BNET Industries
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
Recent Events
-
Stocks in focus for Friday
-
Washington Post to close remaining US bureaus
-
Authorities looking for missing Lutz man, 55
-
Obama top lawyer expected to quit: sources
-
Reports: White House counsel to resign
-
Washington Post to close remaining US bureaus
-
Anita Dunn to Leave White House Post
-
Nonprofit Leaders Summit on November 16
-
Ground Shifts Under Media Companies
-
Washington Post Unveils Redesign
-
What Did Washington Post Editor Know About Salons -- and When Did He Know It?
News & Analysis
Filter by
sales and washington post co. - All News and Analysis
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...
Green Star Products JV Partner NRG Resources Signs $140-Million Contract at APEC Summit
- 2006-11-20
SAN DIEGO -- Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) announced today that the New York Times and the Washington Post have both published an article covering the APEC Summit stating, "Vietnam's Truong Thinh Co. said it had sealed a US$140-million contract with California-based NRG Resources Inc." NRG Resources is the...
Oneaway
- 2006-09-23
An American friend has sent me the winning entries in the Washington Post's annual Mensa Invitational, in which readers are asked to take any word from the dictionary, add one new letter and supply a new definition. I liked Giraffiti, defined as 'vandalism spray-painted very high', Hipatitis ('terminal coolness') and...
Kerry Campaign: Bush-Cheney Ad Fact Check (1/5)
- 2004-10-27
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a release of Kerry-Edwards 2004 (Part 1 of 5): BUSH-CHENEY AD FACT CHECK AD TITLE: "Whatever It Takes" DATE: 10/27/04 TYPE: :60 TV PAID FOR BY: Bush-Cheney '04 THE SCRIPT GEORGE W. BUSH: "These four years have brought moments I could not...
9/11 commission: no connection between diamonds and terrorism.(Diamond Notes)(Brief Article)
- 2004-09-01
There is no evidence that terrorists use diamonds to launder money, the bipartisan Sept. 11 Commission concluded recently. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The diamond-terrorism link has been the subject of articles, reports, and, most recently, a book--Blood from Stones, by Washington ...
9/11 Commission: No Connection Between Diamonds and Terrorism (JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone)
- 2004-09-01
There is no evidence that terrorists use diamonds to launder money, the bipartisan Sept. 11 Commission concluded recently. The diamond-terrorism link has been the subject of articles, reports, and, most recently, a book--Blood from Stones , by Washington Post reporter Douglas Farah. But...
OP-EDS ABOUND ON TOPIC OF PASSING ENERGY BILL THIS YEAR
- 2004-03-29
With the legislative clock ticking and efforts in the Senate to pass an energy bill stalled, rumors are flying that the legislation is dead for the year. Further fueling those rumors are efforts to break up pieces of the bill and in response, both The Wall Street Journal and The...
Fools Rushed In?(Book Bag)(Brief Article)
- 2004-02-16
Does the world really want four books on the fall of AOL Time Warner? It's a rhetorical question. The demise of Steve Case and Jerry Levin had publishers clamoring for a literary recap of the mega-merger's free fall, but sales of the tomes have been startlingly...
- 1
- 2
