter...
The Washington Post Company Reports First Quarter Earnings
- 2008-05-02
WASHINGTON -- The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO) today reported net income of $39.3 million ($4.08 per share) for its first quarter ended March 30, 2008, down from net income of $64.4 million ($6.70 per share) in the first quarter of last year. Results for the first quarter of 2008...
FTI Consulting, Inc.
- 2006-01-01
FTI Consulting, Inc. 900 Bestgate Road, Suite 100 Annapolis, Maryland 21401 U.S.A. Telephone: (410) 224-8770 Toll Free: (800) 334-5701 Fax: (410) 224-8378 Web site: http://www.fticonsulting.com Public Company Incorporated: 1982 as Forensic Technologies International Corporation Employees: 1,035 Sales: $427.0 million (2004) Stock Exchanges: ...
Wpo Has 12% Gain In Net Income In Q1
- 2005-05-09
Continuing large gains in its education division helped The Washington Post Co. to post a 12-percent gain in net income, to $66.6 million, for the first quarter of 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004, with diluted earnings per share also going up 12 ...
POST CO. LEARNS THAT EDUCATION IS PROFITABLE Kaplan division revenue grows 35% in 2004; net income up 38%
- 2005-02-28
Tardy as always, The Washington Post Co. released its fourth quarter and year-end results for 2004 last week, while Belo Corp. -- also not a speed demon -- finally revealed its January numbers. The Post Co. had OK 2004 newspaper results but bang-up educational division numbers,...
Jacksonville, Fla., station WJXT-TV posts poorer-than expected results.
- 2004-12-09
By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--WJXT TV-4's operating performance was weaker than its parent company expected in 2003, after the Jacksonville station dropped its CBS affiliation and became independent. But The Washington Post Co. ...
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Selects Revenue Science Audience Search for Behavioral Targeting Services
- 2004-09-20
NEW YORK -- Audience-Based Advertising to Generate New Revenue Opportunities for Leading News Web Site Revenue Science, Inc., the leading provider of behavioral targeting for online advertising, announced today that it now provides behavioral targeting services to Washingtonpost.Newsweek interactive WPNI, the new media and electronic publishing subsidiary of The...
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